The Man Who Recorded The World
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Alan Lomax papers at the LIbrary of Congress are now available for transcription at By the People, www.crowd.loc.gov.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, By the People, New Online
Category: By the People
Crowdsourcing Challenge!
Posted by: Neely Tucker
By the People, the Library’s crowdsourcing transcription project, is calling on volunteers to complete 1,000 pages from the “Suffrage: Women Fight for the Vote” campaign before Monday, August 19th.
Posted in: By the People, Manuscripts, Women's History
Pic of the Week: Walt Whitman Birthday Edition
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Photo and short bio of Walt Whitman, marking the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Posted in: By the People, Civil War, Pic of the Week, Poetry, Today in History
Crowdsourcing Invitation: Help Tell a Civil War Soldier’s Story
Posted by: Neely Tucker
By the People, the Library’s crowdsourcing transcription project, is rallying readers to complete 500 pages from the “Civil War Soldiers: Disabled but not disheartened” campaign before Memorial Day. These were gathered by journalist and chaplain William Oland Bourne as part of a left-handed penmanship competition for Union soldiers who had lost their right hand or …
Posted in: By the People, Civil War