Adams Papers Editorial Project
The Adams Papers Editorial Project is an ongoing endeavor by scholars at Massachusetts Historical Society to organize, transcribe and publish a wide range of manuscripts, diaries, letterbooks and politically and culturally important letters authored by and received by the family of Founding Father John Adams, his wife Abigail Adams and their descendants of Quincy, Massachusetts including John Quincy Adams. Over 27,000 records have been catalogued to date. The project sheds light on the lives of John Adams’ contemporaries and Founding Fathers like Washington, Jay, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton.
History
The project was originally begun in 1954. Since that time, more than 50 volumes have been published by Harvard University Press. The collection has been organized as a series. Series I includes transcriptions of the diaries of John Adams, John Quincy Adams and others. Series II is a compilation of personal Adams Family correspondence exchanged between 1761 and 1798. Series III includes papers and legal instruments dated 1755 through 1785. Series IV is a record of visual documentation of John and Abigail Adams, and of John Quincy Adams and his wife Louisa, from paintings to engravings. The collection ranges from 1639 to 1889. The Adams Papers Digital Edition has also been published online as part of UVA's searchable Rotunda project and America's Founding Era collection [1]
Funding
Primary funders of the Adams Papers currently include the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a division of the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Endowment for the Humanities[2] , and the Packard Humanities Institute.
See also
References
- ^ "The University of Virginia Press - Rotunda". University of Virginia. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ John Fea. "National Endowment for the Humanities Announces New Grants". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved January 13, 2018.