Alabama Department of Archives and History

Founded in 1901, the Alabama Department of Archives and History was the first independently administered state archival and historical agency in the U.S. <br><br> For more information about about ADAH transcription projects, contact Meredith McDonough at <a href="mailto:meredith.mcdonough@archives.alabama.gov">meredith.mcdonough@archives.alabama.gov.
Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Alabama
Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Alabama
When completed, this collection will consist of the official papers of the eleven men who served as governors of Alabama from the eve of secession and Civil War to the postwar "Redemption" administrations of George S. Houston and Rufus W. Cobb.
Alabama Supreme Court Case Files
Alabama Supreme Court Case Files
When completed, this collection will contain all the original case files of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1820 through 1877. These records include interrogatories, exhibits, motions, and other details not included in the published rulings, though excerpts from the printed reports will be...
Cemetery Transcriptions Manuscript 1650-2000 Indexing, UK Monuments (Public)
Cemetery Transcriptions Manuscript 1650-2000 Indexing, UK Monuments (Public)
Indexing burial records in United Kingdom parish cemeteries, for use in a genealogy database. Please do not start indexing this project until you read the Full Instructions and Style Guide, linked below. Please contact zobeida.chaffee-valdes@nehgs.org with indexing questions. This is a...
Completed Works
These works have been transcribed.

Ben W. Brumfield

Researching people and events in the Renan area around 1920. Please contact me at benwbrum@gmail.com
April 2022 Metadata Webinar
Demo collection for April 2022 metadata webinar
Jeremiah White Graves Diaries
Diary and account books kept by Jeremiah White Graves (1801-1884) in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
DigEdTnT Workshop
Demo project for trying out FromThePage editorial platforms for the Digital Edition Creation Pipelines: Tools and Transitions workshop in Graz, February 23, 2023.
GSM registers
GSM registers
Historic fossil registers held by British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK. Part of the GSM (Geological Survey Museum) Collection.
Tennessee Legislative Petitions
Transcription of petitions of citizens to the Tennessee General Assembly (legislative body) for private and public acts from approximately 1801-1870. Images from microfilm. TN State Library & Archives created an index to primary petitioners' names, locations, and subjects. That index is at...

California State Library

The California State Library: A leader, innovator, champion, and important source of trusted information to Californians and their libraries.
E. von Hasslocher
A collection of ten letters from Hasslacher in Geyserville, Sonoma County, to his friend, Louis Noll in Oakland. Dated 1873-1876, the letters discuss family matters relating to health and finance, including a request to borrow money. A letter dated Oct. 23, 1876, talks of picking grapes and...
Holland Letter Archive
Holland Letter Archive
As one of largest natural history museums in the country, Carnegie Museum of Natural History stewards, preserves, and interprets over 22 million artifacts, objects, and scientific specimens. This material serves to broaden our understanding of humans’ place in the interconnected web of life. ...
Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project
Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project
The Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi project (CWRGM) is digitizing, transcribing, and annotating the nearly 20,000 documents in the state's governors' collections for the long Civil War era, and we're seeking your help. To meet our goals, we rely in part on volunteer...

Cleveland Public Library

Cleveland Public Library is the "People’s University," the center of learning for a diverse and inclusive community.
Northeast Ohio and the Civil War: Primary Source Manuscripts at Cleveland Public Library
Northeast Ohio and the Civil War: Primary Source Manuscripts at Cleveland Public Library
This collection contains a diary, a set of letters, and a manuscript document from the Special Collections at Cleveland Public Library. The first item is the Diary for 1865, George B. Carle, Company K, 90th Ohio Regiment. The diary, part a larger collection, consists holograph entries in a...
Letters of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1849-1880, California Superintendency
Letters of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1849-1880, California Superintendency
The first 30 years of California's statehood were a time of upheaval for American Indians throughout California. New state officials worked to assume control of California's affairs and boundaries, U.S. government officials unfamiliar with California and its Indians arrived to document tribal...
City of Dallas Building Permit Books
City of Dallas Building Permit Books
This is a collection of City of Dallas building permit inspectors' log books starting in 1905 and continuing until the early 1970s. The collection is permanently retained at the Dallas Public Library in the Dallas History & Archives division. The log books contain original permit applicant names,...

Dartmouth Libraries

Digital by Dartmouth Library (DxDL) provides free, digital access to nearly three hundred thousand items from our collections — from classical texts to medieval manuscripts to scientific accounts to audiovisual materials.
The Edward Mitchell Papers
The Edward Mitchell Papers
Edward Mitchell was the first student of African descent to attend Dartmouth College. In 1824, students protested the Board of Trustees' decision not to admit Mitchell because of his race. The students’ activism was supported by the faculty, the Board relented, and Mitchell took his rightful...
Shaker Commonplace Book, 1890-1921
Shaker Commonplace Book, 1890-1921
This collection as been fully transcribed (thank you!). You may still help out by proof-reading the transcriptions, and indexing subjects (Authors, Poem Titles, Places, and Organizations) by placing double brackets around them [[like this]]. This commonplace book of poetry was compiled by...
Wrangel Island
Wrangel Island
Wrangel Island is a gateway to the northern portion of the Arctic Sea above the Bering Strait. This 2,900-square-mile expanse has been claimed at various times by Canada and Russia. Manuscript materials in the Dartmouth Library’s Vilhjalmur Stefansson Collection on Polar Exploration document...

Digital Maryland

Digital Maryland is a collaborative, statewide digital preservation program of the Enoch Pratt Free Library/Maryland State Library Resource Center. Users can search and explore historical and cultural documents, images, audio, and videos that record Maryland’s history.
Frederick County Cemetery Field Notebooks
Frederick County Cemetery Field Notebooks
Collection Location: C. Burr Artz Public Library, Frederick County Collection Overview: A collection of notebooks by Jacob Mehrling Holdcraft in which he transcribed the headstones from cemeteries across Frederick County, as well as some from Carroll County. They also include notes from church...

Digitizing Peru's Print Revolution

This project is funded by the Latin Americanist Research Resources Project. We have digitized nearly 5,000 pages of nineteenth-century Peruvian periodicals. The OCR on these is in need of correcting! Please help us here!
Digitizing Peru's Print Revolution
Digitizing Peru's Print Revolution
This project is partially funded by the Latin Americanist Research Resources Project. We have digitized nearly 5,000 pages of nineteenth-century Peruvian periodicals. The OCR on these is in need of correcting! Please help us to make clean OCRd PDFs widely available to interested researchers and...

Dish By Dish

Countries like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are major international hubs with residents hailing from all over the world. Of course, in them we find the traditional foods of Eastern Arabia (known as "Khaleeji" cooking), but there are also many different global food cultures and interesting fusions on offer. Working with a growing collection of restaurant menus from the UAE and the larger Arab Gulf countries, we are transcribing them–dish by dish–in order to study what they can tell us about food and culture in the region. In these menus you will find many languages; they typically contain English and Arabic, but be on the lookout for Amharic, Chinese, Malayalam, Tagalog, Urdu and others. Folders have been created indicating what language skills you need to transcribe. Dish by Dish is a project of Citizen Researcher in the Office of Research Outreach at NYU Abu Dhabi. To find out more about the collection of menus and the data we are building based on them, visit our project website linked at the top of this page.
Menus
In this collection you will find menus from many different kinds of restaurants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The menus vary in structure and layout. In this folder, we have included only menus written in English, or in English (Latin) script languages. Remember that you will also find many...
Deciphering Dickens
Deciphering Dickens
Charles Dickens left behind a remarkably complete record of his literary output, including not just handwritten drafts for most of the major novels but also marked-up page proofs, serial publications, illustrations, theatrical adaptations, and records of his own legendary performances from his...

