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NHPRC Press Release



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
August 8, 2000
 
CONTACT: 
Ann C. Newhall , Executive Director
National Historical Publications and Records Commission 
National Archives and Records Administration 
700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 111 
Washington, DC 20408-0001 

        NHPRC NOW RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FOR 30TH EDITING INSTITUTE

        Contingent on funding, the thirtieth annual Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents will be held June 18-23, 2001, in Madison, Wisconsin.  Jointly sponsored by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin, the Institute will provide detailed theoretical and practical instruction in documentary editing and publication.

        The Institutes have been extraordinarily productive, providing training to more than 500 participants to date.  Many of these are heading or have headed important documentary publication projects and many others have worked as full-time historical editors.  Institute graduates also include college and university faculty, editors of state historical publications and staff editors of other publications, archivists, manuscript librarians, government historians, and graduate students from many universities.  The 15-18 interns meet every morning and most afternoons for lectures and presentations by experienced editors.  Three resident advisors will be available for consultation during the term of the Institute.

        The 2001 faculty and their topics are: Michael Stevens (State Historical Society of Wisconsin), introduction to documentary editing; Leslie Rowland (Freedmen and Southern Society Project), transcription; Esther Katz (Margaret Sanger Papers), choosing for a selective edition, selecting a copytext, promoting an edition, and fundraising; Richard L. Leffler (Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution), annotation; John P. Kaminski (Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution), indexing and publishing an edition; and Robert Rosenberg (The Papers of Thomas A. Edison), electronic publishing.  John Kaminski, Esther Katz, and Leslie Rowland will serve as the resident advisors. 

        There will be no charge for tuition.  Single accommodations for the interns are provided at no cost in the Wisconsin Center Guest House on the University of Wisconsin campus.  The Guest House is run much like a hotel, and is two blocks from the State Historical Society where the daily meetings are held.  

        Application to the Institute is competitive, with numerous applicants every year from all over the country.  Further information and application forms are available from the NHPRC, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408; phone (202) 501-5610; e-mail: nhprc@arch1.nara.gov.  The application deadline is March 15, 2001.


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