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Thank you to everyone who participated in the ADE Annual Meeting! We enjoyed fantastic talks from our presenters, lively Q&A with all participants and lots of cute pet photos. A big thank you to our Programs and Local Arrangements committees for providing an online opportunity to gather this year!

We hope you'll join us for today's Annual Meeting sessions and again tomorrow for Rachel Lane's lightning talk about "My Hat Is In the Drink: The Story Behind the Cocktail Inspired by TR’s Unprecedented Run for a Third Term." All Annual Meeting info: www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?p...

Join us on Wednesday to hear Peter W. Walker share a lightning talk on "Myles Cooper’s Historical Anecdotes: A Transatlantic Loyalist Network in the Revolutionary Era."

Next week Christopher Minty will share "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."

We're happy to announce that volume 42 of Scholarly Editing has been published. Enjoy the breadth of topics and diversity of voices featured in this issue as you get ready to attend the ADE's Annual Meeting next week. Find it here: scholarlyediting.org/issues/42/

Association for Documentary Editing 2025: “Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies” From June 16—18, the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) will gather virtually to reflect on theme of "Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies." Sessions wil explore best practices,…

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Scholarly Editing, Vol 42 is out! Check out a micro-edition of a born-digital interactive work of fiction, interviews with scholars of Indigenous languages and Black heritage spaces, discussions on the challenges of using generative AI in recovery projects, and more. scholarlyediting.org/issues/42/

Come hear Dreanna Belden share about "One Great Document: a Woman’s Perspective on the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 Visit to Yorktown and Norfolk," during our lightning talks at next week's ADE Annual Meeting.

There's still time to sign up for next week's ADE Annual Meeting! From the comfort of your own home or office, you can hear Elizabeth Kluin share about "The Subject Spotter Project," as part of our series of lightning talks. Register here: www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?p...

We've got more great lightning talks for your at our Annual Meeting. Hear from Erik A. Johnson on "Reforging Chains of Correspondence – The Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library."

Jennifer McGillan's lightning talk will explore "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." Is it romantic passion, religious passion, or both? The reader can decide!

Lindsey R. Peterson will give a lightning talk on "Balancing Length of Biographical Information in the Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project," exploring how the project balances usable biographical annotations with financial and time constraints.

Do you have a favorite historical (non) alcoholic drink recipe? Perhaps one you've come across in documents you are working with or one passed down in your family? Share it with us for our "all feelings allowed" happy hour 😀 😜 😱 😰 😩 at this year's virtual ADE Annual Meeting.

As part of our series of lightning talks, you'll also hear from Katarzyna Kaczmarek on "AI in the Modernization of (19th Century Polish) Texts." Find out more and register for the ADE's Annual Meeting here: www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?p...

This year's Annual Meeting will include a series of lightning talks. Come hear from fellow documentary editors about new features, fascinating documents and challenges solved. As part of this lineup, Sherry Darling from The Mary Baker Eddy Papers will share a new curated stories feature.

At our upcoming Annual Meeting, you'll get to hear from the winner of this year's Sharon Ritenour Stevens prize: Riley Ford. For more info and to register: www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?p...

Have you registered yet for the upcoming ADE annual meeting? If so, you'll get to hear from panelists on "The ADE and the Semiquincentennial" in this important roundtable session. Find out more about the meeting and how to sign up at the link in our bio.

The Association for Documentary Editing annual meeting is happening virtually this year. Check out the program and sign up to join us on Zoom for some inspiring and supportive sessions, June 16-18: www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?p...

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Job announcement: The North Carolina Office of Historical Publications and Digital Editions is seeking an editor for the North Carolina Governor’s Papers Project. Find out more: www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?p...

Many ADE projects have received essential support from the NEH, and their work will be inhibited through the loss of previously awarded grants. Please see the NHA call to action:

UPDATE: Since many institutions and projects face uncertain budgets at the moment, the ADE will meet remotely starting at 1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Pacific Time on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 16 through 18, 2025. Check out the revised Call for Papers: www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?p...

The Lyman H. Butterfield Award Committee seeks nominations for the 2025 award. Since 1985, the ADE has presented the award annually to recognize recent contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, and service. Nominations are due April 11, 2025. Find out more: buff.ly/3EQjy75

The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) Nominating Committee requests advice, informal suggestions, and formal nominations of candidates for the positions of President-Elect (3-year term) and Councilor-at-Large (3-year term). Find out more at the link: buff.ly/411YRh9

Riley Ford

Congratulations to @TCU History PhD student Riley Ford, recipient of the 2025 Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize from @editorial-notes.bsky.social!

Riley's dissertation bridges women's and gender, military, and immigration history. The prize will assist her research on Japanese and Korean "war brides."

Job opportunity! The North Carolina Office of Historical Publications and Digital Editions is seeking an editor for the North Carolina Governor’s Papers Project. Find out more: buff.ly/4hws7SC

The ADE is delighted to announce that Riley Ford, a graduate student in history at Texas Christian University, has been awarded its sixth Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize. Learn more at the link and come join us at this year's Annual Meeting to hear more about this fascinating research: buff.ly/4hq6LGI

This annual conference for the Society for Textual Scholarship, STS 2025: Textual Remediations, will be held at the University of Pennsylvania, May 28-30, 2025. Submissions are due February 1.
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Documentary Editing Builds Scholarly Foundations – AHA Documentary editors provide essential resources for other historians—and their publications are themselves scholarly achievements, argues William M. Ferraro.

"Presenting a documentary record in a judiciously contextualized manner supplies a foundation for further research," writes William M. Ferraro (Papers of George Washington). Read more in his contribution to the "What Is Scholarship Today?" feature in #AHAPerspectives:

Call for Papers for this year's Annual Meeting! The ADE invites proposals on the theme of “Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies” or any topic related to the editing, publication, and recovery of texts. Submissions are due March 1, 2025. For more: www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?p...