Papers of John Hancock
The Colonial Society of Massachusetts selected Jeffrey Griffith to curate, transcribe, and publish letters authored and received by John Hancock. In both printed and digital form, over 4,000...
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Presidents of the United States
The George Washington Financial Papers
The Financial Papers of George Washington is a digital archive dedicated to the business and financial records of George Washington, the first President of the United States. Hosted by the...
The American Presidency Project
The American Presidency Project is a comprehensive digital archive that provides access to a wide range of presidential documents from George Washington to the present. Hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara, the project includes inaugural addresses,...
Papers of Martin Van Buren
The Papers of Martin Van Buren is a joint digital and print project that aims to make accessible approximately 14,000 documents belonging to the eighth President of the United States. The project includes letters, speeches, notes, and other materials, providing a...
Papers of George Washington
The Washington Papers is a comprehensive documentary editing project that aims to publish a complete edition of George Washington's papers. The project includes a digital edition that provides searchable access to thousands of documents, including letters,...
Papers of Andrew Jackson
The Papers of Andrew Jackson is a comprehensive documentary editing project based at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. It aims to collect and publish the complete extant literary record of Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States. The...
Papers of Thomas Jefferson
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, hosted by Princeton University, is a comprehensive scholarly edition of the correspondence and other papers of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. The project aims to provide a definitive record of Jefferson's...
Papers of Abraham Lincoln
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln is a documentary editing project dedicated to identifying, imaging, transcribing, annotating, and publishing online all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime (1809–1865). This comprehensive digital archive...
Papers of James Madison
The Papers of James Madison is a nonprofit documentary editing project established to procure, edit, annotate, and publish the lifetime correspondence of James Madison, the fourth President of the United States and a principal architect of the U.S. Constitution....
Papers of James Monroe
The Papers of James Monroe is a documentary editing project based at the University of Mary Washington. The project aims to collect, edit, annotate, and publish the correspondence and other writings of James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. By...
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...
