Association for Documentary Editing Annual Meeting

June, 2025 | Virtual

Virtual ADE2025 Program

Pre-Conference for Members

Monday, June 16, 2025

• ADE Annual Business Meeting
  2–3 p.m. EDT / 1–2 p.m. CDT / 12–1 p.m. MDT / 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PDT
• Website Soft Launch
  3:10–3:50 p.m. EDT / 2:10–2:50 p.m. CDT / 1:10–1:50 p.m. MDT / 12:10–12:50 p.m. PDT
  Presenters: Serenity Sutherland and Erica Cavanaugh
  Questions can be sent to the presenters in advance.

Virtual Conference Day 1

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

• Rittenour-Stevens Prize Presentation and Paper
  2–3 p.m. EDT / 1–2 p.m. CDT / 12–1 p.m. MDT / 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PDT
  Prize Committee: Carol DeBoer-Langworthy
  Paper: Riley Ford,
  Housework, Homework: Japanese War Brides, Brides’ Schools, and the Teachings of American Domesticity
• Roundtable: The ADE and the U.S. Semiquincentennial
  3:15–4:15 p.m. EDT / 2:15–3:15 p.m. CDT / 1:15–2:15 p.m. MDT / 12:15–1:15 p.m. PDT
  Panelists: Michael David Cohen, William M. Ferraro, Katherine A.S. Sibley

Virtual Conference Day 2

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Lightning Talks 1 – Coffee/Tea Hour

2–3 p.m. EDT / 1–2 p.m. CDT / 12–1 p.m. MDT / 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PDT

• Lindsey R. Peterson: Balancing Length of Biographical Information in the Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project
• Andrew Wiley: The Document Search in the Increasingly Digital Age
• Erik A. Johnson: Reforging Chains of Correspondence – The Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library
• Sherry Darling: Story Paths: A New Feature at the Mary Baker Eddy Papers
• Elisabeth Kluin: The Subject Spotter Project
• Katarzyna Kaczmarek: AI in the Modernization of (19th Century Polish) Texts

Lightning Talks 2 – Cocktail Hour

3:15–4:15 p.m. EDT / 2:15–3:15 p.m. CDT / 1:15–2:15 p.m. MDT / 12:15–1:15 p.m. PDT

• Peter W. Walker: Myles Cooper’s Historical Anecdotes: A Transatlantic Loyalist Network in the Revolutionary Era
• Jennifer McGillan: One Great Document: Tucker Minds to Colin B., 1816: A passionate letter written in contemplation of death, from HMS Albion, off the coast of Algeria.
• Christopher Minty: Projects I Wished I Worked On: Drawing inspiration from Alicia Keys’ Songs I Wish I Wrote, performed at the 61st Grammy’s. A lightning talk highlighting innovative and engaging projects that I wish I worked on/contributed to. Old and new. Big and Small.
• Dreanna Belden: One Great Document: a Woman’s Perspective on the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 Visit to Yorktown and Norfolk
• Rachel Lane: My Hat Is In the Drink: The Story Behind the Cocktail Inspired by TR’s Unprecedented Run for a Third Term

Happy/Sad/Feelings/Fresh Hell/What Now?/Are We Allowed to Be Happy? Hour

4:30–5:30 p.m. EDT / 3:30–4:30 p.m. CDT / 2:30–3:30 MDT / 1:30–2:30 p.m. PDT

• Break-out rooms available based on lightning talk topics and for general chat.
• Participants are invited to share favorite historical (non)alcoholic drink recipes to be shared a week ahead. Send recipes to kathryn.tomasek@gmail.com.

Additional Information:
Opportunities for virtual discussion will be available throughout the conference; platform TBD.