The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) is excited to announce “Out of the Archive: A 250+ Year Mosaic of American Documents.” Launched as the nation commemorates 250 years of independence, this digital gallery features documents from throughout the history of what came to be called the United States of America. See it at https://documentaryediting.org/250th-gallery.
The Association for Documentary Editing and eLaboratories invite proposals for “Editing at a Crossroads: A Joint Conference on the State of Recovery and Documentary Editing in 2027.” The hybrid event will be held in Charlottesville, VA, and virtually on June 25–27, 2027. Proposals are due on January 29.
Robb K. Haberman has edited for publication a little-known Revolutionary War memoir written by James Selkirk (1757-1820), a Scottish immigrant who came to New York and served over seven years in the Continental Army. James Selkirk's Revolutionary War: The Memoir of a...
Dear ADE Members, The National Endowment for the Humanities has released the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the upcoming cycle in its Scholarly Editions and Translations grant program. This longstanding program supports projects that edit, annotate,...
Dear members of the ADE community, Following the annual business meeting and virtual sessions that took place June 22–23, we would like to share some updates and words of congratulations. Thank you to the following outgoing members of the ADE Council for their...
The Taylor-Fillmore project has a new blog post for the US 250th.
The recent discovery of four new documents written by John Dickinson in 1775 has been reported by The New York Times. They offer a remarkable view into the proceedings of the Second Continental Congress and Dickinson's previously unknown efforts to avert separation...
The Papers of Martin Van Buren is holding a symposium on April 8-10, 2027.
As a field concerned with making historical evidence both available and accessible, documentary editing has long been understood to be closely related to public history. Many documentary editing projects, furthermore, reflect the concerns about social justice that...
The Lyman H. Butterfield Award Committee seeks nominations for the 2026 award. Since 1985, the Association for Documentary Editing has presented the Butterfield Award annually to recognize recent contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, and...
The ADE brings historical documents to life by helping editors preserve, interpret, and share important records from the past with the public.
Congratulations to Alan Galey, Ellen Forget, Brendan Allen, and Raffaele Viglianti,* who have been named the recipients of the...
Archives and Resistance: A Virtual Symposium on Digital Preservation and Publication in the Context of African, African...
Dear ADE Community, The ADE leadership has received an inquiry about whether members of the community still use the website of...
The Association for Documentary Editing will host a virtual member forum on Wednesday, October 21, at 1–2 PM EDT (UTC–4), on the...
