coloniaLab
coloniaLab is a workshop for the collaborative editing of manuscripts and rare books related to early Latin America. We seek to produce accurate and accessible versions, and we also reflect on...
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African Americans
Viola Muse Digital Edition
The Viola Muse Digital Edition (VMDE) presents the notes and drafts prepared by Viola B. Muse (1898-1981), who worked from 1936 through 1939 as an interviewer and writer in the Negro Writers Unit...
Editing the Eartha M.M. White Collection
Editing the Eartha M.M. White Collection is a collaborative digital public history project based at the University of North Florida (UNF). We publish selected materials related to the life and work of African American businesswoman, philanthropist, and activist...
The Papers of Julian Bond
The Papers of Julian Bond is a digital project dedicated to preserving and making accessible the papers of Julian Bond (1940–2015), a prominent civil rights leader, politician, and educator. Hosted by the Center for Digital Editing, the project provides free access...
Marcus Garvey Papers Project
The MGPP program at UCLA’s African Studies Center focuses on the legacy of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). It examines Garvey’s historical significance as a leader within the broader African and African‑American struggle for...
African American Religion: A Documentary History
The African‑American Religion: A Documentary History Project (AARDOC), based at Amherst College and founded in 1987, aims to produce a multi‑volume printed history of African‑American religious experience, published by the University of Chicago Press. Its online...
Frederick Douglass Papers
The Frederick Douglass Papers Project collects, edits, and publishes the writings of Frederick Douglass—including speeches, letters, autobiographies, and newspaper contributions—in both printed volumes and an online database. The online collection, hosted alongside...
Freedmen and Southern Society Project
The Freedmen and Southern Society Project, established in 1976 at the University of Maryland, produces a documentary history of emancipation during the Civil War and early Reconstruction (1861–1867) through firsthand voices of freed African‑Americans, former...
Harriet Jacobs Papers
The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers, edited by Jean Fagan Yellin and published by UNC Press in 2008, is a two‑volume annotated collection offering nearly 300 primary source documents from over 900 discovered items relating to Harriet Jacobs, her activist brother John...
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.
Recent Posts
Martin Van Buren and the 250th Anniversary of the United States: A Symposium April 8-10, 2027
On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Papers of Martin Van Buren wants to reflect on...
Documentary Editing as Resistance: A Round Table at NCPH 2027
As a field concerned with making historical evidence both available and accessible, documentary editing has long been understood...
Call for Nominations: The 2026 Lyman H. Butterfield Award
The Lyman H. Butterfield Award Committee seeks nominations for the 2026 award. Since 1985, the Association for Documentary...
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...