Dyer Memorial Library

<p></p> The <b>Dyer Memorial Library</b> in Abington, Massachusetts was founded in 1932 to collect and share knowledge about the people, places, businesses, events and activities in the three towns of Abington, Rockland and Whitman, collectively known as <i>Old Abington</i>. The Dyer's collections contain thousands of documents, records, photographs, maps, books, artifacts, and more. The Massachusetts Town Histories and Civil War collections are especially notable. Genealogists, academics, businesses, authors, artists, and history buffs come from near and far to research the Dyer's collections, finding both information and inspiration.
Personal War Sketches - G.A.R. McPherson Post No. 73, Abington, Mass.
Personal War Sketches - G.A.R. McPherson Post No. 73, Abington, Mass.
The Grand Army of The Republic (G.A.R.) Personal War Sketches books provide the Civil War veteran's record of service. Old Abington’s brave men underwent all of the problems, difficulties, and heartaches of veterans everywhere. This G.A.R. McPherson Post No. 73, Personal War Sketches book...
Whaling Logs
Whaling logs held at the East Hampton Library's Long Island Collection.
Lists
Manuscript lists, such as membership lists, from local records held by the Long Island Collection.
Proprietors of Montauk Collection
This Collection includes documents from the Long Island Collection and the Brooklyn Historical Society. It focuses on the land ownership history of Montauk going back to early Colonial records continuing through Arthur Benson's efforts to purchase and control land in the area the the Proprietors...

East Texas Research Center

Explore East Texas history with the resources at the East Texas Research Center (ETRC), located on the second floor of Ralph W. Steen Library at Stephen F. Austin State University. Digital copies of items are available in the Digital Archives and Collections. Items include photographs, documents, maps, books and other archival materials associated with the East Texas geographical region from the Gulf of Mexico north to the Red River and east of the Trinity River to Western Louisiana, which was once part of Texas. The digitized material is freely available to students, teachers and the general public for their historical and genealogical research.
Spring 2021 Letters from Telecommuting
These letters were worked on by students workers over the Covid-19 lockdown. They need to be updated and submitted.
NE Texas Slavery Deeds
NE Texas Slavery Deeds
The mission of the Lone Star Slavery Project is to research, image, transcribe, curate, and make digitally accessible Texas’s documentary record of its slave society. Website: https://digital.sfasu.edu/digital/collection/lonestarslave Please contact manager Kyle Ainsworth...
McFarland-Russell Family Papers
The McFarland-Russell family papers consist of personal and business correspondence, legal and business papers, Confederacy related items, materials related to the history of Orange, Texas, and a large amount of material of personal and genealogical interest produced and collected by members...
White Hall and the Clay Family
White Hall and the Clay Family
This collection of letters and documents was pulled from the White Hall Historical Collection and the Cassius M. Clay Collection. All materials relate to the family of General Green Clay and his descendants.
Madison County, Kentucky Deeds
This collection contains deeds that are found in the Madison County, Kentucky County Court Clerk Records. It is not a complete record of deeds for the county. Those can be found in the County Court Clerk's Office. This project will create descriptive metadata to allow deeds to be easily searched.

Filson Historical Society

Since 1884 the Filson's mission has been to collect, preserve, and share the significant history and culture of Kentucky and the Ohio Valley.
Black and African American History
Black and African American History
Black and African American collections from the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky.
Resurrecting the First American West
Resurrecting the First American West
This project has "resurrected" and expanded the Library of Congress American Memory Project, First American West, the Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 (FAW), which was taken down in 2016. The Filson Historical Society, the University of Chicago, and the Library of Congress contributed material to...
Levy-Wolff Family Papers
Levy-Wolff Family Papers
The collection consists of papers of the Levy and Wolff families, Jewish immigrants from the Alsace-Lorraine region of Europe who settled in Louisville, Kentucky. These letters center on the family's efforts to leave France during World War II. For more on the collection, see the finding aid...

Florida Memory Program

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections of the State Archives of Florida and the State Library of Florida. Florida memory digitizes records that illuminate the state's history and culture.
Florida County Tax Rolls, 1849 and 1850
Florida County Tax Rolls, 1849 and 1850
These ledgers document tax assessments in Florida counties for 1849 and 1850. This form was standardized across all counties. However, the form changed changed after 1850, and you can transcribe later years by viewing the associated collection.
Selections from Woman's Club of Tallahassee (N2021-4)
These records are a selection from State Archives of Florida collection N2021-4, documenting the organization, administration and activities of the Woman's Club of Tallahassee from 1927 to 2012. The collection includes administrative binders, meeting minutes, correspondence, annual reports,...
Gardner Store Ledgers
This collection consists of three ledger books from the Gardner's General Store that Shack Gardner owned and operated in Leon County, Florida. The ledgers document purchases and accounts at his store and include date of sale, customer names, purchased items, costs, and payments received. Each...

Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is home the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world.
Newdigate family collection of newsletters
Newdigate family collection of newsletters
This collection largely comprises English manuscript newsletters, dating from 1674 to 1715, received and compiled by the Newdigate family of Arbury Hall in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The letters cover a diverse range of topics but are mainly concerned with contemporary domestic and Continental news....
Transcribathon: EMROC 2021
These recipe books from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Wellcome Collection were used for the Early Modern Recipe Online Collective's (EMROC) 2021 transcribathon, a one-day manuscript adventure on March 4, from 1PM to 9 PM GMT. This worldwide event offered a chance to help make two...
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Collected Manuscripts
Here we will store images of manuscripts that have come to us and which we would like to share.
Albert Ruth Papers
Albert Ruth Papers
The Albert Ruth Papers is a sub-collection of correspondence, notebooks, and papers within the Mary Daggett Lake Papers. Albert Ruth (1844-1932) was an early North Texas botanist, whose collection of nearly 10,000 specimens was purchased by the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens and was later displayed...
Thomas Martin Diaries
Thomas Martin Diaries
Thomas P. Martin (1846-1910) was born on Albemarle Plantation in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. During the Civil War, he served in Company C of the 26th Louisiana Regiment. In 1865, Thomas Martin married Cornelia M. Taylor. Mr. Martin arrived in Fort Worth, Texas during the early 1890s, where...

Frederick Douglass Papers

The Frederick Douglass Papers collects, edits, and publishes in books and online the speeches, letters, autobiographies, and other writings of Frederick Douglass. The project is in the process of building a new digital edition where documents completed here are published. You can find the digital edition at https://frederickdouglasspapersproject.com/s/digitaledition/page/home.
Correspondence, Volume 4: 1881-1888 (documents to come)
The published volume will include 252 letters in full, and 667 calendared (or summarized) documents, for a total of 919 letters.
Problem Documents (Private)
Documents that have difficult transcription or need editorial review

FromThePage AI Sandbox

FromThePage staff are researching applications of AI technology to archives, libraries, and scholarly projects.
Handwritten Text Recognition Sandbox
Handwritten Text Recognition Sandbox
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Greenville County Library System

The South Carolina Room in the Hughes Main Library houses the Greenville County Library System's genealogy and local history collections. The following digital collections include items from the South Carolina Room's archive, local organizations, and private collections showcasing the rich and varied history of Greenville and the Upstate of South Carolina. Digitized items are presented as part of the historical record for the purpose of education and research. The inclusion of an item in the Library System's digital collections does not represent an endorsement of its contents or its expressed viewpoints. Items may contain content that some may find offensive.
Slater News
Slater News
Slater Mill community newspaper covering the life and times of employees and families.
Metchicas and Kehayas Family Letters
Metchicas and Kehayas Family Letters
Collection of letters from the Metchicas and Kehayas family from the 1940s.
Greenville City Codes & Ordinances
Greenville City Codes & Ordinances
Typed and bound ordinances, laws, and charter for the City of Greenville. Includes names of city government officials, committees, and aldermen.
Colonial North America: Countway Library of Medicine
Colonial North America: Countway Library of Medicine
Colonial North America at Harvard Library provides access to remarkable and wide-ranging materials digitized as part of an ongoing, multi-year project. When complete, the project will make available to the world approximately 650,000 digitized pages of all known archival and manuscript materials...
Schlesinger Library
Schlesinger Library
Items from the collection of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Latin
Works containing Latin content that can be translated into English.

