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Travel Grants, 2005 ADE Annual Meeting--Modem Language Association

"Those Who Follow Will Have An Easier Task": The Correspondence Of The First Federal Congress: Review Of Documentary History Of The First Federal Congress Of The United States, Volumes 15, 16, And 17, Correspondence. Ed. By Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, Helen E. Veit, And William Charles Digiacomantonio., Dorothy Twohig

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With publication of the official records and debates completed in the first fourteen volumes of The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, the editors have turned to the final series-the publication of letters concerning the activities that surrounded the first Congress. The three current volumes cover Congress's first session, March to November 1789. From the more than 13,000 documents that have been collected for this series, letters have been chosen for publication that throw light on the working of both houses, that describe the social and political views of the members, incoming letters that express cogent views and inform …

Federal Initiative--We The People Projects 2004

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"On Constitution Day 2002, President George W. Bush announced We the People, an NEH initiative to explore significant events and themes in our nation's history, and to share these lessons with all Americans (www.wethepeople.gov)." Below are the projects that received funding during 2004.

Ade Committees 2004-2005

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Officers--Committees

Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Number 4, Winter 2005.

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Presidential Address--A Time To Reach Out, Dennis M. Conrad

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There is a Chinese curse that goes: "May you live in interesting -1 times." Well, this organization and documentary editing in general seem always to live in "interesting times," and this year has proved no exception. Through the course of it, I noticed I had lost some weight. One day, while admiring my new Adonis-like physique, it occurred to me that most documentary editors are on the thinnish side. (Now Records people, on the other hand .... ) I wondered how it was that editors, who all of you must admit, are as desk-bound a group as can be found, …

Archivists And Scholarly Editing, Elizabeth H. Dow

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In July 1995, I joined the faculty in the Special Collections Department of Bailey/Howe Library at the University of Vermont (UVM). I was expected to put the descriptions of their holdings online. I knew the little collections were easy (MARC records in the university's online catalog would do), but what about the longer inventories-some as long as 300 pages? That problem had me flummoxed. However, at the Society of American Archivists meeting in August of 1995, I saw Daniel Pitti demonstrate Encoded Archival Description (EAD), an SGML (now XML) protocol for publishing archival inventories on the web. I knew I …

A Woman's Voice From The Old Northwest: The Correspondence Of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler: Review Of Remember The Distance That Divides Us: The Family Letters Of Philadelphia Quaker Abolitionist And Michigan Pioneer Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, 1830-1842. Edited By Marcia J. Heringa Mason., Kendra Clauser-Roemer

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From Philadelphia to Lenawee County, Michigan Territory, Remember the Distance that Divides Us offers the correspondence of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807-1834), her family and friends. Remember the Distance is the first publication of Chandler's writing since Benjamin Lundy published her essays and poems in 1836 shortly after her death. An active abolitionist and author, Chandler wrote for the Genius of Universal Emancipation, an early antislavery newspaper edited by Benjamin Lundy. In 1830 Elizabeth, her brother Thomas, and her aunt, Ruth Evans, moved to Michigan territory. The letters begin 12 February 1830, as the three prepare to migrate west. They continue …

Recent Editions--Winter 2005

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

This quarterly bibliography of documentary editions recently published on subjects in the fields of American and British history, literature, and culture is generally restricted to scholarly first editions of English language works. In addition to the bibliographical references, Internet addresses are provided for the editorial project or the publisher.

Ade 27th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 6-8 October 2005: Session Summaries

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No abstract provided.

Ade Business Minutes, Denver, Colorado, 6 October 2005-8 October 2005

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Secretary's Report--Treasurer's Report--Committee Reports--New Business

Obituary--Linda A. Fisher

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Linda A. Fisher, MD, 58, former director of the Fairfax County Health Department, in Fairfax, VA died Monday, 23January 2006 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD of complications following a heart transplant. A resident of Annandale, VA for the past five years, she had resided in St. Louis from 1975 until 2000.

Dr. Fisher was an active member of the ADE and a graduate of Camp Edit. She was a recipient of a travel grant and attended the 2003 ADE Annual Meeting in Chicago. Dr. Fisher had published two articles in Documentary Editing, an article about Missouri businessman Joseph …

Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Number 4, Winter 2005--Index

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"A Perfect & Lawful Right": Review Of To Marry An Indian: The Marriage Of Harriett Gold & Elias Boudinot In Letters, 1823-1839. Edited By Theresa Strouth Gaul., Kathryn M. Wilmot

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In 1825, the community of Cornwall, Connecticut was in an uproar over the impending marriage of Harriett Gold, the daughter of one of its leading citizens, to Elias Boudinot, member of the Cherokee Indian Nation and former student of the town's assimilation-focused Foreign Mission School. The second white woman in the community to establish a relationship with a Foreign Mission School student, Harriett's determination to marry Elias resulted in an exchange of heated correspondence among her family members. Theresa Strouth Gaul's book, To Marry an Indian: The Marriage of Harriett Gold & Elias Boudinot in Letters, 1823-1839, affords a fascinating …

A New Discovery With Broad Appeal: Review Of The Lewis And Clark Journals: An American Epic Of Discovery. Edited By Gary E. Moulton., Bethany L. Natali

