Editing Historical Documents A Handbook of

Cosponsored by the Association for Documentary Editing and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

About the Authors

9

(2)

Preface

11

(6)

Introduction

17

(8)

Chapter 1 What, Why, How, and for Whom?

25

(16)

Why Edit Historical Documents?

1.1

Scope

1.2

Form of Publication

1.8

Audience

1.11

Sources

1.15

Comprehensiveness

1.22

Chapter 2 Selection and Arrangement of Documents

41

(30)

Selecting Documents for Publication

2.1

Organizing the Documents for Publication

2.12

Challenges of Chronology

2.17

Excerpts, Abstracts, and Calendars

2.21

Chapter 3 General Principles of Transcription and Proofreading

71

(14)

Introduction to Transcription

3.1

Principles of Emendation

3.2

Methods of Transcription

3.5

Verifying the Text

3.14

Chapter 4 Transcription: Types of Sources

85

(36)

Sources

4.1

Handwritten Sources

4.3

Technical or Professional Documents

4.8

Machine-Created Documents

4.13

Forms

4.17

Oral Documents

4.20

Revised, Altered, and Collaborative Documents

4.23

Original Missing or Destroyed

4.27

Other Types of Sources

4.29

Conflated Documents

4.35

Chapter 5 Presenting the Text

121

(36)

Textual Issues

5.1

Date and Placeline

5.2

Salutations and Closings

5.4

Paragraphs

5.7

Capitalization

5.8

Interlineations, Marginalia, and Canceled Passages

5.9

Superscripts and Abbreviations

5.12

Typefaces

5.14

Underlined Passages

5.15

Slips of the Pen and Other Errors

5.16

Nontextual Elements

5.19

Terminal Punctuation

5.20

Interpolation and Missing Text

5.21

Text with Original Annotation

5.24

Enclosures, Attachments, and Envelopes

5.25

Previously Published Documents

5.30

Foreign Languages and Encoded Documents

5.31

Exceptions to Transcription Policies

5.38

Chapter 6 Principles of Annotation

157

(14)

Reasons for Annotation

6.1

Types of Annotation

6.4

Provenance Notes

6.5

Textual Notes

6.7

Contextual/Informational Notes

6.10

Chapter 7 Forms of Annotation

171

(28)

Choosing Annotation Forms

7.1

Headings

7.2

Introductory Essays

7.3

Headnotes

7.5

Footnotes and Endnotes

7.6

Intratextual Annotation

7.9

Specialized Directories

7.10

Tables, Lists, and Calendars

7.13

Maps and Illustrations

7.17

Annotation in Microform and Electronic Editions

7.19

Abbreviations

7.21

Cross-References

7.24

Researching and Citing Annotation Sources

7.26

Chapter 8 Special Issues of Access and Indexing

199

(18)

Critical Nature of Indexes

8.1

Indexes

8.2

Statement of Indexing Method

8.4

Specialized Indexes

8.6

Indexing Annotation

8.11

Special Problems

8.14

Running Heads and Numbered Documents

8.18

Access to Microform and Electronic Editions

8.20

Chapter 9 Front and Back Matter

217

(26)

Front Matter

9.1

Half-Title Page

9.2

Frontispiece

9.3

Title Page

9.4

Copyright Notice

9.5

Dedications and Epigraphs

9.6

Acknowledgments

9.8

Tables of Contents

9.12

Illustrations

9.13

Forewords, Prefaces, and Introductions

9.14

Statement of Editorial Method

9.17

Errata, Addenda, and Appendices

9.20

Bibliography and Short Titles

243

(10)

Permissions

253

(4)

Index

257

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