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President’S Letter 2009 : Documentary Editing Is Alive And Well, Cathy Moran Hajo

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

As experienced editors, we sometimes see change as a negative—complaining about the paucity of funding, or about the new requirements that digital publishing has forced on our projects. But when you meet so many enthusiastic newcomers, it is hard to remain a pessimist.We have made great strides in the last thirty years, bringing our editions to a far broader segment of the public than the founders of ADE had ever thought possible.We have honed our practices, paving the way for new editors to follow using our publications in microfilm, book, and digital format as examples of best practices, a massive …

A Bibliography Of Editions Prepared By Ade Members, Karen Mylan, Linnéa Caproni, Harriet Simon, Richard Leffler

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

The following is a listing of the many editions and volumes that have been published by members of the ADE. Each edition contains at least one editor, and usually more, who is or has been a member of the Association. It is a remarkable record of scholarly productivity in a wide range of disciplines. These many volumes, microfilms, microfiche, and electronic editions have added greatly to the resources available to scholars and laymen alike. It should also be noted that this list is incomplete. There are many other editions that have escaped the attention of those who prepared this list.

Review Of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Volume I: The Human Rights Years, 1945–1948; Allida M. Black, Editor; John F. Sears And Mary Jo Binker, Associate Editors; Craig Daigle And Michael Weeks, Assistant Editors, And Christopher Alhambra, Electronic Editor, Kathlleen Dalton

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

The publication of the first volume of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project (ERPP), edited by Allida Black and her associates at George Washington University, is an event of the utmost significance to documentary editors and historians alike. Nothing like this pathbreaking volume exists in the ER literature, and this resource will forever change the research landscape. This volume stands for documentary editing at its best, and the larger ERPP itself, with its informative website and teacher training workshops, is a model of the highest editorial scholarship applied innovatively to the mission of public education.

Review Of Emma Goldman: A Documentary History Of The American Years, Volume One: Made For America, 1890–1901 And Emma Goldman: A Documentary History Of The American Years, Volume Two: Making Speech Free, 1902–1909. Edited By Candace Falk; Barry Pateman, Associate Editor; Jessica M. Moran, Assistant Editor., Nancy Marie Robertson

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

For more than a quarter of a century, Candace Falk and her comrades at the Emma Goldman Papers Project (EGPP) have worked to make the records of the turn-of the-century anarchist, lecturer, and social critic available.With the assistance of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), they joined with papers projects for Jane Addams, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, and Margaret Sanger to form the Consortium for Women’s History, part of an effort to diversify the people represented in historical editing projects. Funded by individual contributions as well as support from NHPRC and the National Endowment for …

Association For Documentary Editing 2008–9 Annual Plan

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

The ADE is at an important crossroads. Much has changed in the documentary editing profession in the past three decades. New methods of publication have emerged; the era of the large projects is diminishing; and the number of users of published historical documents has exploded as a result of the Web. Many more people are engaged in the practices that we call documentary editing (the selection, transcription, and explication of documents), but these same individuals don’t define their work or their profession as such. Scholars use new and changing tools to produce their work in ways that weren’t imaginable when …

In Memoriam, Thomas E. Dulan, Charlene Bickford, Mary Jo Kline, Raymond W. Smock

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

Beverly Runge--Larry I. Bland--John Y. Simon

President’S Letter 2008: Moving Forward, Michael E. Stevens

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

This past summer, the ADE’s Planning Committee met in Madison for three days to discuss the Association’s future. The group had previously developed background papers, and while in Madison they built on that work. The conversations were stimulating, and participants’ opinions changed as the pros and cons of different ideas were weighed. In the end, the group agreed upon a strategic direction and an action plan for the Association. The plan is printed elsewhere in this issue as well as at www.documentaryhistory.org. I urge you to give it a close read and to think about ways you might want to …

One-Dimensional History, Denton L. Watson

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

I began attending the annual ADE conference on a regular basis in 2000. Since then, I have often wondered how many of you have been aware of my distinction? The lone black in a sea of white. Not the first, of course, just the lone one. Nevertheless, I have always reveled in my distinction, even though, to be truthful, I would have welcomed some company. My distinction, I am sure, has been due to the reality that I am one of just a tiny handful of black documentary editors, which has been the result of a combination of factors. I …

Recent Editions, Linnéa Caproni

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

This semiannual bibliography of documentary editions recently published 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.