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Gary Moulton writes, "few events in American history are more alive today" than the Lewis and Clark expedition (x). Two hundred years after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, along with their crew, embarked upon a unique and uncertain journey into the American West, numerous popular and scholarly histories continue to interpret and reinterpret the journey's purpose, meaning, and ultimate impact. Moulton has been closely involved in creating an accurate account of that historical journey, first as an editor of the thirteen-volume work The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and more recently as editor of its one-volume abridgement, The …

Ade Committees 2005-2006

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Officers--Committees

Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Number 4, Winter 2005--Front Matter

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Cover--Photo of purchases made by Meriwether Lewis in preparation for the expedition to the West, ca. 1803--Title page--Publication page--Contents--Contributors

The Promises And Pitfalls Of Reminiscences As Historical Documents: A Case In Point, Daniel W. Stowell

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How did Abraham Lincoln get an acquittal for his client Duff Armstrong, on trial for his life in a murder case in 1858? His co-counsel and a prosecution attorney remembered that it was Lincoln's eloquent closing argument that recounted how the accused's parents had been kind to Lincoln when he was a young man, alone and without friends. Another co-counsel was certain that Lincoln's carefully worded jury instructions paved the way for Armstrong's acquittal. The judge recalled that it was a doctor's expert testimony that a blow to the back of the victim's head by someone other than Armstrong was …

Notes--Experiences At The James Iredell Papers, Donna E. Kelly

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I would like to give you a little background on how I came to be in documentary editing. I've loved history ever since fifth grade. Then in the summer after eighth grade my father and I took a genealogy class. I decided to research my great-great-grandfather, who served as a captain in the Civil War. For the research I went to the State Archives. Once there, I was enamored with it all. On my sixteenth birthday all I wanted to do was to spend the day researching at the Archives in Raleigh. I declared that "I'm gonna work there some …

Ade Member Awards

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Boydston Award--Distinguished Service Award--South Carolina's Order of the Palmetto

Ade Treasurer's Report, Fiscal Year, September 1, 2004-August 31, 2005

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The finances of the Association for Documentary Editing remain sound. In the last fiscal year, there was a decrease in the general budget of $1,544, giving us unrestricted assets totaling $53,756. This is the third consecutive year of decreases, but a large increase from four years ago has continued to provide extra income for continually increasing operating expenses. It is still too early to tell how the dues increase will affect our income. A number of members renewed before the new dues structure took place, but it appears that a number of members did not renew at all. We continue …

Announcement--Winter 2005

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Call for Nominations Lyman H. Butterfield Award--Documentary Editing Update

Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 3, Fall 2004.

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Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 3, Fall 2004--Front Matter

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Cover--Photo of "Plat of the Town of Indianapolis"--Title page--Publication page--Contents--Contributors

Reluctant Revolutionary: Review Of The Papers Of Henry Laurens, Volume 76: September 1, 1782-December 17, 1792. David R. Chesnutt And C.James Taylor, Eds.; Peggy J. Clark, Associate Editor; Thomas M. Downey, Assistant Editor, Samuel C. Smith And Mary Inkrot, Editorial Assistants., Dorothy Twohig

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

In the early 1950s, when President Harry S. Truman called upon the scholarly community to undertake the publication of the papers of individuals important to an understanding of American history, Henry Laurens of South Carolina was among the 112 figures recommended. Laurens was not well known to twentieth-century historians outside of South Carolina even though he had held several prestigious appointments on a national level. Indeed, one of the goals of the Laurens Papers was to rescue him from an undeserved obscurity, and it is certain that the superb sixteen volume edition of Laurens's papers, published for the South Carolina …

Announcements--Fall 2004

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Modern Language Association--Assistant Editor Needed, The Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr., SUNY College at Old Westbury

Ade Committees 2003-2004

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Officers--Committees

Editing Textual And Extra-Textual Materials In Charles Darwin's Correspondence, Duncan M. Porter, Alison M. Pearn

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The Darwin Correspondence Project was founded in 1974 by Professor Frederick Burkhardt, President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies, with the collaboration of Dr. Sydney Smith, Reader in Zoology in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. Catharine's College. The project's editors are producing the first definitive edition of the letters to and from Charles Darwin, arguably the most important scientist of the nineteenth century. To date, thirteen volumes have been published, covering the years up to 1865.1 Volume fourteen (1866) is in press. The history and description of the Project are given by Burkhardt and Porter.

The Challenge Of Editing Einstein's Scientific Manuscripts, Tilman Sauer

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The Einstein Papers Project is a long-term editorial project devoted to publishing the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (CPAE). The first volume was published by Princeton University Press in 1987 [CPAE1], followed by eight more volumes to date [CPAE2j-[ CPAE9j. To complete the series, some twenty more volumes are anticipated during the next 30-40 years. The documentary edition of the CPAE is supplemented by an English translation series. In addition to these publications in b09k format, the project has launched a website jointly with the Albert Einstein Archives of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Known as Einstein Archives Online (www.alberteinstein.info). …

Recent Editions--Fall 2004

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

This quarterly bibliography of documentary editions recently published on subjects in the fields of American and British history, literature, and culture is generally restricted to scholarly first editions of English language works. In addition to the bIblIiographIcal references, Internet addresses are provided for the editorial project or the publisher.