Boydston Essay Prize, 2020-21
Katy Gehred
The Association for Documentary Editing invites nominations for the 2020-21 Boydston Essay Prize. The prize will be awarded to the best essay or review published between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2019, the primary focus of which is the editing of a volume of works or documents. The award […]
Winners of the Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize for 2020 and 2021
Katy Gehred
The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) is proud to announce the winners of the Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize for 20/21: Manaswini Ramkumar, a PhD candidate in International Relations and an adjunct faculty member of the School of International Service at American University, Washington, DC; and William A. Taylor, Associate Professor […]
Rare Book School Applications Now Open for 2021
Katy Gehred
The Rare Book School, a non-profit institute that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials, is now accepting applications for their Summer 2021 courses. “The most generous, intense, and collaborative learning experience I have ever had.” – 2019 Rare Book […]
Call for Nominations: 2021 SAA Waldo Gifford Leland Award
Katy Gehred
Please help us to recognize the best in our profession! Have you read a great new book about archives? Encountered a new documentary publication that is head and shoulders above the rest? Has a new web publication really stood out to you? If you have, please consider nominating it for […]
ADE Cosigns AHA Statement on Capitol Riots
Katy Gehred
The ADE Council has voted to support a statement by the American Historical Association condemning the invasion of the U.S. Capitol, and the resulting violence against our key government institution. The statement can be accessed here: https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/aha-advocacy/ransacking-democracy-statement-(january-2021)
Call for Papers – The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association
Katy Gehred
The 113th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association: “The Past is Always Present” August 11-13, 2021 Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. The 2021 Program Committee invites proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers on any subject, but particularly those addressing the conference theme: The […]
ADE Virtual Annual Meeting: Representation and Recovery
Erica Cavanaugh
ADE Virtual Annual Meeting: Representation and Recovery 24-27 June, and 6, 13, 20 and 27 July 2021 ADE conference organizers have decided to consider the current moment as an opportunity to reexamine the objectives of an annual conference. The events of 2020 highlight a long-standing threat to our multifaceted cultural […]
In Service to the New Nation: The Life and Legacy of John Jay Conference
Katy Gehred
The John Jay Papers Project, Columbia University Libraries, and Columbia University’s Office of the Provost are proud to present In Service to the New Nation: The Life & Legacy of John Jay, a two-day virtual conference (January 22-23, 2021) celebrating the near completion of the Project’s seven-volume series The Selected […]
Announcing the Publication of Thomas Jefferson’s Weather and Climate Records
Katy Gehred
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson at Princeton University and the Center for Digital Editing at the University of Virginia announce the publication of the Jefferson Weather & Climate Records (https://jefferson-weather-records.org), a digital resource created from the meteorological observations meticulously recorded by Thomas Jefferson for nearly half a century. Jefferson began […]
Call for Mini-Grant Proposals: Awesome Libraries December 2020 Award
Katy Gehred
The Awesome Libraries chapter of the Awesome Foundation is announcing its final 2020 call for mini-grant proposals. The foundation will award $1,000 to a community-based archive or memory project. With this round of funding, Awesome Libraries hopes to support a marginalized community’s efforts and decision-making to collect, preserve, and share […]