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Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 2005. Jul 2005

Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 2005.

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

No abstract provided.


George C. Marshall And The "Squeakings Of Democracy", Larry I. Bland Jul 2005

George C. Marshall And The "Squeakings Of Democracy", Larry I. Bland

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

Given the all-pervasive nature of World War II's impact on American society, scores of socio-cultural history topics might profitably be studied using the published papers of U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Catlett Marshall. Examples of the kinds of issues Marshall had to deal with include where, how, and with what the United States should fight; the role of women in the war effort; racial segregation and social mores in the army and surrounding its camps; who was required to fight, why they did so, and what they got out of doing it; who was permitted to become an officer; …


More Than "Rum, Buggery, And The Lash": Social History In American Naval Documents, Michael J. Crawford Jul 2005

More Than "Rum, Buggery, And The Lash": Social History In American Naval Documents, Michael J. Crawford

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

This essay, however, charts a course to some neglected aspects of the social history of the American sailing navy and urges social historians to cruise in less frequented seas. These aspects include: women; hygiene; patronage of officers toward warrant and petty officers and ratings; and the life-course of warrant and petty officers.


Recent Editions--Summer 2005 Jul 2005

Recent Editions--Summer 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.


Sparklines As Effective Graphics, George Francy May 2005

Sparklines As Effective Graphics, George Francy

Theses

This research explores a method of graphical display called a sparkline. Sparklines are a valid method to convey statistical information, supported by an easy familiarity among users and a desire, expressed by information design expert Edward Tufte, for greater density in data display. The subject is examined in light of the broader concept of the integration of pictures and text, tracing this tradition back to medieval illuminated texts, through history to Galileo, and to such diverse modem techniques as emoticons. The historical perspective is expanded upon through an examination of perception theory and implications for data graphics. Ethical issues of …


Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 2005. Apr 2005

Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 2005.

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

No abstract provided.


Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 2005--Front Matter Apr 2005

Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 2005--Front Matter

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

Cover--Photo of the Constitution of the United States--Errata for "Archival Code-Breaking: The Editor's Dilemma" Documentary Editing, Volume 27, Issue 1--Title page--Publication information--Contents--Contributors


Archival Code-Breaking: The Editor's Dilemma, Candace Falk Apr 2005

Archival Code-Breaking: The Editor's Dilemma, Candace Falk

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

I became the editor of the Emma Goldman Papers while I was writing Love, Anarchy, and Emma Goldman-a biography in which the first codes broken were those of decorum. There was a kind of steamy delight on that day when I realized that the secret language in her love letters-the "m's", the "tb", and the "w" -were not the Yiddish words I imagined them to be, nor the clandestine political messages, but a playful way to dodge the Comstock law against sending obscenity through the mail. Sizzling epistles went back and forth between Emma Goldman and Ben Reitman, a man …


Sanitized For Your Protection: Editing Classified Documents, Daun Van Ee Apr 2005

Sanitized For Your Protection: Editing Classified Documents, Daun Van Ee

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

I started having second thoughts about giving a paper on the subject of working with classified documents almost as soon as I agreed to do it. In the first place, I'm not editing classified documents-or any kind of documents, for that matter-now. I used to, though: for over a quarter of a century I edited the papers of Dwight David Eisenhower at Johns Hopkins University. My duties there included handling all matters of classification and declassification, as well as physical, personnel, and information security.

Four years ago, as we were proofreading the index for the final set of Eisenhower volumes, …


Recent Editions-Spring 2005 Apr 2005

Recent Editions-Spring 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.


Announcement-Spring 2015 Apr 2005

Announcement-Spring 2015

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

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 Apr 2005

"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

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

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 Apr 2005

Federal Initiative--We The People Projects 2004

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

"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 Apr 2005

Ade Committees 2004-2005

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

Officers--Committees


Instruction Of Throwing Events In Track And Field : An Historical Analysis, Marilyn Louise Coleman Jan 2005

Instruction Of Throwing Events In Track And Field : An Historical Analysis, Marilyn Louise Coleman

Theses

Track and field throwing events (discus, javelin, hammer and shot put), originating in ancient Greece and pre-Medieval Ireland and Scotland, require complex physical interaction. An historical analysis of the features of traditional media which have been used as coaching tools in these events - books, video, audio, diagrams, photographs and hypertext - provides the foundation on which future multimedia tools can be developed.

Variables associated with effective coaching are based on technique, science, use of expert models, and motor learning theory. Training in these events is enhanced through the use of multimedia, a tool uniquely suited to the variables of …


Blogs : Open-Source Diaries, Kelly Schab Jan 2005

Blogs : Open-Source Diaries, Kelly Schab

Theses

Weblogs, or blogs, are Web sites maintained by one person or a few select people, are usually about one distinct subject, are constantly updated, and attract repeat visitors. This form has become a popular means of self-expression because it empowers both the writer and the audience. Blogs empower writers by providing them with an easy way to self-publish their points-of-view to a wide audience. Blogs empower the audience when the writer either provides informative hyperlinks and references that the audience can use to verify the writer's claims or allows the audience to append their own text to the blog that …


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

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

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

No abstract provided.


Presidential Address--A Time To Reach Out, Dennis M. Conrad Jan 2005

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

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

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 Jan 2005

Archivists And Scholarly Editing, Elizabeth H. Dow

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

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 Jan 2005

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

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

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 Jan 2005

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 Jan 2005

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

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

No abstract provided.


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

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

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

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


Obituary--Linda A. Fisher Jan 2005

Obituary--Linda A. Fisher

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

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 Jan 2005

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

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

No abstract provided.


"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 Jan 2005

"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

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

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 Jan 2005

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

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

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 Jan 2005

Ade Committees 2005-2006

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

Officers--Committees


Affective Design In Technical Communication, Michael Alan Rosen Jan 2005

Affective Design In Technical Communication, Michael Alan Rosen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Traditional human-computer interaction (HCI) is based on 'cold' models of user cognition; that is, models of users as purely rational beings based on the information processing metaphor; however, an emerging perspective suggests that for the field of HCI to mature, its practitioners must adopt models of users that consider broader human needs and capabilities. Affective design is an umbrella term for research and practice being conducted in diverse domains, all with the common thread of integrating emotional aspects of use into the creation of information products. This thesis provides a review of the current state of the art in affective …


Developing Technical Communication Pedagogy For Nonnative Technical Graduate Students, David Sepulveda Jan 2005

Developing Technical Communication Pedagogy For Nonnative Technical Graduate Students, David Sepulveda

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis seeks to develop a pedagogy for teaching academic writing to nonnative graduate students of technical disciplines in order to give them the skills they need to write papers that they can submit to academic journals and conferences, thereby advancing their careers and gaining recognition for their academic institutions. The work draws on research from the fields of technical communication and second-language acquisition in order to develop pedagogical principles for a class in which nonnative technical graduate students write an academic paper that they can submit for publication. The thesis proposes an approach that incorporates content-based instruction, certain plain …