Association for Documentary Editing

In April of 1978 a session was chaired by John Y. Simon, editor of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, to discuss forming an organization to promote documentary editors and their work. By April, 1979, the group had registered 153 members. The newly-formed Association for Documentary Editing served to promote documentary editing through the cooperation and exchange of ideas among the community of editors. The ADE established and bestows several awards to recognize excellence by editors, their projects, and institutions related to documentary editing, and currently has more than 350 members.

From the description of Association for Documentary Editing records, 1977-2004 ( bulk 1978-1990). (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 213480677