An interview with James Perla, the Managing Director of the Citizen Justice Initiative at the University of Virginia's Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies, about their ongoing Julian Bond Papers Project and their recent Bond Transcribathon. What are your goals for the project? The Julian Bond Papers project seeks to create a documentary … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Papers of Julian Bond & Bond Transcribathon
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Interview: Sonya Coleman on Transcribing for the Library of Virginia and Coding New Features for FromThePage
Sonya Coleman is Digital Engagement + Social Media Coordinator at the Library of Virginia. First, tell us about your documents. The Library of Virginia houses over 124 million archival items, including state and local records, personal papers, microfilm, maps, photographs, and more. Many of these documents contain structured data, such as the World War I Questionnaires. These … [Read more...] about Interview: Sonya Coleman on Transcribing for the Library of Virginia and Coding New Features for FromThePage
Project Profile: Marriage Certificates at the Maryland State Archives
Liz Coelho is the Executive Associate for Projects at the Maryland State Archives. She kindly agreed to be interviewed by Sara Brumfield about the Archives’ use of FromThePage. Please tell us about your project The Maryland State Archives currently has one fielded-form project posted on FromThePage, a collection of marriage certificates from 1978. No index exists for … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Marriage Certificates at the Maryland State Archives
Project Profile: Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation
Tanner Potts is Research Associate for the Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation at the University of the South. First, tell us about your documents. Our documents on FromThePage focus on the founding period of the University of the South, 1856-1868. During this time, the ten southern-most dioceses of the Episcopal church united to found a university that … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation
Project Profile: LA County's Letters of the Office of Indian Affairs
Kelly Riddle is the Digital Projects Coordinator at LA County Library. First, tell us about your documents. The letters in this collection were written by many different individuals in California to the federal Office of Indian Affairs between 1849 and 1880. Federal and state government officials and private citizens wrote to the Office, headquartered in Washington, … [Read more...] about Project Profile: LA County's Letters of the Office of Indian Affairs