The Institute for Southern Studies, at the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina, hosts The Papers of William Short. The project has partnered with the Center for Digital Editing at the University of Virginia to develop our editorial platform and create our open access digital edition.

The Papers of William Short has been funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Université Paris-Est Créteil and the Southern Studies Research Fund at the University of South Carolina.