High Point Museum

The High Point Museum cares for and exhibits objects, photographs, and archival material that reflect the history of the greater High Point, NC, area.
High Point Archives Project
High Point Archives Project
Letters, deeds, meeting minutes, and other materials from the collection of the High Point Museum. Many of the Fisher letters describe visits to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
High Point Property Records
Property deeds and legal and financial papers related to High Point residents and businesses.
Shopping Stories Transcription Project
Shopping Stories Transcription Project
Eighteenth-century store ledgers detail tabular data: recording purchases, account holders, and payments. These transactions are very different from the typical prose of a letter or diary entry, however, they include as much, if not more, significant information to assist in the understanding...

Indiana State Archives

<p>The Indiana State Archives exists to provide for the protection, and access to, primary-source and historical documents that contribute to Indiana's heritage. By assisting with transcription projects, you are helping our archivists create searchable text for records challenging to automated methods. Thank you to all our contributors, we appreciate your efforts!</p> <p>Active Projects for Transcription: <ul><li><a href="https://fromthepage.com/indianaarchives/swamp-land-patents">Swamp Land Patents</a><br/></li></ul> Active Projects for Review: <ul><li><a href="https://fromthepage.com/indianaarchives/indiana-draft-enrollment-lists-of-1862">Indiana Draft Enrollment Lists of 1862</a></li> <li><a href="https://fromthepage.com/indianaarchives/indiana-volunteer-militia-enrollment-lists-of-1862">Indiana Volunteer Militia Enrollment Lists of 1862</a></li></ul></p>
Jeffersonville Land Office Receipt Books, Second Collection
This collection is a companion to the Jeffersonville Land Office Receipt Books collection. Some of the books required different transcription settings due to their format. Sales of public land by the United States Government in Indiana began in 1801. Sales at the Jeffersonville Land Office...
Indiana Volunteer Militia Enrollment Lists of 1862
Indiana Volunteer Militia Enrollment Lists of 1862
Near the start of the Civil War in the summer of 1862, the Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton directed all northern states to fill a draft call for 300,000 men. In Indiana, two separate lists were created, one for men who had already enlisted in the volunteer forces and another listing all white...
Swamp Land Patents
Swamp Land Patents
Sparked by the federal government’s Swamp Lands Act of 1850 which gave federally owned lands to the individual states to aid in increasing flood control and land reclamation, Indiana’s swamp lands began being sold to private individuals in 1852. The aim was for the proceeds of land sales to pay...
Iowa Seed Catalogs
Iowa Seed Catalogs
This collection contains trade catalogs, 1881-1922, from Iowa seed companies, such as the Iowa Seed Company and Dorr's Iowa Seeds. Catalogs include seeds and bulbs for flowers, trees, herbs, ornamental shrubs, vegetables, grains, grasses, and fruit. In addition, the catalogs often also include...
The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation
The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation
Obra de Trevor Owens para ser traducida al español.

Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club d.b.a. Loring Greenough House

Built in 1760 on the territory of the Massachusett Tribe and situated in the historic center of Jamaica Plain (JP), the Loring Greenough House (LGH) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Massachusetts Historic Landmark and City of Boston Landmark.
LGH Meeting Minutes 1923-1926
Loring Greenough House Meeting Minutes 1923-1926
Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club Meeting Minutes
A collection of meeting minutes from the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club (JPTC), which was founded in 1896.
UCD Letters
UCD Letters
This collection consists of a range of 19th and early 20th century manuscript correspondence, acquired by UCD Library from diverse sources since the foundation of the Catholic University. It includes letters from significant figures, some connected directly to the University, including: Cardinal...
Loreto 1916
Loreto 1916
The Institute of the Blessed Virgin was founded by Mary Ward in 1609. It is a religious institute of pontifical right dedicated to apostolic works’, living according to the Ignatian tradition [IBVM Constitutions 2009, Volume II: Chapter I; 1.1]. Mary Ward’s idea of religious life was based on the...
Luke Wadding Papers
Luke Wadding Papers
This project draws from a digital facsimile of UCD-OFM, MSS. D.01 <https://digital.ucd.ie/view/ivrla:18726>. It represents selections from the first five volumes of Luke Wadding’s Papers. This amounts to 1,080 pages which have been disbound, cleaned and strengthened by professional conservator...

Kansas State University Libraries

The Morse Department of Special Collections is the official repository for official records of Kansas State University and is a center of research for cookery, Kansas history, and the consumer movement.
Manuscript Cookbooks
Manuscript Cookbooks
The Richard L. D. & Marjorie J. Morse Department of Special Collections comprehensively collects manuscript and printed materials for its Cookery Collection. The manuscript portion of the Cookery Collection contains over 250 cookbooks in many languages and countries of origin, from the late 17th...

Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections

The Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections contain select materials from the Kentucky Historical Society's archival and library collections.
United States Colored Troops Muster and Descriptive Roll for Kentucky the 7th, 8th and 9th Districts
United States Colored Troops Muster and Descriptive Roll for Kentucky the 7th, 8th and 9th Districts
This ledger contains information on the African American troops from part of the 7th district, and all of the 8th, and 9th Congressional Districts of Kentucky, who were mustered into the U.S. Army during the Civil War in 1864-65. The 7th district includes: Woodford, Franklin, Mercer, Boyle, and...
Mary Ruth Slaton diaries
Mary Ruth Slaton diaries
The diaries of Mary Ruth Slaton, a housewife and mother from in Hopkins County, Kentucky, dated 1931-1973. Slaton begins writing her diary during the Great Depression in the early 1930s. She describes going to school, spending time with friends and doing chores. By the late 1930s she has finished...
Florentine Gabelle 1411
Temple University https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll19/id/3328/rec/1
DALME Italian Sources
A collection of transcribed inventories from Italian Archives
Festival Book for Charles VI
First edition of a sumptuous festival book commemorating the inauguration of HRE Charles VI in 1717 as Count of Flanders, featuring an allegorical frontispiece and 6 large folding plates, including four engravings of the extravagant fireworks displays that followed the ceremony.
St. Paul Catholic Church Baptismal Ledger 1907-1925
St. Paul Catholic Church Baptismal Ledger 1907-1925
St. Paul Catholic Church is one of the oldest existing churches in Lexington. The records for the parish go back to 1854. The ledgers are part of the church's historical archive, and contain unique records for Lexington's history. Bishop Stowe, the bishop of the Lexington diocese, has given...
1914 - 1930 County Marriage Certificates now available
Special instructions: Soundex code: PLEASE BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE SOUNDEX CODE. Fields asking for the "Soundex Code" of the bride or groom is referring to the alphanumeric characters found in the upper left and right hand corners of the certificate. Each character begins with a letter. This...

