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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.

New Volume of Collected Letters of Mary Todd Lincoln Underway

A new volume of the Collected Letters of Mary Todd Lincoln is currently underway under the auspices of the Lincoln Studies Center of the University of Illinois, to be published by the University of Illinois Press. The work, by editor and ADE member Jason Emerson, will add more than 300 new letters to the collection as well as correct errors in more than 150 previously published letters.

February 12 ADE Members Forum on Advocacy

The Association for Documentary Editing is pleased to announce an upcoming ADE Members’ Forum on advocacy, featuring Cecily Hill, Deputy Director of the National Humanities Alliance, on Thursday, 12 February 2026, at 2pm (ET) on Zoom (details below). In this forum,...

ADE & US 250th: Final Extended Deadline

The ADE's Semiquincentennial Committee (“SemiCom”) is extending the deadline for expressing interest in the ADE’s virtual sessions and digital document gallery commemorating the US 250th. We’ve received great submissions, and we’d love to get even more. Please submit...

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