Call for Papers: MLA 2017
Jennifer Stertzer
The Association for Documentary Editing invites proposals for its MLA session entitled “Editing the Amanuensis.” We seek presentations that address issues of editing material prepared with the help of an amanuensis, broadly defined. Among such situations are instances where someone prepares an original text on behalf of someone else, typically […]
Call for Papers: Fall-winter 2016 issue of Archive Journal
Jennifer Stertzer
The fall-winter 2016 issue of Archive Journal will focus on Digital Medieval Manuscript Cultures. We seek essays and works in other formats that address the current practices and theories shaping the (re)production of digital medieval manuscript culture as well as the larger possibilities or limits of “digital manuscript cultures” today. […]
Digital Cataloging and Review/History Internships
Jennifer Stertzer
Digital Cataloging and Review/History Internships The Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University is seeking interns to participate in the cataloging of historical documents in the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. The goal of the Center is to serve scholars, tourists, teachers, curious citizens, and students of all ages as they […]
ADE: Call for Nominations
Jennifer Stertzer
The Nominating Committee invites the submission of names for four important offices of the Association for Documentary Editing: President, Treasurer, Director of Publications, and Councilor-at-Large. Names of potential candidates and rationales for their nomination should be submitted to the committee chair, Timothy Connelly, by April 1, 2016. President The President […]
Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition Summer 2016 Graduate Internship (Paid)
Jennifer Stertzer
Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition Summer 2016 Graduate Internship (Paid) The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) seeks one graduate intern to work closely with editors and other staff of the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition (CWG-K). Through this competitive internship opportunity, a successful candidate will […]
Call for Papers: MLA CSE-SHARP Collaborative Session, Open Topic: Editions/Author/Readers/Publishers
Jennifer Stertzer
MLA CSE (Committee on Scholarly Editions)-SHARP (Society for the HIstory of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing) Collaborative Session, Open Topic: Editions/Author/Readers/Publishers at the 2017 MLA Convention This collaborative session seeks to engage the scholarly editing community with the wider community of authors and readers (and scholars of authorship, reading, and publishing). […]
SEDIT-L seeks a new list manager
Jennifer Stertzer
SEDIT-L is an unmoderated email discussion list for those interested in scholarly and documentary editing and related subjects. It provides a fast and efficient means of communicating with other editors and those overseeing and sponsoring editorial projects, allowing subscribers to share news and announcements, discuss common problems, and mobilize in […]
REMINDER: Butterfield Award Nominations
Jennifer Stertzer
REMINDER: The Lyman H. Butterfield Award committee solicits nominations for a recipient of the award in 2016. This award is presented annually by the Association for Documentary Editing to an individual, editorial project, or institution for notable contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, or service. Nominations should be […]
Online Access to “Correspondence of James K. Polk”
Jennifer Stertzer
The James K. Polk Project, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is pleased to announce that all twelve published volumes of the “Correspondence of James K. Polk” are now available online. This open-access edition, published by Newfound Press, makes important primary-source documents on the politics, diplomacy, economics, science, and culture […]
The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris – the project’s first volume online
Jennifer Stertzer
The Papers of Gouverneur Morris is pleased to announce that Rotunda, the University of Virginia Press’ digital imprint, has published the project’s first volume online (The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris: European Travels, 1794-1798) as part of the American Founding Era Collection. This volume went up at the same time as Beatrix Davenport’s edition […]