Upcoming symposium: Jefferson Davis’s America: Perspectives on the Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States
Jennifer Stertzer
February 19-20, 2016, Rice University In 1890, W. E. B. Du Bois pointed to Jefferson Davis as “a representative of civilization” as it had developed over the previous century. Scholars have often remembered the 19th century as the Age of Emancipation, as an age of liberal nation-building or even as […]
Invitation from the Society of American Archivists
Jennifer Stertzer
Call for Nominations: 2016 SAA Waldo Gifford Leland Award Please help us to recognize the best in our profession! Have you read a great new book about archives? Seen an exceptional new finding aid? Encountered a new documentary publication that is head and shoulders above the rest? Has a new […]
Call for Papers – The Association for Documentary Editing
Jennifer Stertzer
Call for Papers – The Association for Documentary Editing Celebrate the Vibrancy of Documentary Editing New Orleans, Louisiana, August 4-6, 2016 Program Organizers: Jennifer Stertzer, Louis Gallo, Robert Haggard, and Pamela Pierce Deadline for Proposals: March 31, 2016 The Association for Documentary Editing announces its annual conference to be held at […]
NHPRC – Strategic Plan Draft
Jennifer Stertzer
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission has revised its draft of our Strategic Plan and proposed a new mission and vision statement as well as four major goals for the agency: Mission The National Historical Publications and Records Commission provides opportunities for the American people to discover and use […]
Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents Welcomes Applications for 2016
Robert
The Association for Documentary Editing welcomes applications for the 45th Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents, to be held 31 July – 4 August 2016 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents is an annual five-day workshop for […]
Call for Nominations for Boydston Award
Jennifer Stertzer
The Association for Documentary Editing invites nominations for the 2016 Boydston Essay Prize. The prize will be awarded to the best essay or review published anywhere between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2015, the primary focus of which is the editing of a volume of works or documents. The […]
Roundtable Discussion on Documentary Editing at this year’s AHA
Jennifer Stertzer
Documentary editors have long recognized the unique capabilities of the digital edition, which allows for more integrated presentation of metadata as well as greater accessibility for users via the Internet. With the process of creating online editions well explored, what are the next steps editors must take to stay current in an ever-changing digital environment? […]
Assistant or Associate Editor, The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Jennifer Stertzer
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, a comprehensive, annotated edition co-sponsored by Yale University and the American Philosophical Society and housed at Yale, seeks an Assistant or Associate Editor to help complete the edition. Of a projected 47 volumes, 41 volumes have been published and volume 42 (March through August, 1784) is […]
Editorial Associate, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
James P. McClure
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson seeks an Editorial Associate, who will be a key member of a collaborative team of seven full-time professionals preparing the authoritative edition of Jefferson’s papers for publication in print and online. The project’s focus now is on the period of Jefferson’s two terms as President […]
Job Announcement: Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
Jennifer Stertzer
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project publishes The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., the definitive edition of King’s most historically significant speeches, sermons, correspondence, and unpublished manuscripts. The Project seeks a full-time research assistant to support and facilitate the publication of the documentary editions of the King Papers […]