Month: December 2015
NHPRC – Strategic Plan Draft
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Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents Welcomes Applications for 2016
The Association for Documentary Editing welcomes applications for the 45th Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents, to be held 31 July – 4 August 2016 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents is an annual five-day workshop for […]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
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
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
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 […]