The ADE & the 250th: Call for Participation
The Association for Documentary Editing's Semiquincentennial Committee (“SemiCom”) is coordinating the ADE's commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding. As announced in...
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ADE Membership Survey
As part of the ADE Strategic Planning Committee's annual goals, we are interested in hearing from the membership about what the ADE means to them and what aspects of the ADE are the most valuable...
Editing Institute Announces Resident Faculty for 2016
The Association for Documentary Editing is pleased to announce the resident faculty for the 45th Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents to be held 31 July–4 August 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The resident faculty will include Cathy Moran Hajo,...
David R. Chesnutt ( 1940-2014)
David Rogers Chesnutt, 74, died of throat cancer at home in Hardwick, Vermont on December 15, 2014. Born in Athens, AL in 1940, the son of Thomas Brice Chesnutt and Lena (Moss) Chesnutt, he earned degrees from the University of Alabama, '62, Auburn University, '67,...
Emma Goldman: Still too hot to handle? U.C. Berkeley set to pull plug on anarchist’s archive
jweekly.com | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California Thursday, October 16, 2014 Emma Goldman: Still too hot to handle? U.C. Berkeley set to pull plug on anarchist’s archive by rebecca spence , j. correspondent Sidebar: Anarchist, feminist, free speech...
Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen Announces New Associate Editor!
The Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen is delighted to announce that Robert Karachuk has accepted our offer to join our staff as Associate Editor, beginning officially July 1, 2014, but deferring his arrival in South Carolina until August 4 after...
Emma Goldman Papers To Receive Hamer-Kegan Award
The Emma Goldman Papers will receive the 2014 Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award. The Hamer-Kegan Award is given by the Society of American Archivists Foundation in recognition of an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has...
OAH Revises Standards for Contingent Employment of History Faculty
Thanks to Ann D. Gordon's suggestions, the Organization of American Historians Committee on Part-Time, Adjunct, and Contingent Employment revised its standards to include non-teaching positions, such as editing. These changes were recently approved by the OAH...
Fall 2013 E-newsletter now available!
The issue features news, a look back at the Annual Meeting in Ann Arbor, project summaries from editors who attended the 2013 Summer Editing Institute, and more! To read, click...
Search for Lincoln Papers at the National Archives Threatened
The Washington Post reported that the Abraham Lincoln Papers might be forced to cease its search for Lincoln documents at the National Archives, due to funding shortages. The article focuses on the impact that the funding shortage will have on the Lincoln Papers'...
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Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize, 2025 The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) invites applications for its annual prize in...
Release of Volume 42 of Scholarly Editing
Dear ADE Community, Scholarly Editing, volume 42, has been published. We hope you will enjoy it and circulate its publication...
Virtual ADE2025 Program and Registration
Dear ADE Member, We’re happy to announce this year’s 2025 virtual conference registration is open and the program is available....
Job Announcement: North Carolina Governor’s Papers Project
The North Carolina Office of Historical Publications and Digital Editions is seeking an editor for the North Carolina Governor's...
