SCHOLARLY EDITIONS AWARDS
Division of Research Programs
Announced: May 2005
The Samuel Gompers Papers
University of Maryland, College Park
Peter J. Albert and Grace Palladino, Project Directors and editors; with assistant editors Marla Hughes and Rebecca Lord; and an advisory board of labor historians David Brody, Dorothy Sue Cobble, Melvyn Dubofsky, Elizabeth Faue, Walter Licht, David Montgomery, Nicholas Salvatore, and Irwin Yellowitz
Delivery for publication of volume 11 and continued work on volume 12 of a 12-volume edition of the papers of Samuel Gompers.
http://www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/index.htm
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $100,000 over a period of two years.
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791
George Washington University, Washington, DC
Charlene N. Bangs Bickford, Project Director and editor, with co-editor Kenneth R. Bowling, associate editors William C. DiGiacomantonio and Helen E. Veit, a six-member project advisory board, and an eight-member editorial advisory board
Completion of editorial work on Volumes 18-20 (Correspondence Series: Second Session) of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress; continued editorial work on Volume 21 (Correspondence Series: Third Session).
http://www.gwu.edu/~ffcp/
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $145,000 over a period of two years.
The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers
George Washington University, Washington, DC
Allida Black, Project Director and editor; with associate editor John Sears; assistant editor and grant administrator Michael Weeks; electronic editor Christopher Alhambra; associate editor Jan Lambertz; assistant editor Mary Jo Binker; technology consultant David Chesnutt; graduate student assistants Laura Blumenthal, John Emrich, Kristen Gwinn, and Bryan Peery; volunteer assistants including Roosevelt family members and colleagues; a thirty-two member advisory board; and a twelve-member editorial advisory board
Delivery for publication of Volume 1, completion of Volumes 2 and 3, and editorial work on Volume 4.
http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $105,000 over a period of three years.
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Yale University, New Haven CT
Ellen R. Cohn, Project Director and editor-in-chief, with senior associate editor Jonathan R. Dull, associate editor Karen Duval, assistant editors Kate M. Ohno and Michael Sletcher, administrative and editorial assistant Jennifer Macellaro, consultant Claude-Anne Lopez, and an eleven-member administrative board
Delivery for publication of Volumes 38 and 39, completion of editorial work on Volumes 40 and 41, and the beginning of editorial work on volumes 42 and 43.
http://www.yale.edu/franklinpapers/
Offer of Matching Funds of $350,000 over a period of three years.
Music of the United States of America (MUSA): A National Series of Scholarly Editions
American Musicological Society, Philadelphia, PA
Richard Crawford, Project Director and editor-in-chief, with executive editor James Wierzbicki, financial officer Robert Judd, editorial assistant Rebecca Schwartz-Bishir, the eleven members of the Committee on the Publication of American Music (COPAM), and volume editors and advisors
Preparation for publication of volumes 16-20, and continued editorial work on volumes 21-29.
http://www.umich.edu/~musausa/
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $110,000 over a period of three years.
The Papers of Jefferson Davis
Rice University, Houston, TX
Lynda Lasswell Crist, Project Director and editor, with co-editor emerita and copy editor Mary Seaton Dix, assistant editor Brady L. Hutchison, graduate student intern Thomas Papelka, a twelve-member Board of Advisory Editors, and the eight-member board of directors of the Jefferson Davis Association
Delivery for publication of Volume 12 and completion of Volume 13 of the Papers of Jefferson Davis.
http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $95,000 over a period of three years.
The Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
Sandra Donaldson, Project Director and general editor; with editorial associate Jane Stewart; editors Rowena Fowler, Scott Lewis, Rita S. Patteson, Marjorie Stone, and Beverly Taylor; associate editors Simon Avery, Cynthia A. Burgess, Clara Drummond, Barbara Neri, and Elizabeth Woodworth; and editorial consultants Thomas J. Collins, Daniel Karlin, Michael Meredith, Mairi Calcraft Rennie, Mary Rose Sullivan, and John Woolford
Preparation for publication of a 5-volume edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry.
Outright Funds of $130,000 over a period of three years.
