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.
The Adams Papers editorial project at the Massachusetts Historical Society seeks up to three full-time assistant or associate editors. These grant-funded positions are made possible by an award...
Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (EMCO) is seeking interns to participate in transcription and tagging of the letters of Elizabeth Montagu for their digital edition at https://emco.swan.ac.uk. EMCO has displayed on its site facsimile images of around 4,000...
ADE members might be interested in submitting a proposal to the National Council on Public History (NCPH)'s 2022 conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The theme for the event is "Crossroads." Being at the crossroads allows us to reckon with the past while seeking...
The NHPRC has just released the list of projects that have been awarded funding at their May 2021 spring meeting. Congratulations to all the ADE members - and other editors - who have been awarded funding for their projects! Click here to see the full list of...
Catherine Schmitt, Science Communication Specialist at the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park and a participant in the 2017 Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents (IEHD), has successfully edited and published a collection of historical records....
The School of Advanced Study, University of London, is offering a short workshop that will introduce the use of TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) XML for marking up literary and historical texts and critical editions. Delivered online via a mix of asynchronous video...
The Lyman H. Butterfield Award Committee seeks nominations for the award to be given in 2021. Since 1985, the Association for Documentary Editing has presented the Butterfield Award annually to recognize recent contributions in the areas of documentary publication,...
In January 2021 the Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Complete Works of Alfred North Whitehead published volume 2 of its intended 6 volume collection of the complete, collected published works and previously unpublished lectures, papers, and correspondence of...
The University of Tennessee Press has published the fourteenth and final volume of the Correspondence of James K. Polk. Covering April 1848 to June 1849, it features letters from the last months of his presidency and of his life. It culminates over six decades...
The ADE brings historical documents to life by helping editors preserve, interpret, and share important records from the past with the public.
Theme: Collaborations Call for Papers The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) will meet June 20-22, 2024 in Buffalo, New...
James Monroe’s Highland is pleased to announce a one-year fellowship for scholars specializing in early America with an interest...
The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) invites applications for its annual prize to documentary editors and students at...
We are extremely pleased to announce that that the Critical Edition of Whitehead is now being funded through the National...
