Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and Leadership 2021
Service: Transcribe Historical Documents with Smithsonian Transcription Center
Shift Details
Shift Name | Service: Transcribe Historical Documents with Smithsonian Transcription Center |
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Description | The Smithsonian Transcription Center is a freely accessible website that connects volunteers across the world with digitized Smithsonian collections. Users can transcribe, review, or explore historical letters, diaries, scientific specimen sheets, newspapers, and more through Transcription Center projects. Why is this so important? Because transcription allows researchers everywhere to more easily discover, investigate, and share history. Together, we are unlocking the past and bringing it to life. For this year’ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, the Transcription Center team and staff from the National Museum of African American History and Culture will be joining GWU to transcribe and review historical documents from the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. The Freedmen’s Bureau, as it’s more commonly referred, was established by the federal government in 1865 to assist in the political, social, and economic reconstruction of the American south, assisting more than 4 million formerly enslaved African Americans in the transition to citizenship and freedom. Find Freedmen’s Bureau Projects: https://transcription.si.edu/freedmensbureau General Instructions and Resources for Getting Started: https://transcription.si.edu/tips Freedmen’s Bureau specific instructions and resources: https://transcription.si.edu/instructions-freedmens-bureau |
Registrations | 54 out of 63 |
Date & Time | Mon, Jan 18, 2021 2:00pm - 4:00pm |
Location | 837 22nd St NW Washington, DC 20052 |