Editing Historical Documents: A Handbook of Practice (American Association for State and Local History)

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This volume is aimed both at more experienced editors, who may wish to skip over the advice offered in the introduction, as well as at those who are new to the craft and want to know how to begin work on publishing historical documents of interest to them. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY BOOK SERIES Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents About the Authors Preface Introduction Chapter One - What, Why, How, and for Whom? Why Edit Historical Documents? Scope Form of Publication Audience Sources Comprehensiveness Chapter Two - Selection and Arrangement of Documents Selecting Documents for Publication Organizing the Documents for Publication Challenges of Chronology Excerpts, Abstracts, and Calendars Chapter Three - General Principles of Transcription and Proofreading Introduction to Transcription Principles of Emendation Methods of Transcription Verifying the Text Chapter Four - Transcription: Types of Sources Sources Handwritten Sources Technical or Professional Documents Machine-Created Documents Forms Oral Documents Revised, Altered, and Collaborative Documents Original Missing or Destroyed Other Types of Sources Conflated Documents Chapter Five - Presenting the Text Textual Issues Date and Placeline Salutations and Closings Paragraphs Capitalization Interlineations. Marginalia, and Canceled Passages Superscripts and Abbreviations Typefaces Underlined Passages Slips of the Pen and Other Errors Nontextual Elements Terminal Punctuation Interpolation and Missing Text Text with Original Annotation Enclosures, Attachments, and Envelopes Previously Published Documents Foreign Languages and Encoded Documents Exceptions to Transcription Policies Chapter Six - Principles of Annotation Reasons for Annotation Types of Annotation Provenance Notes Textual Notes Contextual/Informational Notes Chapter Seven - Forms of Annotation Choosing Annotation Forms Headings Introductory Essays Headnotes Footnotes and Endnotes Intratextual Annotation Specialized Directories Tables, Lists, and Calendars Maps and Illustrations Annotation in Microform and Electronic Editions Abbreviations ABBREVIATIONS Cross-References Researching and Citing Annotation Sources Chapter Eight - Special Issues of Access and Indexing Critical Nature of Indexes Indexes Statement of Indexing Method Specialized Indexes Indexing Annotation Special Problems Running Heads and Numbered Documents Access to Microform and Electronic Editions Chapter Nine - Front and Back Matter Front Matter Half-Title Page Frontispiece Title Page Copyright Notice Dedications and Epigraphs Acknowledgments Tables of Contents Illustrations Forewords, Prefaces, and Introductions Statement of Editorial Method Errata, Addenda, and Appendices Bibliography and Short Titles Permissions Index