Middlebury College Special Collections

Special Collections at the Middlebury College Library serves as a research laboratory for both the Middlebury community and independent scholars.
19th Century Scientific Catalogs - Geology & Palentology
19th Century Scientific Catalogs - Geology & Palentology
Handwritten catalogs from the 19th Century, describing scientific specimens collected by the Department of Geology, Middlebury College, including the locations whence specimens were collected and the names of their donors. Transcribing these catalogs helps support research in geology, local...
Robinson Family Papers
Robinson Family Papers
The Robinson Family letters from Rokeby Museum represent several generations of Quaker families in Vermont, especially the Robinsons - a family of farmers, abolitionists, artists, and authors whose home in Ferrisburgh is now a National Historic Landmark and one of the best-documented Underground...
Letters from World War II : J.H. Massey
Letters from World War II : J.H. Massey
This collection contains digital scans from 163 handwritten letters written by J.H. Massey during his time in the English Army (Cheshire Regiment) during World War II. Most of the letters were written and sent from Palestine, and discuss naval life, the Cheshire Regiment, England, World War II,...

Milner Library at Illinois State University

<p>Milner Library at Illinois State University is home to the Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives as well as a world-class Special Collections department focusing on the history of circus and allied arts. Our circus collections are especially popular, so please check back frequently for new transcription projects in this area. Thank you for helping us make history discoverable, searchable, and accessible!</p> <p>Interested in getting exclusive stickers, branded Milner merch and other swag? The more you transcribe, the more you earn! Sign up at <a href="https://illinoisstate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1zhheD4ke2nyPVc">bit.ly/MilnerRewards.</a></p>
Bloomington, Illinois plat books, 1831-1972
Bloomington, Illinois plat books, 1831-1972
Dating to the founding of Bloomington, these plat maps functioned as the city's official record of property ownership. * Please note that it is not necessary to transcribe text found within the plat maps. We are asking for assistance in transcribing the titles and text below the plats only. *
Illinois State Normal University financial ledger, 1857-1899
Illinois State Normal University financial ledger, 1857-1899
This remarkable ledger records the earliest expenditures of the fledgling Illinois State Normal University, including the purchase of desks, chalkboards, and books for the library, as well as such mundanities as the cost of digging a privy for the first building on campus ($18) and the number of...
Jesse Fell Civil War paymaster records
Jesse Fell Civil War paymaster records
Jesse W. Fell's (1808-1887) hugely successful land speculation deals has led to him being credited as the founder of several central Illinois towns and counties, as well as Illinois State (Normal) University. During the Civil War, Fell's Quaker faith prevented him from serving as a soldier. He...

Missouri Historical Society

The Missouri Historical Society (MHS) serves as the confluence of historical perspectives and contemporary issues to inspire and engage audiences in the St. Louis region and beyond.
Patience Worth Seance Typescript books
Patience Worth Seance Typescript books
This is a collection of 29 typescript volumes of dialogues between Patience Worth (the spirit of a 16th century puritan girl) and the family and friends of Pearl Curran (medium), 1913-1937. The books document the conversations occurring during the seances.
House of Refuge Journal of Commitments, 1854-1899; Index
House of Refuge Journal of Commitments, 1854-1899; Index
The House of Refuge was St. Louis City's children's home for indigent, orphaned, and delinquent children. This one volume documents the children that came into the home and what happened to them.
St. Louis City Block Books, 1876
St. Louis City Block Books, 1876
Each page of this 10 volume set covers a single block in the City of St. Louis at the time of the publishing in 1876. The pages show the surrounding streets, lot owners, and block history.

Missouri State Archives

The Missouri State Archives is the official repository for Missouri state records of permanent and historical value.
County Tax Lists
Early Missouri tax lists Missouri counties than can be used as census substitutes. These will be added to the Census Records and Tax Lists database. How to Index the Records -The indexing conventions are located at the bottom of every page in the transcription view. -Column headings are...

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Help transcribe 19th-century papers that tell the story of America's first rural cemetery and the first designed landscape open to the public in North America. Visit our Online Database at MountAuburn.PastPerfectOnline.com
2 Mount Auburn Cemetery Trustees Records
2 Mount Auburn Cemetery Trustees Records
Trustees records (1831-1930) including meeting minutes, agendas, reports, and letters that document every detail of the business of the Cemetery from hiring a gatekeeper and gardener to managing large swaths of land as an early non-profit.
Horticulture
A selection of documents highlighting horticultural practices at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Includes letters, invoices, and other material that deal with the purchasing, growing, and care of plants
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Established in 1831, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the first rural cemetery in the country. 19th-century records tell the story of the initial vision and how it is has evolved as a designed landscape and burial site. Including letters between its founding...

Mulaika Hijas

Saya seorang pensyarah dalam kajian Asia Tenggara di SOAS University of London.
Syair Mesa Gumitar
Syair Mesa Gumitar
British Library Mss Add 12380 With thanks to the British Library for digitising this manuscript and making it available for reuse. The manuscript can also be viewed fully digitised on the BL's site here:http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_12380&index=0

Nantucket Historical Association

The Nantucket Historical Association preserves and interprets the history of Nantucket through its programs, collections, and properties, in order to promote the island’s significance and foster an appreciation of it among all audiences.
Ships' Logs Collection
Ships' Logs Collection
This is a collection of ships’ logs and shipboard journals assembled by the Nantucket Historical Association. Logs, generally kept by captains or first mates of vessels, include daily observations of position (latitude and longitude), weather, vessels sighted, and ports visited. For whaling...
Quaise Asylum Records
The Quaise Asylum was constructed in 1822 to harbor the town’s poor. Ten inmates lost their lives during the great fire in 1844 that burnt the asylum down. This collection records Captain Alexander Coffin, who settled at Quaise Asylum in 1939, his correspondence, receipts for produce, and his...
Gardner Family Papers
The Gardner family of Nantucket descended from Richard and John Gardner, sons of Thomas Gardner, a planter who came from England to Salem, Massachusetts in 1626. Their descendants became captains of whaling ships, land owners and merchants. This collection includes correspondence, deeds and other...

National Archives of the United Kingdom

The National Archives of the United Kingdom is a government department and the material we create is subject to Crown copyright. By taking part in this project, volunteers agree that the data they produce for The National Archives of the United Kingdom will be made available for re-use under the terms of the <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/">Open Government Licence (OGL)</a> which is the default licence for most Crown copyright material. Under OGL terms, the data will be freely re-usable for the benefit of future research.
Railway Accident Project
Railway Accident Project
Part of a joint initiative between the University of Portsmouth, the National Railway Museum (NRM) and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick (MRC). We’re also working with other institutions including The National Archives of the UK and the RMT Union. The aim is to make it...
Railway Accidents Project (2)
Railway Accidents Project (2)
Part of a joint initiative between the University of Portsmouth, the National Railway Museum (NRM) and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick (MRC). We’re also working with other institutions including The National Archives of the UK and the RMT Union. The aim is to make it...
British Army: Description and Succession Books (Regimental)
British Army: Description and Succession Books (Regimental)
These books give details of British Army soldiers and officers, They include details of enlistment, and appointments (promotions) and discharged or deceased The National Archives (UK) will use basic information to enhance their catalogue. The forms vary in content. The image quality may be...
Rancho La Brea Specimens
Help the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County transcribe the records for specimens collected from the Rancho La Brea (La Brea Tar Pits) site. These records provide critical information about the type of specimen collected, its features, and where it was found.
Olga Hartman Specimen Log Books
Olga Hartman was a distinguished marine biologist known for her extensive work on polychaetes, a class of annelid worms. Her career was marked by significant contributions to marine biology and taxonomy, particularly in cataloging and identifying polychaete species. Hartman's work was primarily...
Mel Lincoln Journals
Mel Lincoln's professional journals preserve valuable historical insights into early 20th-century museum practices, habitat diorama construction, and the construction of ecologically accurate exhibitions in museum settings. Transcribing Lincoln's journals will make his detailed accounts and...