Critical Edition of the Writings of Charles S. Peirce
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
Nathan Houser, Project Director and general editor, with textual editor Jonathan Eller, associate editors Albert C. Lewis and André De Tienne, assistant editor Cornelis de Waal, technical editorial associate Joe Kaposta, research associate Luise Morton, administrative secretary Martha Rujuwa, assistant technical editor Kelly Tully-Needler, technical editorial assistant Diana Reynolds, executive consultant Arthur Burks, consulting textual editor Don L. Cook, Board of Advisers chair Thomas L. Short and twenty-seven fellow board members, one graduate technical assistant, and one graduate research assistant
Delivery for publication of volumes 9 and 11 of the writings of Charles S. Peirce, and continued editorial work on volumes 10 and 12.
http://www.iupui.edu/~peirce/
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $150,000 over a period of three years.
Thomas A. Edison Papers
Rutgers State University, Piscataway, NJ
Paul B. Israel, Project Director and editor, with managing editor Louis Carlat, associate editors and associate directors Theresa M. Collins and Thomas E. Jeffrey, assistant editors David P. Hochfelder and Brian C. Shipley, senior editorial assistant David Ranzan, editorial assistant Peter P. Mickulas, business manager Rachel M. Weissenberger, graduate research assistants, student assistants, a ten-member board of sponsors, and a ten-member editorial board
Completion of Volume 6 and continued editorial work on Volume 7 of the Papers of Thomas Edison.
http://edison.rutgers.edu/
Offer of Matching Funds of $330,000 over a period of three years.
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
University of Wisconsin, Madison
John Kaminski, Project Director and editor; with co-editors Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber, and Patrick T. Conley; secretary Sarah Danforth; two project assistants; and a seven-member advisory board
Completion of Volumes 3, 4, and 5 of the New York series of documents, and editorial work on Rhode Island volumes 1 and 2.
http://history.wisc.edu/Resources/ratification_of_constitution_project.html
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $301,000 over a period of three years.
The Rossetti Archive
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Jerome McGann, Project Director and editor; with project manager Melissa White; design editor Bethany Nowviskie; senior programmer Duane Gran; senior programmers and visualization designers Nick Laiacona and Eric Hatcher; programmer/analysts Robbie Bingler and Stephen Ramsay; programmer Ben Cummings; senior research assistants Charles Sligh, Rivka Swenson and Maura M. Tarnoff; research assistants Cory Korkow, Keicy Tolbert, and Dana Wheeles; and consultants John Unsworth, Chris Jesse, Daniel Pitti, and Michelle Kraft
Completion of the Rossetti Archive, an online electronic resource containing digital copies of the entire body of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's works.
http://www.rossettiarchive.org/archive.html
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $155,000 over a period of two years.
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
American Council of Learned Societies, New York City
Duncan M. Porter, Project Director and senior editor; with senior editor and general editor Frederick H. Burkhardt; associate editors Sheila A. Dean, Samantha Evans, Shelley Innes, Andrew Sclater, and Paul White; archivist and head proofreader Anne Schlabach Burkhardt; volunteer proofreaders Ruth Goldstone and Muriel Palmer; managing editor Alison Pearn; research associates Heidi Bradshaw, Nicholas Gill, and Ellis Weinberger; clerical assistant Rosemary Clarkson; a six-member United States advisory committee; a seven-member British advisory committee; and a management committee representing various sponsors of the project
Work on Volumes 16, 17, 18, and 19 of an edition of the correspondence of Charles Darwin.
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Departments/Darwin/index.html
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $230,000 over a period of three years.
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant Association, Carbondale, IL
John Y. Simon, Project Director and managing editor, with assistant editors William M. Ferraro and Aaron M. Lisec, textual editor Dawn A. Vogel, the sixteen-member board of directors of the Ulysses S. Grant Association, and a six-member editorial board
Delivery for publication of Volumes 27 and 28, and completion of Volumes 29-32.
http://www.lib.siu.edu/projects/usgrant/
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $130,000 over a period of three years.
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Sandra Spanier, Project Director and general editor; with associate editor and project coordinator LaVerne Kennevan Maginnis; volume editors Kenneth B. Panda, Hilary Justice, and Robert W. Trogdon; consultants J. Gerald Kennedy, Rodger L. Tarr, and Miriam B. Mandel; two graduate research assistants; one project assistant; and a five-member editorial advisory committee
Preparation for publication of volumes 1 and 2 of a 12-volume scholarly edition of Hemingway's letters, and editorial work on volume 3.
http://www.hemingwaysociety.org/lettersproj.htm
Outright Funds of $130,000 over a period of three years.
