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Designing For A Japanese High-Context Culture: Culture's Influence On The Technical Writer's Visual Rhetoric, Russell Carpenter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes the challenges technical writers face when designing documents for high-context cultures, such as the Japanese. When developing documents intended to cross cultural gulfs, technical writers must take into consideration cultural expectations, preferences, and practices in document design and communication. High-context cultures, such as Japan, design documents using drastically different design strategies than those used in the United States. Japanese communication habits are more ambiguous than communication in the United States. Thus, the Japanese often use visuals for their aesthetic appeal, not for their ability to complement the text that surrounds the visual. The ambiguous nature of high-context …

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

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

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The Promises And Pitfalls Of Reminiscences As Historical Documents: A Case In Point, Daniel W. Stowell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 2, Summer 2004

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

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Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 2, Summer 2004--Front Matter

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

Cover--Photo of Indiana State House, 1925--Title Page--Publication Page--Contents--Contributors

The John Jay Papers: Re-Envisioning A 20th-Century Editorial Project For A 21st-Century Audience, Mary Jo Kline

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

John Jay's papers have had a far more tortured history than they deserve-and more than seemed their destiny at his death in 1829. Then it seemed likely that his career and contributions would be studied as carefully and enthusiastically as any other Founding Father's-certainly as closely as his friends John Adams and Alexander Hamilton. His family's archive had survived the Revolution in war-torn Westchester County and New York City. His personal papers had successfully crossed the Atlantic when he returned from diplomatic missions abroad in 1784 and 1795. Jay's will placed those papers in the custody of his devoted family, …

National Origin, Alienage, And Loyalty, Denton L. Watson

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

During World War II, Americans were consumed by fears over national security owing to the presence within our borders of a large alien population and citizens who were descendants of immigrants from countries that were then fighting against us. The Roosevelt administration's reaction to the hysteria over threats from "enemy aliens" are a sobering lesson for the nation, especially given the response of the Bush administration to similar post-September 11 fears. These have led the administration to take even more drastic steps, ostensibly to protect our national security in its fight against terrorism, that specifically target Arabs and Muslims. Although …

Another Kind Of E-Mail: The Electronic Edition Of The Correspondence Of John Dewey: Review Of The Correspondence Of John Dewey, Volume 1: 1871-1918, 2nd Ed.; Volume 2: 1919-1939, Past Masters Series. Edited By Larry A. Hickman, General Editor; Barbara Levine, Editor; Anne Sharpe, Editor; Harriet Furst Simon, Editor., Martin A. Coleman

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The Correspondence of John Dewey in electronic form consists of three volumes and is edited by Larry Hickman. It is a title in the PAST MASTERS series from InteLex Corporation, along with the electronic edition of The Collected Works of John Dewey, also edited by Hickman. The first volume of the Correspondence covers the years 1871 to 1918 and includes more than 3,500 documents. The second volume covers the years 1919 to 1939 and includes over 5,000 documents. The first two volumes are currently available, and the third is due to be released this fall. It begins with documents from …

Recent Editions--Summer 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 bibliographical references, Internet addresses are provided for the editorial project or the publisher.

Ade Committees 2003-2004

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A "Value-Added" Resource The Law Practice Of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, Marty L. Benner

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

When the editorial staff began designing The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition (LPAL) in 1991, we intended it to become an electronic version of a microfilm edition-images of documents accessible through an electronic finding aid. l As we refined our conception of what the edition should look like, and as technological capabilities exploded in the 1990s, we saw many opportunities to add value to the edition. The fact that it was electronic made many of these ideas possible and relatively inexpensive. By the time we published LPAL, we had created not only the typical introduction to the …

Comparing The Writing Ability Of Transfer And Non-Transfer Students Enrolled In A Technical Writing Course At New Jersey Institute Of Technology : A Case Study, Lisa S. Young

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The mission statement of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) calls for the preparation of "leaders in the technology-dependent economy of the 21st century" (http://www.njit.edu/about/overview/index.php). NJIT's students, therefore, need to have established prior to graduation communication skills at a level of performance that allows at least this aspect of NJIT's mission to be met. But with no assessment of community college writing education other than the incoming transcripts of the transfer students, the quality of academic preparedness that transfer students bring to their degree programs at NJIT is difficult to determine.

A case study was performed in January …

Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 1, Spring 2004.

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Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 1, Spring 2004--Front Matter

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

Cover--Robert Browning quote--Title Page--Publication Page--Contents--Contributors

Getting Started: An Editor's Search For One Diarist's Place In History, Linda A. Fisher

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

My introduction to documentary editing differs from that of other scholarly editors. They are scholars who became editors; I am an editor who found a project in medical history. With an M.D. degree, I had written many articles on health issues and had edited a medical society journal.

In 1999, I began researching the manuscript of Joseph Mersman (1824-1892), an obscure man who was a whiskey rectifier. From 1847 to 1864, Mersman kept a diary and made entries in English, French, and German. His 300-page record, at the Missouri Historical Society, describes life in Cincinnati and St. Louis, including the …

Douglass Liaisons: The Female Correspondents Of Frederick Douglass, 1842-52, Leigh Fought

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

For the past twenty years, historians have recognized the role that '1' women played in the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement. Works by Gerda Lerner, Nancy Hewitt,jean Fagan Yellin, Clare Taylor, and Maria Diedrich, among others, have demonstrated that women spoke, organized, promoted, and wrote on behalf of the movement to end slavery. Yet, the published volumes of the Frederick Douglass Papers have obscured that fact. Although women supported and often saved Douglass throughout his career, their voices have been conspicuously absent from the seven volumes of the Douglass Papers. With the impending publication of the first correspondence volume, which covers the …

Autobiography By Proxy; Or, Pastiche As Prologue: Review Of Lincoln On Lincoln; Franklin On Franklin; Jefferson On Jefferson; Washington On Washington; Adams On Adams Edited By Paul M. Zall, James E. Guba

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

Paul M. Zall, professor emeritus of English at California State University at Los Angeles and research scholar at the Huntington Library, has taken up Washington's invitation "to posterity to think & say what they please" by completing "autobiographies" left unfinished or never written by several preeminent Americans. He is perhaps best known as one of the editors, together with J. A. Leo Lemay, of the Center for Editions of American Authors' approved genetic text and subsequent critical edition of Franklin's Autobiography (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1981; New York: Norton, 1986). The prolific Dr. Zall has also built upon his …

Ade Committees 2003-2004

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