Naval War College Archives

The NWC Archives illustrates the College's enduring legacy of creating future leaders through a vital documentary collection available for connection, education, and research. This unique resource of primary sources and special collections informs educators, scholars, and policymakers with critical issues of past and future naval warfare, joint planning at the strategic, operational, and tactical level, and the role of the U.S. Navy in the local, national, and global community.
Works of Alfred T. Mahan
Works of Alfred T. Mahan
Help the NWC Archives transcribe the works of Alfred T. Mahan, considered to be the theortical founder of the 20th century Navy, held in their collections. Mahan had a significant impact on the U.S. Naval War College and naval strategy globally. His theories on the importance of sea power and...
Logbooks and Journals
The New Bedford Whaling Museum's archival collections consist of 1700 linear feet of manuscript materials documenting a range of New Bedford and regional industries, including textile manufacturing, cordage manufacturing, tool manufacturing, banking (1825-1936), business papers, whaling and...

Nicole Volmering

To get in touch, email me at volmern[at]tcd.ie.
Early Irish Hands TranSCRIPTion Challenge
Practice transcribing medieval Irish scripts! The Early Irish Hands TranSCRIPTion Challenge project helps you learn how to read early medieval Irish manuscripts by focusing on practice. It offers anyone interested a chance to get familiar with Irish script by offering simple introductions and...
Schaffhausen Adomnán Challenge
Schaffhausen Adomnán Challenge
Practice transcribing medieval Irish script! Practice your transcription skills by transcribing the Life of Columba (Colum Cille) from the famous Schaffhausen manuscript, which was written by Dorbbéne in Iona around the year 700. This manuscript is not only a unique early witness to the literary...

Ohio University Libraries

Ohio University Libraries actively invests in digitizing our unique collections in order to broaden access to these rich materials. Our digital offerings regularly expand in support of the research and educational activities of university campus.
Farfel Research Notebooks
Farfel Research Notebooks
The Farfel Notebooks document each manuscript and printed leaf that Dr. Farfel acquired over the course of his many years of collecting. There are 13 notebooks total. Each is a simple lined spiral-bound notebook familiar to most students. Dr. Farfel began his first notebook with leaf #1....
Ohio University Board of Trustees Minutes
Ohio University Board of Trustees Minutes
Meeting minutes document the activities of Ohio University's Board of Trustees, beginning with its 1804 founding. Transcription of these enables full text searching of the volumes for endeavors such as tracing the history of the institution and the region. See the volumes covering 1804-1954...
World War II Operation Market Garden - Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
This collection features materials from Ohio University Libraries' Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers. Gathered as part of Ryan's research process while writing his book, A Bridge Too Far, the documents include firsthand accounts from military personnel who participated in Operation...

Phillips Academy Archives

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David Kimball  Diary, 1803-1804
David Kimball Diary, 1803-1804
A journal kept by noted Ipswich, Massachusetts minister David T. Kimball during his final year of studies at Harvard University and Harvard Divinity School, and a year of teaching at Phillips Academy. Rev. David Tenney Kimball (1782–1860) was a prominent abolitionist and Pastor of the First...
Student Organizations
Student Organizations
Meeting minutes, financial records, membership lists, libraries of student clubs. Thanks to Tam Gavenas, class of 2025, for scanning these in June 2023.
Student Letters
Student Letters
Letters home by students, 1819-1881 and 1934, as well as a student's journal about his time on campus, 1851-1852.

Queen's University Archives

Queen's University Archives, based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is the official archival repository for the University record and a rich resource of private manuscripts covering literature, politics, art, business, science, and beyond.
University Records
University Records
Contains the records of Queen's University at Kingston, including Senate minutes, Board of Trustee minutes, University letters and records of various student associations and clubs.
Herbert Mackarsie journal
Henry Herbert Mackarsie was born in or around the 1810's or 1820's and died May 12, 1857 at Monte Video, Uruguay on board HMS Indefatigable after having been removed from HMSS Rifleman on May 7th. Mackarsie was a surgeon in the Royal Navy having served on the Steam Sloop Growler under Commander...
Description book (males) - HM Gaol, Brisbane (Boggo Road)
Description book (males) - HM Gaol, Brisbane (Boggo Road)
Following the closure of the Moreton Bay penal settlement in 1842, tenders were called in 1847 to convert the Female Factory in Queen Street to a gaol. On 14 December 1849, the altered building was proclaimed a prison known as the Gaol, Brisbane. A new gaol was built at Petrie Terrace in 1860 and...
Register of male prisoners admitted - HM Prison, Brisbane (Boggo Road)
Register of male prisoners admitted - HM Prison, Brisbane (Boggo Road)
Following the closure of the Moreton Bay penal settlement in 1842, tenders were called in 1847 to convert the Female Factory in Queen Street to a gaol. On 14 December 1849, the altered building was proclaimed a prison known as the Gaol, Brisbane. A new gaol was built at Petrie Terrace in 1860 and...
First Nations Language Collection
There are over 150 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language groups in Queensland. The Queensland State Archives Languages Project aims to support First Nations communities to record and revive traditional languages across the state. The project involves identifying, researching,...

Repatriating a Lost Archive--Dir. Christina H. Lee

Directed by Christina H. Lee, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University.
A Digital Repatriation of a Lost archive of the Spanish Pacific: The Library of The Convent of San Pablo (Manila, 1762)
Important note: Unless otherwise indicated, the hard-copies of the manuscripts in this collection are housed at the LILLY LIBRARY at Indiana University. If you are using any of the documents, please reference them appropriately. Description: This project seeks to repatriate books and...
Register över listbärare i Stockholm 1913
Register över listbärare i Stockholm 1913
Kompletterande transkriberingsprojekt till I demokratins namn – Kvinnorna som krävde rösträtt. Materialet består av register över listbärare till namninsamlingslistor 1913–1914. Det förvaras i original av Riksarkivet i Stockholm och är del av Landsförening för kvinnans politiska rösträtts...
Föreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt i Stockholm
Föreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt i Stockholm
Välkommen att vara med och transkribera uppgifter om de kvinnor som var medlemmar i Föreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt i Stockholm! Detta är ett sidoprojekt till projektet I demokratins namn – kvinnorna som krävde rösträtt. Arkivmaterialet består av en medlemsmatrikel som är bevarad i...
Offentliga tillställningar i Göteborg
Offentliga tillställningar i Göteborg
Var med och lyft fram Göteborgs offentliga händelser kring förra sekelskiftet! I det här projektet transkriberar vi tillståndsjournaler från Göteborgs poliskammares arkiv. Den transkriberade information kommer sedan att tillgänggöras fritt på Riksarkivets hemsida. Digitiseringen av...

Sandy Spring Museum

The Sandy Spring Museum Archives is a diverse assemblage of historic documents that illuminate the community's story as a network of rural villages and supports the institution's mission of creating a sense of place and belonging.
Jack Bentley Baseball Collection
Jack Bentley Baseball Collection
Did you know that Sandy Spring was home to a professional baseball player? Sandy Spring native Jack Bentley was a left-handed pitcher over parts of nine seasons (1913–1916, 1923–1927) with the Washington Senators, New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies. Outside of his baseball career, Bentley...
Sandy Spring Veteran Collection
Sandy Spring Veteran Collection
This collection contains letters and personal materials from known veterans in Sandy Spring history, as well as some military materials. Materials date from 1862 to 1947 and cover the Civil War, World War I, and World War II.
2024 Valentine's Day Transcribe-A-Thon
2024 Valentine's Day Transcribe-A-Thon
For February’s Transcribe-a-Thon, love is in the air. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we will be transcribing letters sent between various couples from the Sandy Spring community throughout the 19th and early 20th century. The letters include members of the Bancroft, Bentley, Hallowell, Iddings, and...

