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...
Letters of Florence Kelley
This collection presents the writings of Florence Kelley, a prominent reformer and social justice advocate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Originally published by University of Illinois Press, the letters—edited by Kathryn Kish Sklar and Beverly Wilson...
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, initiated in 1985 at Stanford University with Coretta Scott King’s invitation to historian Clayborne Carson, is a comprehensive documentary editing enterprise. Its mission is to publish a fourteen-volume authoritative...
Clarence Mitchell, Jr. Papers
The Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr. is an extensive documentary editing project focused on the legacy of Clarence M. Mitchell Jr., often referred to as “the 101st U.S. Senator.” Mitchell served as the chief lobbyist for the NAACP from the 1940s through the 1970s,...
Race and Slavery Petitions Project
The Race & Slavery Petitions project, part of the Digital Library on American Slavery (DLAS) at UNC Greensboro, is a searchable database derived from extensive research spanning 18 years. It aggregates data from 2,975 legislative petitions and 14,512 county...
Howard Thurman Papers
The Howard Thurman Papers Project, founded in 1992, aims to preserve and share the lifelong documentary record of Howard Thurman—spanning approximately 63 years and comprising some 58,000 items including correspondence, sermons, speeches, and unpublished writings....
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The ADE brings historical documents to life by helping editors preserve, interpret, and share important records from the past with the public.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
Release of Volume 43 of Scholarly Editing
Dear ADE Community, Volume 43 of Scholarly Editing is now available! This volume also launches the newly designed website for...
Passing of Betty Nuxoll
The ADE is saddened to learn of the loss of Elizabeth “Betty” Nuxoll. The longtime editor of The Papers of John Jay and an ADE...
Jane Addams Papers Publishes Volume 4: Moving Beyond Hull-House, 1901-1907
We are delighted to announce the publication of Volume 4 of the Selected Papers of Jane Addams. Edited by Stacy Lynn, with Cathy...
Announcing the Publication of James Selkirk’s Revolutionary War Memoir
Robb K. Haberman has edited for publication a little-known Revolutionary War memoir written by James Selkirk (1757-1820), a...
