Call for Papers – The Society for Textual Scholarship 2022

The Society for Textual Scholarship 2022 conference will be hosted by Loyola University Chicago May 26-28, with the theme of “Cultural Mappings.” We seek to explore the multivalent ways that mapping as a mode of inquiry and a methodological tool in the field of textual scholarship makes visible the meanings […]

The Lyman H. Butterfield Award 2022: Call for Nominations

The Lyman H. Butterfield Award Committee seeks nominations for the award to be given in 2022. Since 1985, the Association for Documentary Editing has presented the Butterfield Award annually to recognize recent contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, and service. Both senior and early-career scholars are eligible, as are projects and institutions. The award is granted in memoriam […]

Invitation to Nominate Candidates for the ADE Council

The ADE nominating committee seeks advice, informal suggestions, and formal nominations of candidates for the offices of President-Elect, Treasurer, Director of Publications, 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. You may forward your suggestions […]

The Pinckney Papers Project Publishes New Volume

Cropped full length portrait of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

The editors at the Pinckney Papers Projects are delighted to announce to the editing community the release/publication by the University of Virginia Press of Volume 3 of the Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen  “Experienced Statesmen in War, Politics, & Diplomacy (1799–1811).” This 550-document volume of our born digital edition,  part […]

Call for Nominations: Julian P. Boyd Award

First presented in 1981, the Julian P. Boyd Award commemorates Boyd’s commitment to excellence and the breadth of his scholarly interests. The Boyd Award is given every three years to a senior scholar in honor of distinguished contributions to the study of American history and culture. For more information about […]

Job Announcement: Assistant Editor at the Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr.

Assistant Editor The Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr., and the NAACP Washington Bureau, SUNY College at Old Westbury   Project Description: The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. Project, a nine-volume historical documentary edition, is seeking an assistant editor to continue work on completing in print and digitally the final three volumes. […]

Submissions Welcome for Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize, 2022

The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) invites applications for its annual prize to documentary editors, scholars, 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 the […]