Seattle Municipal Archives

The Seattle Municipal Archives preserves and makes accessible the records of enduring value created or received by City agencies and elected officials.
City of Seattle Records
City of Seattle Records
Dating from the 1870s to the first few years of the 20th century, these records contain glimpses into the lives and activities of a growing Seattle. In letters, petitions, reports, claims, bids, and early City ordinances, City of Seattle activities are documented through the voices of Seattle...

Shelby County Museum & Archives

The Shelby County Museum & Archives is a historical institution located in Columbiana, Alabama, dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history and heritage of Shelby County. It serves as a repository for various historical documents, artifacts, photographs, and records related to the county's past. The museum features exhibits highlighting different aspects of Shelby County's history, including its early settlement, development, industries, notable figures, and cultural heritage. Additionally, the archives provide resources for genealogical research, offering access to records such as county records, newspapers, family histories, and more. The museum and archives play a vital role in educating the public about the rich history of Shelby County and preserving its heritage for future generations.
Shelby County, AL Deed Books Referencing Enslaved People
Several of the Deed Books archived at the Shelby County Museum & Archives include mentions of enslaved individuals. Transcribing these pages will provide valuable insight into the historical significance of slavery and ensure accessibility to these records for all researchers and visitors.

South Florida Collections Management Center

The South Florida Collections Management Center (SFCMC) is a multi-park museum program for Big Cypress National Preserve, De Soto National Memorial, and Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades National Parks. The center coordinates the acquisition and preservation of museum and archive collections, which support research and park interpretive needs. Although located inside Everglades National Park, the SFCMC provides long-term museum planning for all five National Park Service units in south Florida.
Dry Tortugas National Park Histories Project
Dry Tortugas National Park Histories Project
Before its designation as a National Park, Dry Tortugas and Fort Jefferson already had a long history of occupation and abandonment. Construction of the fort began in 1846 and by the time the Civil War broke out, the fort was only halfway done. During the Civil War, Union forces were stationed at...

Sr. Thea Bowman Society

The Sister Thea Bowman Society is located in Louisville, Kentucky. One of our projects is documenting a Black Catholic cemetery section called St. Louis Cemetery in which 1,633 people are buried in unmarked graves. Our transcription projects include a freedom suit and the pension files of 20 United States Colored Troop veterans.
Kentucky USCT Pension files
Kentucky USCT Pension files
1,633 Black Catholics are buried in unmarked graves in St. Louis Cemetery in Louisville, KY. Many of the men served in the Union army during the Civil War (the US Colored Troops), as Buffalo Soldiers, and in World War I. This project collects military records, especially pension files, that were...
Amanda of Color vs. Heisle Estate Freedom Suit
Amanda of Color vs. Heisle Estate Freedom Suit
In 1841, Samuel Heisle (or Hisle) of Henry County, Kentucky left a will permitting his 36 enslaved people to hire themselves out and use the proceeds to purchase their freedom from his illegitimate son. Several of these Black Kentuckians were able to be manumitted. Others were not so...
The International La Sfera Challenge
The International La Sfera Challenge
Welcome to La Sfera Challenge, a two-week competition pitting international teams of scholars against each other in a race to transcribe three different copies of one text, Goro Dati’s fifteenth-century geographic treatise, La Sfera. Team USA will work with the version housed at the Yale...
The Jenny Lind Collection
The Jenny Lind Collection
In celebration of Jenny Lind’s bicentennial, Stanford Libraries is pleased to make available to the public the manuscript scores and letters contained in the Jenny Lind Collection, one of the largest extant collections of primary source materials once belonging to Lind. Swedish soprano Jenny...
Ben's Transcriptions
Private collection

Stanford University Archives

The Stanford University Archives is the official repository for records of Stanford University, including its founders, administration, faculty, students, and alumni.
Leland Stanford Papers
Leland Stanford Papers
Correspondence, telegrams; business, legal, financial, and official papers; speeches, journals, and newsclippings; and other materials relating to the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, Stanford's political career, business and financial interests, and the founding and construction of...
Student Life
Student Life
Materials documenting Stanford student life.
Charles A. Spolyar KZSU Playlist Collection
Charles A. Spolyar KZSU Playlist Collection
Collection contains Spolyar’s hand-written playlists from his radio shows on the Stanford student station, KZSU, as well as program guides, time schedules, and memoranda.

State Archives of North Carolina

The State Archives provides guidance on preservation and management of government records, and collects, preserves, and provides public access to historically significant archival materials relating to North Carolina.
Women's History
Women's History
Collection Status: Open for Transcription Transcription Difficulty Rating: Easy About the Collection This collection of documents provides a glimpse into the lives of North Carolina women as they changed history in our state and the nation during the 19th and 20th centuries. It...
Regulator Movement
Regulator Movement
Collection Status: Open for transcription Transcription Difficulty Rating: Intermediate About the Collection The Regulator Movement was a brief uprising in eastern North Carolina from 1768 to 1771, before the start of the American Revolution. North Carolinians became angry with government...
Military Papers
Military Papers
Collection Status: Open for Transcription Transcription Difficulty Rating: Easy About the Collection This collection includes a selection of documents from the World War I and World War II eras. How to Help Transcribe Documents The transcription conventions, or “rules,” are located...

State Library of New South Wales

The State Library of NSW is one of the great libraries of the world, with a history dating back to 1826. Since then, we have been collecting all kinds of materials that help tell the rich and diverse story of NSW and Australia.
Hassall family papers, 1793-2000
Hassall family papers, 1793-2000
Hassall Family Papers https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Jk404VY This collection contains correspondence, diaries, ledgers, and letter books produced by several generations of the Hassall family. Rowland Hassall (1768–1820) was born in Coventry, England, and was one of the first...
Sir Thomas Mitchell - Papers, 1708-1855
Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855) was appointed surveyor-general of New South Wales in 1828. Between 1831 and 1846 he made four exploring expeditions into the interior of Australia. The papers held by the State Library of New South Wales include Sir Thomas Mitchell field books, sketchbooks and...
Rediscovering Indigenous Languages
Rediscovering Indigenous Languages
Rediscovering Indigenous Languages These First Nations language materials are being made available to assist community access the collections which were identified in the Rediscovering Indigenous languages project. The Rediscovering Indigenous Languages site features historic word lists,...
Fanny Trundle diary
The diary is a two part, hand-written collection of Fanny Trundle's writings. The first part is devoted to a commentary on various historical figures and documents and reflects Fanny Trundle’s strong religious and temperance beliefs. The second part is an incomplete diary, starting on page 198,...
Florence Powe diary
A diary written by Florence Powe while working in the Bundaberg region of Queensland, Australia, She records her day-to-day life as a governess/teacher for the children of the Hon. Angus Gibson, sugar planter and politician, and the children of his three brothers, on Bingera Sugar Plantation. ...
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 Correspondence, 1944
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 Correspondence, 1944
Alan Hooper served in New Guinea during the Second World War with 1 Papuan Infantry Battalion (1 PIB) and Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU). These narratives lead us through his wartime experiences in New Guinea, and the life of his new bride Nancy at home in Brisbane. Hooper...

Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 and celebrating its 140th year, the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate meaningful shared experiences through natural science, art, and history to deepen understanding of our environment, ourselves, and each other.
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Permanent Record Books
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Permanent Record Books
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park is an African American Cemetery in Staten Island, NY. It was founded in 1935 in response to the practice of racial segregation in cemeteries and is still an active cemetery today. The cemetery's permanent record books are a chronological listing of burials. They...
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Ledger Books
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Ledger Books
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park is an African American Cemetery in Staten Island, NY. It was founded in 1935 in response to the practice of racial segregation in cemeteries and is still an active cemetery today. Frederick Douglass Memorial Park's ledger books provide a day-to-day accounting from...

