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Boyd Award Committee

Notice

Members of the ADE are encouraged to submit nominations for the Julian P. Boyd Award, the Association's highest award which recognizes a lifetime of distinguished scholarship. The Boyd committee has begun receiving nominations and will continue to do so until August 1. You can view the list of past recipients at:

http://www.documentaryediting.org/about/past_recipients.html

Please send your nominations as email attachments to the committee members whose email addresses are listed below. The attachment should be formatted as a Microsoft Word "doc" file or a PDF. Do not send "docx" files, the new Microsoft Word format which is not backward compatible.

Thank you,
David Chesnutt, Chair (dchesnutt@earthlink.net)
Barbara Oberg (boberg@princeton.edu)
Gary Moulton (gmoulton@unlnotes.unl.edu)

Purpose
The committee is responsible for selecting the recipient of the Julian P. Boyd Award, which is the highest honor given by the Association for Documentary Editing. Established in 1980 through the contribution of an anonymous donor, this award commemorates Boyd's commitment to excellence and the breadth of his scholarly interests. First presented in 1981, the Boyd Award is now given every three years to a senior scholar in recognition of distinguished contributions to the study of American history and culture.

Membership
David Chesnutt, chair
Gary Moulton
Barbara Oberg

Current Charge
The Boyd award will be presented in 2010.

Meetings
The Committee consults by mail, telephone and e-mail.

Reports
The 2007 award was presented to Gary E. Moulton.

Previous award recipients.