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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.
James Monroe: Life and Legacy Symposium, October 18-19, 2013
Cassandra A. Good
The Papers of James Monroe and the James Monroe Museum are pleased to announce a symposium on the life and legacy of the nation’s fifth president. This event is a special venture for our papers project and we welcome ADE members to join us at the University of Mary Washington […]
Joseph Smith Papers Project Publication
Cathy Moran Hajo
The Standard-Examiner published an announcement that the Joseph Smith Papers Project has just published Volume 1. From the article This volume released Wednesday is called volume one even though it was published eighth in a series of other books. This volume took more than a decade to compile and research, […]
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln awarded an Amazon Web Services Grant
Cathy Moran Hajo
From Facebook: The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum announced today that Amazon Web Services has awarded the Papers of Abraham Lincoln an “AWS in Education Grant” of $24,000 in storage services. This will allow the Papers of Abraham Lincoln to store more than 35 terabytes of master image files […]
Job: Associate Editor, Mark Twain Papers, University of California, Berkeley
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Departmental Overview Located in the midst of the Mark Twain Papers in The Bancroft Library, the Mark Twain Project is editing and publishing a comprehensive scholarly edition of Mark Twain’s writings, including all of his letters, notebooks, and unpublished manuscripts, as well as his well-known literary works. Since 2007 we […]
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 […]
Abraham Lincoln’s Missing Math Homework Found!
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Read about how math teachers at the Illinois State University were able to rejoin a loose page of young Abraham Lincoln’s math problems with ten other surviving pages, in a post by ISU’s Media Relations. From the post: “The discovery of an 11th leaf of Lincoln’s oldest manuscript is an […]
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 […]
Publications Editor, U.S. Grant Papers
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Assistant Editor of the U.S. Grant Papers Project Position Description Position Title: Publications Editor Number of Positions: 1 Area of Specialization: ONE-YEAR APPOINTMENT as Assistant Editor of the U.S. Grant Papers Project (July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014) Department: Library Department Profile: The University Libraries provide their communities of […]
Editorial/ Research Assistant at Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series
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Editorial/ Research Assistant (.75FTE). [Position #460] The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the non-profit that owns and operates Monticello, the historic home and estate of Thomas Jefferson, seeks an editorial/research assistant to join the staff of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series. This benefitted position will support letterpress and electronic publication […]