Tennessee State Library & Archives

The Tennessee State Library & Archives collects and preserves materials of historical, documentary and reference value, and promotes library and archival development throughout the state.
Tennessee Birth Records - 1923
Tennessee Birth Records - 1923
The Tennessee State Library & Archives holds birth records that are older than 100 years. Birth records are confidential for 100 years under state law. Records less than 100 years old are held by the Tennessee Office of Vital Records and must be requested from that office. Tennessee began...
World War I Questionnaires
World War I Questionnaires
The World War I questionnaire project was part of an effort to gather and preserve the history of Tennessee's involvement in what was then known as the Great War. On January 24, 1919 the state legislature resolved that a committee of 25 be appointed, to be known as the Tennessee State Historical...
Tennessee Death Records - 1973
Tennessee Death Records - 1973
The Tennessee State Library & Archives holds death records that are older than 50 years. Death records are confidential for 50 years under state law. Records 50 years old or less are held by the Tennessee Office of Vital Records and must be requested from that office. Tennessee began requiring...

Texas State Library and Archives Commission

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission preserves the archival record of Texas, supports research, and makes primary resources available to the public.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Escape Record
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Escape Record, call number 1998/038-270.
Texas Adjutant General's Department Ranger military rolls 1876 - 1897
Texas Adjutant General's Department Ranger military rolls 1876 - 1897
These records include muster rolls, muster-in rolls, muster/payrolls, and payrolls for various Ranger organizations of the State of Texas, maintained by the Texas Adjutant General's Department. They date 1846-1861, 1874-1910, 1913-1914, and undated. The information contained on the rolls varies...

The Grove National Historic Landmark

Welcome to The Grove’s Transcription Project! Bring the 19th Century Alive for a 21st Century audience. Members of the Kennicott Family made groundbreaking contributions in the fields of medicine, horticulture, education, natural history, and exploration in the 1800s. Help us share their stories and contributions by transcribing Kennicott documents and correspondence.
Kennicott Documents
Kennicott Documents
Beginning in 1836, the Kennicotts called The Grove home. The history of their family, their land, and their country are interwoven throughout their letters, photographs, and artifacts. The Grove’s collection represents a rare and precious window into the past and allows us to better understand...
New Content
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...

The Library of Virginia

Library of Virginia inspires learning, ignites imagination, creates possibilities, encourages understanding, and engages Virginia's past to empower its future.
World War II: War Dead Questionnaires
World War II: War Dead Questionnaires
This collection consists of Questionnaires completed by the next-of-kin of Virginians killed in military service during World War II. The three-page questionnaire records personal and military data including birth date and place, date of birth of children, education, date and place of...
World War II Separation Notices: Army I
World War II Separation Notices: Army I
The World War II Separation Notices Collection documents demographics, civilian life, and military service history for more than 250,000 men and women from across the state. After leaving the U.S. military, individuals received official documentation noting separation from their branch of...
Virginia Untold: Deeds of Emancipation and Manumission
Virginia Untold: Deeds of Emancipation and Manumission
Virginia Untold provides digital access to records that document some of the lived experiences of enslaved and free Black people in the Library of Virginia’s collections. Please help improve the discoverability of these sources by transcribing one of the project's many record types, deeds of...

The Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation

The Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation at the University of the South is a six-year initiative investigating the university’s historical entanglements with slavery and slavery’s legacies.
George R. Fairbanks Collection
George R. Fairbanks Collection
George Rainsford Fairbanks (1820-1906) connected the first founding of the University of the South in 1858 with its refounding ten years later. Fairbanks served as a trustee from Florida and built a home on campus called Rebel's Rest. This portion of his collection deals with the fundraising work...
Leonidas Polk Family Papers
Leonidas Polk Family Papers
Leonidas Polk, first Bishop of Louisiana, founded the University of the South. Born to a wealthy planter family in North Carolina, Polk first attended West Point, but turned his attention toward the episcopacy. In the immediate antebellum period the Episcopal church spread south and west,...
Convict Leasing Project - Roll 12 Volume 41
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TN Genealogy Indexing Project

This project is coordinated by Taneya Koonce & Billie McNamara.
Tennessee Newspapers
Welcome to the Tennessee Historical Newspaper Indexing project. The newspaper pages provided here are ready for indexing. Our interest is in local news only—news specific to Tennessee (and communities in bordering states). Please do not index national news. For detailed instructions, visit...
Saint Dunstan
This is the inaugural event of the Transcription Challenge Framework, led by Tristan B. Taylor. See below for copy-paste special characters.
Hentz Family Papers
Prominent members of the Hentz family included French revolutionary Nicholas Arnould Hentz (1756-1832); his sons Nicholas Richard Hentz (1786-1850), an officer in the French Imperial Army; and Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797-1856), a prominent entomologist; the latter's wife, the writer Caroline...
Rice C. Ballard Papers
CONTENT WARNING: the contents of these papers include depictions of brutal violence and human trafficking by enslavers. Rice Carter Ballard (c. 1800–1860) was a slave trader based in Richmond, Va., who worked in partnership with the large slave trading firm of Isaac Franklin and John Armfield...
Cherokee Lands Salesbooks
The collection contains records of sales of former Cherokee lands in Macon County, N.C., made by Samuel Finley Patterson and Charles L. Hinton, state commissioners. Records include amount of land sold, price, name of surveyor, purchaser, and other data
Life as a Quaker Family: The Brookes
Life as a Quaker Family: The Brookes
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David C. Driskell Papers
David C. Driskell Papers
Driskell’s importance in the art world David C.Driskell was simply a force of nature. He was a brilliant artist in several media, a curator, a collector, a teacher, and as an art historian, he established the foundations of the study of African American art. His CV is so extensive and...
Sabato Morais Collection
Sabato Morais Collection
Sabato Morais (Hebrew: שבתאי מוראיס; April 13, 1823 – November 11, 1897) was an Italian-American rabbi of Portuguese descent, leader of Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia, pioneer of Italian Jewish Studies in America, and founder of the Jewish Theological Seminary, which initially acted as a...
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA) Collection manuscripts
The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA) is the oldest agricultural society in the United States. Organized in 1785, it has played key roles in developing many of the farming methods and institutions responsible for the abundance that is the hallmark of our modern food system....

University of South Dakota, University Libraries

The Archives & Special Collections is the rare books, manuscripts and archives department of the University Libraries. We offer a number of core collections based on their content and subject. https://libguides.usd.edu/fromthepage Questions? Email us at <a href="mailto:library@usd.edu?subject=From%20the%20Page%20Question">library@usd.edu</a>
Mahoney Music Collection
Mahoney Music Collection
The Mahoney Music Collection pertains to the violin and the violin family of instruments, as well as other musical topics, and is comprised of books, periodicals, pamphlets, and ephemera. https://libguides.usd.edu/mahoney https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/mahoney
Chilson Collection
Chilson Collection
The Chilson Collection includes books, journals, maps, pamphlets, and other print materials relating to local histories, South Dakota history, Native American cultures, and western expansion of the United States. https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/chilson
Mamie Shields Pyle Papers
Mamie Shields Pyle Papers
Mamie Shields Pyle was a prominent suffragist and leader of the South Dakota Universal Franchise League which secured suffrage to South Dakota women in 1918. She is the mother of Gladys Pyle, the first female senator from South Dakota. Her papers, highlighted here, demonstrate the organizational...
General Manuscripts
General manuscripts digitized and available on Collections U of T at https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/fisher2:root

USDA National Agricultural Library

The USDA National Agricultural Library is one of five national libraries of the United States and houses one of the world's largest collections devoted to agriculture and its related sciences.
Ukrainian Collection
Ukrainian Collection
The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is collaborating with the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) in a cooperative collection building and digitization project that will serve to support biodiversity and scientific research in Ukraine, help preserve rare and unique Ukrainian cultural...
Spring City (Utah) Council Minutes
Spring City (Utah) Council Minutes
The city council minute books were created as the official record of the city council meetings. Typical entries contain information about budgeting and finance; city ordinances; business and professional licensing procedures; department activities; and improvements in public service such as...
Governor Spry (1909-1917) Joseph Hillstrom Petitions
As chief executive officer of the state, Governor Spry had the authority to commute the sentences of those convicted of crimes. The conviction and execution of Joseph Hillstrom (Joe Hill) became one of the most controversial criminal cases in Utah history; it generated national and international...
Salt Lake County (Utah) Civil Case Indexes
Salt Lake County (Utah) Civil Case Indexes
The Civil Case Indexes record the names of plaintiffs and defendants involved in civil actions and provide assigned case numbers, facilitating clerical management of and access to the civil case files. We are transcribing the original books kept by the court clerk to provide a complete name index...

