Call for nominations: Julian P. Boyd Award

The Julian P. Boyd Award committee solicits nominations for a recipient of the award for 2016. The award is presented every three years by the Association for Documentary Editing to a senior scholar in honor of a distinguished contribution to the study of American history and culture. The ADE’s highest […]

Butterfield Award Nominations

The Lyman H. Butterfield Award committee solicits nominations for a recipient of the award in 2016. This award is presented annually by the Association for Documentary Editing to an individual, editorial project, or institution for notable contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, or service. Nominations should be made […]

David Chesnutt’s headstone

David R. Chesnutt, an early pioneer in digital humanities, died on December 15, 2014. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/MontgomeryAdvertiser/obituary.aspx?pid=173539919 He donated his body to the University of Vermont’s Medical School so he could continue to be of service to other – his commitment in life and death. As a result of his donation, he […]

2015 Lyman H. Butterfield Award Nominations

The Lyman H. Butterfield Award committee solicits nominations for a recipient of the award in 2015. This award is presented annually by the Association for Documentary Editing to an individual, editorial project, or institution for notable contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, or service. A list of past […]

Emma Goldman Papers To Receive Hamer-Kegan Award

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 […]

Boydston Prize Nominations

Call for Nominations The Association for Documentary Editing invites nominations for the 2014 Boydston Essay Prize. The prize will be awarded to the best essay or review published between 1 July 2011 and 31 December 2013, the primary focus of which is the editing of a volume of works or […]

Call for Nominations: 2013 SAA Waldo Gifford Leland Award

Please help the Society for American Archivists recognize the best in our profession! Have you read a great new book about archives? Seen an exceptional new finding aid? Encountered a new documentary publication that is head and shoulders above the rest? Has a new web publication really stood out to […]

Call for Nominations for Lyman H. Butterfield Award

The Association for Documentary Editing is soliciting nominations for the 2013 Lyman H. Butterfield Award. The award is presented annually to an individual, project, or institution for recent contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, and service. Nomination letters should describe the rseaons for the award and should be […]

Ann Gordon wins Silent Sentinel Award

Ann Gordon was honored with the Silent Sentinel Award in May 2012 by the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association for her lifetime of work in preserving, editing, and making available the writings of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The award honors those who have been instrumental in advocating […]