The Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison, edited by David B. Mattern and
Holly C. Shulman, was published in 2003 by the University of Virginia Press.
On Madison's 251st birthday, March 16, 2002, John Stagg, the editor in chief of the Papers of James Madison, gave a speech at Montpelier, Madison's homestead in Orange County, Virginia, from which this piece was condensed. Seventeen newspapers printed it, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch ("Madison Put Liberty First," July 14, 2002), the Albany Times Union ("Make Madison the Model on Civil Liberties," July 2, 2002), the Detroit Free Press ("Fight for Free Speech Resounds in the Legacy of James Madison," July 3, 2002), the Wilmington Morning Star ("Lessons from the War of 1812," July 4, 2002), the Raleigh News & Observer ("Madison: War and Liberty," July 4, 2002), the Contra Costa Times ("Madison a Good Example of War President," July 7, 2002), and the Charlotte Observer ("Mr. Madison's Example," July 16, 2002).
"The Madison Administration and Mexico: Reinterpreting the Gutiérrez-Magee Raid of 1812–1813," by Madison Papers editor-in-chief J. C. A. Stagg, appeared in the April 2002 issue of the William and Mary Quarterly (read this article on-line on the History Cooperative Web site), where it is accompanied by a second piece by Dr. Stagg on "The Political Essays of William Shaler" (read this article on-line on the WMQ Web site).
On February 22-23, 2001, editor-in-chief J. C. A. Stagg participated in a conference in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Princeton University's graduate school entitled "A Constitution for the Ages: James Madison the Framer." This event assembled some of the leading figures in what the program calls "the 'Madison renaissance' ... not only to enunciate the reasons for Madison’s national significance, but to celebrate his importance as a graduate of the College of New Jersey, as Princeton University was originally known. Considered Princeton’s first graduate student (he stayed on in 1771 to study Hebrew and ethics), Madison also served as the first president of Princeton’s alumni association." Click here to download video files of the conference sessions.
On June 15, 2000, editor-in-chief J. C. A. Stagg participated in a conference sponsored by The Founding Fathers Papers, Inc., and funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts to consider the principal ideas of our Founding Fathers in the building of our nation.
On June 29, 1998, Holly Shulman, co-editor of The Selected Letters of Dolley Madison and Research Associate Professor of Studies in Women and Gender at the University of Virginia, appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, along with Eryl Platzer, Director of the Octagon House, to talk about the Madison presidency, the Octagon, and the burning of the White House in August 1814. (After they were burned out of the White House, the Madisons took up temporary residence in the Octagon House.) Ms. Shulman and Ms. Platzer also answered questions submitted by the audience via telephone, fax, and electronic mail.
Read this article published in the Spring 1998 issue of the University of Virginia publication Explorations about editing the papers of two of the Founding Fathers, George Washington and James Madison. (Pictured is J. C. A. Stagg, editor in chief of the Papers of James Madison.)
The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series, Vol. 2, was awarded the 1996 Arthur S. Link Prize from The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. This prize, awarded at the 1996 annual meeting of the American Historical Association, "recognizes not only the high level of scholarship and erudition present in the publication of the James Madison papers, but the overall contribution to history." (Pictured, left to right, are J. C. A. Stagg, editor in chief of the Papers of James Madison; Emily Rosenberg, president of SHAFR; Mary Hackett, editor of the prize-winning volume; and Alan Spetter, secretary/treasurer of SHAFR.)
James Madison's "Advice to My Country," edited by Madison Papers senior associate editor David Mattern, is available from the University of Virginia Press.
Madison Papers associate editor Mary Hackett transcribed and edited letters from the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson for the 1996 exhibit "Muse and Confidante: the Angelica Schuyler Church Archive" in the special collections department of Alderman Library, University of Virginia.
David Mattern's Benjamin Lincoln and the American Revolution (available from the University of South Carolina Press) was selected for the CHOICE list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1996. David Mattern is senior associate editor of the Papers of James Madison.
