Category: ADE
Invitation to Nominate Candidates for the ADE Council
Katy Gehred
The ADE nominating committee seeks advice, informal suggestions, and formal nominations of candidates for the offices of President-Elect, Secretary, Director of Publications, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, and Councilor-at-Large. Self-nominations are also welcome. In making suggestions, please be sure you have received assurances from nominees of their willingness to serve. […]
Job Announcement: Mary Baker Eddy Papers Seeks Part Time Transcription Verifier/Transcriber
Katy Gehred
The Mary Baker Eddy Papers seeks to hire a part-time Transcription Verifier/Transcriber. This position focuses on verifying transcriptions and transcribing for the Mary Baker Eddy Papers, in its work of annotating and digitally publishing correspondence, sermons, and other documents related to Mary Baker Eddy. The work for this position […]
New Primary Source Resource for K-12 Teachers
Katy Gehred
The Massachusetts Historical Society has released History Source, a free digital collection of primary source documents from their collection, with intention of promoting the learning of U.S. History. The MHS describes the site as “a free, easy-to-use resource hub for K–12 social studies, ELA, and civics classrooms.”
Project Announcement: The Papers of William Short
Katy Gehred
The Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina announces The Papers of William Short, a born-digital documentary edition focusing on Virginian William Short (1759-1849), who was a U.S. diplomat and fiscal agent in Europe, a successful businessman and philanthropist in the United States, an early advocate of […]
Call for Papers: The Association for Documentary Editing 2023
Katy Gehred
The Association for Documentary Editing 2023 Theme: Modalities of Text and Editing Call for Papers The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) will meet in person, for the first time in four years, on June 22–25, 2023. The conference will be held in Washington, DC, and most sessions, streamed live online, […]
Deadline Extended to 30 November for Ritenour Stevens Prize
Katy Gehred
The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) invites applications for its annual prize to documentary editors and students at midpoint of a project relating to the interests of the late Sharon Ritenour Stevens. Preference is given to persons working on women in uniformed military service or in various military support services […]
Submissions Welcome for Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize, 2023
Katy Gehred
The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) invites applications for its annual prize to documentary editors and students at midpoint of a project heavily dependent on documentary editing and document sources. Preference is given to persons working on women in uniformed military service or in various military support services (such as […]
Registration Is Now Open for the 2022 Virtual Annual Meeting of the Association for Documentary Editing
Katy Gehred
Communities of Editing A Virtual Meeting of the Association for Documentary Editing 23-26 June 2022 #docedit22 To promote a wide range of conversations, this year’s program will be held in three parts, with Preconference sessions from 21-21 June, the Annual Meeting from 23-26 June, and Post-Conference Sessions to be held […]
Yale University to publish Notes on the State of Virginia: An Annotated Edition
Katy Gehred
On June 7, Yale University Press will publish Notes on the State of Virginia: An Annotated Edition, edited by ADE member Robert Pierce Forbes. This is the first edition of Thomas Jefferson’s book to be based on both the 1785 first edition and the original manuscript. Congratulations! https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300226874/notes-state-virginia/
American Historical Association (AHA) Call for Proposals
Katy Gehred
As an affiliated society of the American Historical Association, the Association for Documentary Editing is proud to host 1-2 sessions at the annual meeting, to be held in Philadelphia, 5-8 January 2023. We invite all active ADE members to send a proposal for consideration by 25 May 2022 to our AHA affiliate, Sara Georgini: sgeorgini@masshist.org. Please […]