A Place In The Sun: Review Of The Selected Papers Of Margaret Sanger, Volume 2: Birth Control Comes Of Age, 1928–1939. Edited By Esther Katz; Peter C. Engelman And Cathy Moran Hajo, Associate Editors; Amy Flanders, Assistant Editor., Jimmy Wilkinson Meyer

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

Birth control advocate Margaret Sanger (MS) was, and still is, both revered and reviled for her efforts to move contraception out from the shadows of illegality and obscenity into the light of widespread acceptance. During her radical activist days (1910s–1920s), MS honed her leadership, networking, and speechmaking skills and often depended on direct action to further her cause.1 By 1930 she had departed from her radical cohorts but continued to employ her broadening network of contacts. The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 2: Birth Control Comes of Age, 1928–1939 covers the efforts and life of MS during this era. …

Association For Documentary Editing Business Meeting, November 16, 2007, Richmond Marriot Hotel, Richmond, Virginia, Christine S. Patrick

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

President's Report--Treasurer’s Report--Secretary’s Report--Publications Committee Report--Travel Funds Committee Report--President-Elect’s Report--Federal Policy Committee Report--Meetings Committee Report--New Business

President’S Letter: Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Michael E. Stevens

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

This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Association for Documentary Editing, and it is a time to both celebrate our past and look forward to new directions. I recently took a look at the first volumes of The ADE Newsletter (predecessor of Documentary Editing) to refresh my memory of the ADE’s first annual meeting. I was struck by how much has changed over the past three decades, as well as by how much has stayed the same.

Humor And Its Hazards: Editing The Papers Of Will Rogers, Steven K. Gragert

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

Almost from the opening day of the Memorial, discussion began about publishing Rogers’s collected works. An early one-volume effort appeared in 1949. Author and magazine editor Donald Day literally cut and pasted several of Will’s newspaper and other writings—retyped versions, fortunately—to produce the chronologically sequenced The Autobiography of Will Rogers, published by Houghton Mifflin. Other trade books and assorted academic studies came into print over the next several years, but no serious attempt was made to collect and edit his published works.That is, until 1967. In March of that year, Paula Love, the curator of the Memorial since its opening, …

Documentary Editing: Journal Of The Association For Documentary Editing--Front Matter

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

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Balancing Public And Private Lives In The Letters Of Lucretia Coffin Mott And Florence Kelley, Beverly Wilson Palmer

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

Despite their obvious differences, Lucretia Coffin Mott and Florence Kelley share some striking similarities. As prominent women reformers, they embraced three passionate concerns. First, they battled injustice to women. Lucretia Mott (1793–1880) helped organize the historic Woman’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls in 1848 and constantly spoke out for women’s rights, not only at the ballot box but in marriage, courts of law, and the workplace. Florence Kelley (1859–1932) likewise fought for both political and economic equality for women. She worked for the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote, and throughout her career as director …

The Risks Of A Mammoth Edition: The Example Of The Complete Letters Of Henry James - Review Of The Complete Letters Of Henry James, 1855–1872. 2 Vols. Edited By Pierre A. Walker And Greg W. Zacharias., Kevin J. Hayes

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

With The Complete Letters of Henry James, general editors Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias have undertaken such a mammoth task. In their editorial introduction to the first volume, which has been released simultaneously with the second, they explain that by the time it is finished the entire edition will fill at least 140 volumes. If the editors can maintain their two-volume-a-year pace—in itself quite ambitious—simple division tells us that it will take seventy years to finish the project. The Complete Letters of Henry James is one of those cathedral-like works whose editors will not live long enough to …

Long Before The Nhprc: Documentary Editing In Nineteenth-Century Virginia, Brent Tarter

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

In 1791 Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to congratulate Ebenezer Hazard, of Pennsylvania, on the publication of the first two volumes of his Historical Collections, the first documentary edition of the public records of a state or colony. Jefferson’s letter is often quoted for its rationale for documentary editing. “Time and accident,” he wrote, “are committing daily havoc on the originals deposited in our public offices. The late war has done the work of centuries in this business. The lost cannot be recovered; but let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public …

The Pitfalls Of Digital History: Review Of Digital History: A Guide To Gathering, Preserving, And Presenting The Past On The Web. Daniel Cohen And Roy Rosenzweig., David Spiech

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

With Digital History, Dan Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig have attempted to boost scholarly authors and editors into the wild world of web publishing, even those who have tried to maintain a conservative academic distrust of electronic media. They write engagingly and frankly, addressing the reader as a colleague who knows historical material well but needs comprehensive background about every facet of digital access and presentation.

