Job Opening – Assistant Editor, Washington Papers

Assistant Editor, Washington Papers The Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia invites applications for an Assistant Editor position to work on the Papers of Martha Washington and the Washington Family beginning July 1, 2015. This appointment will be at the Lecturer level; full-time, twelve month, renewable (contingent […]

New courtship letters from the 1840s South

~~~~~~ January 1, 2015 The Belles of Williamsburg The Courtship Correspondence of Eliza Fisk Harwood and Tristrim Lowther Skinner 1839-1849 Edited by Mary Maillard ebook ISBN 978-0-9917893-1-3 January 2015 $35.00 from Kindle, iBooks, Kobo The Skinner Family Papers project is pleased to announce the publication of its third ebook of […]

David R. Chesnutt ( 1940-2014)

David Rogers Chesnutt, 74, died of throat cancer at home in Hardwick, Vermont on December 15, 2014. Born in Athens, AL in 1940, the son of Thomas Brice Chesnutt and Lena (Moss) Chesnutt, he earned degrees from the University of Alabama, ’62, Auburn University, ’67, and the University of Georgia, […]

Special issue: Radical Archives

Special issue: Radical Archives Deadline:  April 15, 2015 “Radical archives” and “radical archiving” are concepts that continue to gain currency among archivists, artists and cultural theorists alike, but to date, discussions of “radical archives” and “radical archiving” often appear to rest on an assumed rather than articulated understanding of what […]