Survey on Digital Editions

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 […]

Jane Addams Papers Seeks German translator

As we head into the World War I years, Jane Addams’ life and her letters go international! We are looking for an editor familiar with German and early 20th century handwriting to work on a document-by-document basis translating German-language documents. At present we have only a handful, letters by women […]

Women’s History in the Digital World – Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Women’s History in the Digital World 2017 Maynooth University, Ireland, July 6-7-2017 The Women’s History in the Digital World conference brings together historians, archivists, curators, digital humanists and more to present on their work, network and collaborate on current and future projects at the intersection of women’s […]

Nominations Still Being Accepted!

Q. What is the best way to avoid being tapped for an ADE office? A. Nominate somebody else! We need your ideas and suggestions to fill four offices. Please suggest your friends, your co-workers, the editors you look up to, or the fresh faces of energized new editors. You can […]

It is Nominations Time!

Its that time of year, when we think of inaugurations and awards, and time to think about who should steer the Association for Documentary Editing’s ship. We are looking for your ideas and suggestions to fill four offices. Please suggest your friends, your co-workers, the editors you look up to, […]

Stacy Pratt McDermott Joins the Jane Addams Papers!

Stacy Pratt McDermott It is with great pleasure that we welcome Stacy Pratt McDermott to the Jane Addams Papers team as our new Assistant Editor. Stacy comes to us with a wealth of over 20 years experience as a scholarly editor, gained at the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, where she […]

Jane Addams Papers Project: Part-Time Assistant Editor Position

The Jane Addams Papers Project is seeking a part-time Assistant Editor to help work on the preparation of Volume 4 of the Selected Papers of Jane Addams. The position is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is renewable year-by-year dependent on funding. The Selected […]

Documentary Editing at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute

Since 2001, the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI), held annually in Victoria, B.C., Canada, has been an annual gathering of technologists, scholars, librarians, graduate and undergraduate students…and editors. For the past three years, Jennifer Stertzer and I, joined this year by Erica Cavanaugh (George Washington Financial Papers Project), have offered […]

Jane Addams Papers Opens at Ramapo College

I am very pleased to announce the opening of the Jane Addams Papers Project at Ramapo College of New Jersey. This new project, funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, aims to publish documents from the second half of Addams’ life (1901-1935) in both digital and print publications. […]

DiXiT Convention: Technology, Software, Standards for the Digital Scholarly Edition

Registrations are now open for the DiXiT Convention – Technology, Software, Standards for the Digital Scholarly Edition (The Hague, 16 – 18 September). A detailed schedule, registration form and logistic info at http://dixit.huygens.knaw.nl/ Please note that registration is required and free of charge. One day of the Convention is dedicated […]