Founding Fathers Face The Senate, Charlene Bickford

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

On December 15, 2007, The Washington Post published an article by staff writer Jeffrey H. Birnbaum titled “In the Course of Human Events, Still Unpublished: Congress Pressed on Founders’ Papers.” This article focused on complaints that the editions publishing the papers of Founders John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington, collectively known at the Founding Fathers Papers (FFP), which noted historian David McCullough called “as worthy as any publishing effort that I know of,” take too long to finish and are not accessible enough in the electronic age of free online resources. Comments from Rebecca W. …

2007 Ade Award Recipients

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

Julian P. Boyd Award: Gary E. Moulton; Lyman H. Butterfield Award: Beth Luey; Distinguished Service Award: Philander D. Chase; Boydston Essay Prize: Raymond Stephanson; Life Service Award: John P. Kaminski

Documentary Editing: Journal Of The Association For Documentary Editing, Volume 30, Numbers 1 & 2: 2008

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

Spring and Summer 2008, Volume 30, Numbers 1 & 2

• If You Have to Explain It, Is it Still Funny?, Beth Luey
• Humor and Its Hazards: Editing The Papers of Will Rogers, Steven K. Gragert
• Yet Another George Washington Website: The Digital Edition and the Future of Documentary Editing, Jennifer E. Stertzer
• Long before the NHPRC: Documentary Editing and Nineteenth-Century Virginia, Brent Tarter
• Balancing Public and Private Lives in the Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott and Florence Kelly, Beverly Wilson Palmer
• Founding Fathers and the Senate, Charlene Bickford
• The Risks of a Mammoth Edition: The Example of The Complete Letters …

If You Have To Explain It, Is It Still Funny?, Beth Luey

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

Is editing humor different from editing political correspondence, personal letters, journals, and the materials that most documentary editors deal with? Transcription surely is the same, but what about annotation? When I asked three editors to present papers on the subject, they were reluctant to do so because they didn’t think they did anything differently than editors whose subjects are less funny. But it seemed to me that there would be differences. Humor is often topical and very much tied to its time: any script of The Daily Show resurrected fifty years from now would require a lot of explanation. Does …

Yet Another George Washington Website: The Digital Edition And The Future Of Documentary Editing, Jennifer E. Stertzer

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

In 2005, work commenced on what has become The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition. A small team was assembled, and the process of converting legacy volumes to XML began. For the past two years we have been busy entering corrections and changes, linking documents, tackling consistency issues, and correcting errors introduced by our conversion vendor. Though much of the work has been tedious, the resulting digital edition, released earlier this year, is an important milestone for the project. But it’s more than just another George Washington website. This site contains all the features of the print edition, but it …

Documentary Editing, Volume 29, 2007.

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Documentary Editing, Volume 29, 2007-- Front Matter

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

Cover--View of Richmond, Virginia Canal in 1864--Title page--Publication Information--Contents--Contributors

Healing The Liberal Arts: Undergraduate Research And Documentary Editing, Robin Leslie Condon

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

Every now and then, even the most cynical among us find ourselves on the receiving end of an inspiring surprise. Last summer, the Institute for American Thought at the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, where I am assistant editor of the Frederick Douglass Papers, hosted a group of undergraduates from Taylor University along with their mentor and professor Dr. Robert Lay. Having prepared himself by reading documentary editing theory and consulting with scholarly editors, Lay designed and supervised an intensive summer-term research project for undergraduates whose aim was to prepare two nineteenth-century journals for publication. These volumes contain the …

Web 2.0 And Documentary Editing In The 21st Century, Max J. Evans

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

Since its widespread adoption only a dozen years ago, the Internet has transformed the information economy in one of history's most astoundingly rapid adaptations to technology. The Internet has become a way to quickly, easily, and inexpensively disseminate information. Documentary editors were quick to see its potential, evidenced by the groundbreaking Model Editions Partnership, the growing number of documentary editing project web sites, and recent forays into online publishing by academic presses. The story of publishing online to reach audiences hitherto unreachable or even unknown is the story of democratizing the use of primary source materials.

I begin with a …

Review Of Selected Letters Of Lucretia Coffin Mott. Edited By Beverly Wilson Palmer, Et Al., Leigh Fought

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

Such a long and active life naturally produced a prodigious body of correspondence. Beverly Palmer, editor of Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott, estimates that there are 950 letters by Mott alone, and these are the ones that have survived. References within those letters suggest that Mott wrote many more. Yet, the letters of Mott have appeared in a printed volume only once. That volume, Lucretia and James Molt: Their Life and Letters, published in 1884, was edited by Mott's granddaughter Anna Davis Hallowell in a fashion that might be described today as something more akin to "proofreading."

Recent Editions--2007

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

This 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.

Documentary Editing, Volume 29, 2007--Index

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