ADE Annual Meeting to be Rescheduled
Erica Cavanaugh
As the impact of COVID–19 appears to expand every day, the ADE Council has determined that hosting the association’s annual conference this June could pose too great a risk to attendees. By initiating the change at this time, before a contract has been signed for the conference venue, we will also avoid […]
Survey on Digital Editions
Cathy Moran Hajo
Click here for the survey! The Jane Addams Papers Project, in partnership with the University of Michigan School of Information, is exploring the user experience for both the Jane Addams Digital Edition and scholarly digital editions in general. If you are a student or a scholar who has used at […]
ADE Annual Meeting: Stay Tuned for Further Information
Katy Gehred
As the effects of COVID-19, now a global pandemic, continue to unfold, many institutions and professional societies have been adjusting their public programming. Likewise, the ADE Council is paying close attention to the developing public health situation. Specifically, we are giving serious consideration to any changes the situation may require […]
The Lyman H. Butterfield Award 2020: Call for Nominations
Katy Gehred
The Lyman H. Butterfield Award Committee seeks nominations for the award to be given in 2020. 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 […]
Call For Papers, Modern Language Association Meeting 2021
Katy Gehred
Marginalia and footnotes are their own genres, but most editors concentrate on the main body of a text. Yet material outside that text body, whether as marginalia or footnotes, can have great bearing on the meaning of the main document. Marginalia and footnotes raise a number of questions: What is […]
Making Past Voices Public: The Boston-Area Institute for Publishing Archival Manuscript Text Online
Katy Gehred
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) in partnership with Northeastern University Library (NUL) is proud to host Making Past Voices Public, a collegial institute from July 27 to 31, 2020, designed to assist participants with preparing the content of manuscript sources for digital public presentation. If you have/are working with archival […]
Call for Proposals for ADE Annual Meeting 2020
Katy Gehred
The ADE has extended its submission period for submitting proposals for individual papers, panels, or poster sessions for the 2020 ADE meeting in Dickinson North Dakota. If you are still considering submitting a proposal—contact program committee chair Connie Schulz [schulz@sc.edu]. Read the initial call for papers announcement here. […]
New Jackson Papers Volume
Katy Gehred
The staff of The Papers of Andrew Jackson is pleased to announce the publication of Volume XI: 1833 by University of Tennessee Press. Learn more about the volume at the University of Tennessee Press website.
ADE Call for Nominations
Katy Gehred
Dear colleagues, The ADE nominating committee seeks advice, informal suggestions, and formal nominations of candidates for the offices of President-Elect and Councilor-at-Large. You may forward your suggestions to Christy Regenhardt, Committee Chair, at regenha@gwu.edu or to any other members of the committee (listed at the end of this announcement). The […]
Call for Faculty Consultants, Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents
Katy Gehred
The Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents (IEHD) seeks consultants to join its faculty and develop online and in-person training in editing and publishing historical documents. Topics covered will include but are not limited to the following: collecting and cataloging documents selecting which documents to publish digitizing transcribing, and […]