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ADE Launches Document Gallery for US 250th

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 Papers of Jefferson Davis

Congratulations to Lynda Crist and her team - Volume 14 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis has been published, completing the edition.  Project resources are being folded into those of Fondren Library and the Woodson Research Center (Special Collections), Rice...

2015 Lyman H. Butterfield Award Nominations

The Lyman H. Butterfield Award committee solicits nominations for a recipient of the award in 2015. This award is presented annually by the Association for Documentary Editing to an individual, editorial project, or institution for notable contributions in the areas...

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,...

Special issue: Radical Archives

Special issue: Radical Archives Deadline:  April 15, 2015 “Radical archives” and “radical archiving” are concepts that continue to gain currency among archivists, artists and cultural theorists alike, but to date, discussions of “radical archives” and “radical...

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The Association for Documentary Editing

The ADE brings historical documents to life by helping editors preserve, interpret, and share important records from the past with the public.

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NEH Summer Institute

Dr. Sandra Harbert Petrulionis invites applications (deadline 1 March 2022) for the NEH Summer Institute “Transcendentalism and...

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