Call for Nominations: Julian P. Boyd Award
Katy Gehred
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.
Katy Gehred
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. […]
Call for Papers – Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA
Katy Gehred
The 115th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association Reckoning with the Past: Naming, Memorializing, and Remembering August 10-12, 2022 Portland State University Portland, OR The 2022 Program Committee invites proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers on any subject, but particularly those addressing the […]
Job Announcement: Postdoctoral Associate, Thomas A. Edison Papers
Paul B. Israel
The Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University is seeking a Post-Doctoral Associate, with an annual salary of $50,000, with experience in Digital Humanities to identify, select, and help implement digital tools that can enhance the usability of the project’s digital book and image editions, make its metadata more accessible, […]
Job Announcement: Assistant Editor, The John Dickinson Writings Project
Katy Gehred
The John Dickinson Writings Project (JDP), under the auspices of the Morris Library at the University of Delaware (UD), seeks an Assistant Editor to be in residence (health conditions permitting) at UD. The JDP is producing letterpress and digital editions of the writings and selected correspondence of John Dickinson. The […]
Virtual Event: 2021 SNAC Annual Meeting
Kathryn Blizzard
The SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context) Operations Committee is pleased to announce the 2021 SNAC Annual Meeting. Details are as follows: Date: September 29 and 30, 2021 Times: September 29, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; September 30, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (East Coast Time) Meeting Platform: All-virtual via Zoom Registration Information (please register in […]
Submissions Welcome for Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize, 2022
Kathryn Blizzard
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 […]
Job Announcement: Assistant Editor, The Adams Papers
Kathryn Blizzard
The Adams Papers editorial project at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston seeks a full-time assistant editor to begin work in fall 2021. Since its establishment in 1954, the Adams Papers has published 55 volumes of the diaries, letters, and other writings of the Adams family of Massachusetts; currently, we […]
ADE Conference 2022 Survey
Kathryn Blizzard
The Association for Documentary Editing is starting to plan its Boston-based conference for June 2022. In the context of the pandemic and developments in technology, both in-person and remote/hybrid formats are being considered. To help the ADE’s leadership make these important planning decisions, we want to know whether you would […]
Job Announcement: Assistant Editor, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Kathryn Blizzard
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln seeks two assistant editors to begin work in October 2021. The Papers of Abraham Lincoln is a documentary editing project dedicated to identifying, imaging, transcribing, annotating, and publishing online all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime (1809-1865). This born-digital project is […]