The Papers of James Madison
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
John C.A. Stagg, Project Director and editor in chief, with senior associate editor David B. Mattern, associate editor Mary A. Hackett, assistant editor Angela Kreider, copyeditor Jeanne K. Cross, research assistants Anne M. Colony and Wendy E. Perry, and office manager Elizabeth Smith
Completion of Volume 6 in the Presidential Series, Volume 8 in the Secretary of State Series, and Volume 1 of the Retirement Series of the Papers of James Madison, and continued editorial work on subsequent volumes of all three series.
http://www.virginia.edu/pjm/
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $140,000 over a period of two years.
A Critical Edition of John Donne's Verse Letters and Songs and Sonets
Texas A&M University, College Station
Gary A. Stringer, Project Director, general editor, and senior textual editor; with senior textual editors Ted-Larry Pebworth and Ernest W. Sullivan, II; assistant textual editors Dennis Flynn, Richard Todd, Michael Salda, Audell Shelburne, and Theodore Sherman; consultant textual editors Peter Beal and Aihiro Yamada; editorial assistant J. Syd Conner; commentary editors; volume commentary editors; contributing editors; and a nine-member advisory board
Publication of John Donne's Satyres, and editorial work on the Verse Letters and Songs and Sonets.
http://www.donnevariorum.com/
Outright Funds and Offer of Matching Funds of $140,000 over a period of three years.
The Publication of Five Volumes of the Dead Sea Scrolls
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Eugene C. Ulrich and James VanderKam, Project Directors; with project assistant Monica Brady; volume editors Moshe Bernstein, George Brooke, Peter Flint, and Erik Larson; and two graduate assistants
Delivery for publication of five volumes of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
http://www.deadseascrollsfound.org/djdproject.htm
Outright Funds of $80,000 over a period of one year.
Completion of a Critical Edition of Henry of Ghent's Quodlibet IV
University of North Carolina, Asheville
Gordon A. Wilson, Project Director and editor, with co-editor Girard Etzkorn, and a student assistant
Completion of preparation for publication of Quodlibet IV, the medieval philosopher Henry of Ghent's longest work, written in 1279.
http://www.unca.edu/philosophy/henryofghent.html
Outright Funds of $100,000 over a period of three years.
The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
Elizabeth H. Witherell, Project Director and editor in chief; with associate textual editor Lihong Xie; assistant editor Mary Shelden; editorial assistant Dianne Piper-Rybak; editorial board members and volume editors William L. Howarth, Robert Hudspeth, Joseph J. Moldenhauer, William Rossi, and Nancy Craig Simmons; and volume editors Wesley T. Mott, Laura Dassow Walls, and Minka Barton
Delivery for publication of Excursions, Journal 7: 1853-1854, and Correspondence 1: 1836-1848; and editorial work on Correspondence 2: 1849-1856 and Journal 9: 1954-1855.
http://www.thoreau.niu.edu/index.html
Outright Funds of $80,000 over a period of one year.
Richard Rufus Project
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Rega Wood, Project Director and general editor; with editors Henryk Anzulewicz, Girard Etzkorn, Neil T. Lewis, Christopher John Martin, Hannes Möhle, and Jennifer Ottman; and undergraduate researchers
Publication of a critical edition of Memoriale in Metaphysicam Aristotelis and preparation for publication of a critical edition of Dissertatio in Metaphysicam Aristotelis, the Latin texts of the 13th-c. philosophical works of Richard Rufus of Cornwall, author of the earliest surviving commentaries on Aristotle's natural philosophy.
http://rrp.stanford.edu/
Outright Funds of $130,000 over a period of three years.
Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston
Conrad E. Wright, Project Director, with project manager Ondine Le Blanc, production assistant Seth M. Vose, III, production associate Donald Yacavone, Information Systems staff manager Christopher Coveney, web specialist Tobin Plewak, consultant C. James Taylor, The Papers of John Adams series editor Gregg L. Lint, The Adams Family Correspondence series editor Margaret A. Hogan, an XML consultant, an editorial consultant, a technical specialist, and an additional production assistant
Digital online publication of 35 previously printed volumes, including The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649, The Winthrop Papers, The Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, The Adams Family Correspondence, The Legal Papers of John Adams, and The Papers of John Adams.
http://masshist.org
Outright Funds of $299,792 over a period of three years.