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Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen Announces New Associate Editor!
Jennifer Stertzer
The Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen is delighted to announce that Robert Karachuk has accepted our offer to join our staff as Associate Editor, beginning officially July 1, 2014, but deferring his arrival in South Carolina until August 4 after the conclusion of the Institute for the Editing, […]
Emma Goldman Papers To Receive Hamer-Kegan Award
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The Emma Goldman Papers will receive the 2014 Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award. The Hamer-Kegan Award is given by the Society of American Archivists Foundation in recognition of an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents […]
OAH Revises Standards for Contingent Employment of History Faculty
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Thanks to Ann D. Gordon’s suggestions, the Organization of American Historians Committee on Part-Time, Adjunct, and Contingent Employment revised its standards to include non-teaching positions, such as editing. These changes were recently approved by the OAH Council and will appear on its website soon, but in the meantime, here is […]
Fall 2013 E-newsletter now available!
Jennifer Stertzer
The issue features news, a look back at the Annual Meeting in Ann Arbor, project summaries from editors who attended the 2013 Summer Editing Institute, and more! To read, click here.
Search for Lincoln Papers at the National Archives Threatened
Cathy Moran Hajo
The Washington Post reported that the Abraham Lincoln Papers might be forced to cease its search for Lincoln documents at the National Archives, due to funding shortages. The article focuses on the impact that the funding shortage will have on the Lincoln Papers’ Washington team, headed by Assistant Editor David […]
Guide to Documentary Editing, 3rd ed. Released in Open Access Form
Cathy Moran Hajo
News from David Sewell: Following agreement among the ADE Council, the UVA Press, and the book’s authors, the online version of Mary Jo Kline & Susan Holbrook Perdue’s “A Guide to Documentary Editing” (3rd edition) is now available to all as an open-access publication: http://gde.upress.virginia.edu Previously, access was tied to […]
Publication of the Founders Online Announced.
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From the White House Blog: What was the original intent behind the Constitution and other documents that helped shape the nation? What did the Founders of our country have to say? Those questions persist in the political debates and discussions to this day, and fortunately, we have a tremendous archive […]
Editors and Editions Profiled in the National Press
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Suddenly, editors are in the news! Check out the article on Jeff Looney and the Thomas Jefferson Retirement Project at Monticello that appeared in yesterday’s Washington Post. Then see the article on the Willa Cather edition that was published today in the New York Times. Congratulations!
Diary and Autobiographical Writings of Louisa Catherina Adams Published
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The Diary and Autobiographical Writings of Louisa Catherina Adams, Volumes 1 and 2: 1778–1849. Edited by Judith S. Graham, Beth Luey, Margaret A. Hogan, and C. James Taylor. Harvard University Press, 2013 (ISBN: 9780674058682). The Adams saga takes a stride through the first half of the nineteenth century, as Louisa […]
Look for Caroline W. Van Deusen’s article in “White House History”
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Caroline W. Van Deusen, Project Archivist with E-Archives and new ADE member will publish an article, “The Diary of Elizabeth Dixon” in the March 2013 issue of White House History. The article describes the life of a young mother and wife of a junior congressman offering a glimpse of Washington […]