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Help the Julian Bond Papers Project Transcribe New Content!
We've started launching new materials starting in the summer of 2022, and it will be available here, at https://fromthepage.com/centerfordigitalediting/bond-papers-new-content. See also our updated transcription guidance (please no line breaks or all caps!).
Occasionally, the collection will be closed when we need to do more uploading. Thank you for your patience!
About the Project:
Following the death of civil rights leader Julian H. Bond on August 15, 2015, the University of Virginia acquired the entirety of his papers and moved them to the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library for preservation. In an effort to make the papers accessible to the public, Professor Deborah McDowell, the Carter G. Woodson Institute, and the Center for Digital Editing (CDE) collaborated beginning in 2017 to create a scholarly edition of his papers. We are grateful for support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to continue this work.
Starting in August 2018, the CDE and Woodson Institute invited the public to participate in editorial work on the project. Since then, hundreds of pages of Julian Bond’s speeches and interviews have been transcribed as a result of volunteer work. The work of these volunteers will be a crucial to the development of the future scholarly edition, “The Essential Julian Bond.”
Since the onset of the transcription project, we have received inquiries from many individuals in the public, who wish to become involved, and whose efforts we welcome and need. Those interested in contributing can start today by transcribing available documents. Simply create an account on FromThePage and follow the transcription instructions provided below.
For updates about the project, follow us online at www.bondpapersproject.org.
How to Help Transcribe Documents:
- Find a new title by going to https://fromthepage.com/centerfordigitalediting/bond-papers-new-content.
- Select a document that is less than 100% transcribed by clicking on its title.
- A list of pages from that document available for transcription will appear. Select one from the list and get started!
- When you have finished transcribing a page, click "Save Changes" in the top right corner of the page.
Photo Credits: Dan Addison, UVA
Works
Speech at the Hungry Club Forum, Atlanta, Georgia, on what the elections mean for Americans, 1976 November 3 (1 of 2)
Speech at the Hungry Club Forum, Atlanta, Georgia, on what the elections mean for Americans, 1976 November 3 (2 of 2)
Collaboration is restricted.
Speech at the University of Massachusetts concerning what the university should or will do, 1970 December
Speech before lawyers about his experiences in the judicial system, 2003
Collaboration is restricted.
Speech beginning with quote from W.E.B.Du Bois about the Problem of the 20th Century being the Color Line, 1970 March (Doc 2 of 3)
Speech beginning with quote from W.E.B.Du Bois about the Problem of the 20th Century being the Color Line, 1970 March (Doc 3 of 3)
Collaboration is restricted.
Speech challenging the American character, 1984
Speech concerning black Americans and the future of democracy, 1970 (Doc 2 of 2)
Collaboration is restricted.
Speech concerning black crime and violence, delivered at the University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center, Department of Medicine, 1991 April 24
Speech concerning black people and economic stability, ca. 1970 (Doc 1 of 4)