With 2020 finally behind us, we reflect on all the changes and new features we’ve launched over the past year at FromThePage. We were always on the lookout for new ways to improve the platform and listened to the feedback you gave to help provide the best experience possible for our project owners and volunteers. […]
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An Interview with Olivia Carlisle of the State Archives of North Carolina
Olivia Carlisle of the State Archives of North Carolina kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Carlisle is the Digitization Archivist at the State Archives of North Carolina. First, tell us about your documents. The State Archives of North Carolina had been […]
An Interview with Paige Roberts of Phillips Academy Archives & Special Collections
Paige Roberts of Phillips Academy in Andover, Maryland kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Roberts is the Director of Archives and Special Collections at Phillips Academy. First, tell us about your documents. One of several Phillips Academy Archives collections on FromThePage, […]
WWII Letters: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Today marks the 79th year since Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. On this December day in 1941, 2,403 American citizens were lost in the surprise attack by the Japanese. The following day, America declared war on Japan and thus entered the country into World War II. Americans, and those all over the world, were forever […]
From the Founder: Thoughts on Ethnic Slurs & Offensive Language in the Sources We Transcribe
I was approached recently by colleagues who’d received a complaint about ethnic slurs in material they’d transcribed, asking for guidance on what to do. We don’t have a firm answer to this question, so I looked around at projects on FromThePage and among the documentary editing and archives communities to see what they’re doing. In […]
An Interview with Riley Bogran of the Sandy Spring Museum
Riley Bogran of the Sandy Spring Museum kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Bogran is the Transcription Coordinator at Sandy Spring Museum. First, tell us about your documents. We have a large collection of historic documents related to the Quaker communities […]