UVA Law Library

Special Collections preserves and provides access to a diverse archive of legal history materials and the records. Our collections include rare books, manuscripts, archival records and publications, faculty writing, and photographs.
Letter book for the Receiver of Wrecks at Kingston upon Hull, England, 1855-1861
This handwritten letter book was kept for James Sparrow, who worked for the British Board of Trade as the Receiver of Wrecks at Kingston upon Hull, 1855-1861. The volume begins with an index of correspondents and subjects. While the book primarily records copies of all outgoing mail, there are...
Giusticiati: Italian Manuscript List of Persons Condemned to Death in Venice, 726-1804
This manuscript contains the names of 1068 Venetians executed between 726 to 1804. It records names, dates of execution, crimes, and method of execution. Relatively few executions are listed until the late sixteenth century, and almost half of the total listed in this document occurred in the...
The C.S.S. Alabama Claims Cases, 1870-1876
The C.S.S. Alabama Claims Cases, 1870-1876
The C.S.S. Alabama Claims Project features over 100 documents that explore the American Civil War's international legal dimensions. Boston attorney and future U.S. Congressman William W. Crapo corresponded with numerous fellow lawyers and clients between 1870 and 1876 to secure restitution from...

UVA Library

The UVA Library is the foundation on which UVA built a transformative educational community. The Library partners in learning and collaborates in discovery by creating inclusive and sustainable collections, services, spaces and infrastructure.
Letters of Rev. John W. Alvord
This collection contains the private letters written by the Rev. John W. Alvord, a Civil War Army Chaplain and Freedmen's Bureau Superintendent of Schools and Finance. Rev. Alvord was a significant historical figure best known for his Letters from the South, Relating to the Condition of...
Matriculation Books (University of Virginia) V.1 (1825-1855)
Matriculation Books (University of Virginia) V.1 (1825-1855)
Matriculation Books of the University of Virginia (RG-14/4/2.041, Small Special Collections Library), document each new and returning student to the University of Virginia officially registered: name, birth date, parent or guardian, place of residence, and courses of study. Records for...
Holsinger Studio Ledgers
The Holsinger Studio Collection in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia constitutes a unique photographic record of life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County from before the turn of the century through World War I, consisting of approximately...

Visual Resources, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

We need your help to bring the story of monumental expeditions to Syria back to the modern world. These expedition notebooks within the archive detail information about the ancient world not present in published volumes.
Princeton Expeditions to Syria (1899, 1904-1905, 1909)
Princeton Expeditions to Syria (1899, 1904-1905, 1909)
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Voices of the Eastern Shore

The Voices of the Eastern Shore project is digitizing, transcribing, and annotating letters, manuscripts, ledgers and other archival materials related to the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia.
Voices of the Eastern Shore
Voices of the Eastern Shore
The Voices of the Eastern Shore project is digitizing, transcribing, and annotating letters, manuscripts, ledgers and other archival materials related to the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia prior to 1900. The initial phase of the project focuses on the family of Littleton D. Teackle and...

Washington Library

The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington is a resource for scholars, students, and all those interested in George Washington, colonial America, and the Revolutionary and founding eras.
The Correspondence of Baron de Vioménil (Public)
The Correspondence of Baron de Vioménil (Public)
The Correspondence of Baron de Vioménil Project is part of a grant funded effort at the Washington Library to transcribe and translate the manuscript papers of Vioménil, a French officer who served during the American War for Independence. Learn more about Vioménil's life here The original...
The Journal of Samuel Vaughan, June - September 1787
The Journal of Samuel Vaughan, June - September 1787
"Minutes made by S.[amuel] V.[aughan] from Stage to Stage on a Tour to Fort Pitt or Pittsbourg in company with Mr. Michl. Morgan Obriar. From thence by S.V. only -- through Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania." Bound, small octavo, 70-72 pages, with 7 full or half-page watercolor sketches. A...

Western University Archives and Special Collections

Western University Archives and Special Collections acquires and preserves records of the University, records of individuals and organizations, rare books, and maps that complement the teaching and research needs of our community.
Bishop Hellmuth Library Catalogue
Bishop Hellmuth Library Catalogue
This is a hand written list of titles contained in Bishop Hellmuth's (1817-1901) personal library. It was purchased by Barnett in 1895, at the sale of the Bishop's library, as stated in Barnett's inscription in the book. Bishop Isaac Hellmuth was the Founder of Huron College, Hellmuth Boys'...
In Cap and Gown student journal
In Cap and Gown student journal
Issues of journal started by the Western University Literary Society that eventually becomes student newspaper, the University of Western Ontario Gazette.
John Davis Barnett fonds
John Davis Barnett fonds
J. Davis Barnett (1846-1926) was an engineer with the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada. He also built a huge library on his many interests and was a noted bibliophile. His library and archives were donated to Western Libraries in 1918, with him acting as our first 'librarian' cataloguing his own...
Woodruff New Documents – December 2024
The mission of the Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation is to collect, transcribe, publish, and digitally preserve Wilford Woodruff's records. These documents represent a very small portion of Wilford Woodruff's Papers. As these documents are transcribed, completed documents will be taken down and...
ILDW: Transcribe-a-thon
Join W&M Libraries for our International Love Data Week 2024: Transcribe-a-thon on Monday, February 12th from 10 am to 4 pm in the Ford Classroom. Help us transcribe historical documents from our Special Collections Research Center and Library Faculty Scholar Research. Throughout the day we will...

Wisconsin Historical Society

Welcome to Wisconsin Scribes, a Documentary Discovery Project by the Wisconsin Historical Society. To begin, Sign Up for a free account and select one of the transcription projects. Read the collection description for more information.
Henry and Elizabeth Baird papers, 1798-1937
The Henry and Elizabeth Baird Papers (1798-1937) document the birth and growth of Wisconsin over the course of the 19th century. The Bairds played a key role in negotiating Indian treaties, establishing state government, and leading political and economic development Wisconsin. Their surviving...
Woodrow Wilson Papers Microfilm Reels
Scans taken from the Library of Congress. Finding aid available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009194

Woodson Research Center

The Woodson Research Center is the special collections department of Fondren Library at Rice University. It contains university archives and the library’s rare book and manuscript collections.
Pleasantville community images
Images collected by members of the Pleasantville community, and preserved at Rice University. If you would like to help with transcription for this project, please select one of the works below and then click the "Help" tab for instructions.
William Marsh Rice Business and Estate Ledgers
The business records of William Marsh Rice comprise data on his personal investments, his estate records and those of the Institute: ledgers; journals; cash books; day books; check registers; tax records; bank statements; land surveys; payroll and student accounts; letters to and from Rice...

ZSR Library, Wake Forest University

The mission of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library is to inspire learning, advance knowledge, and build community at Wake Forest University.
Early Wake Forest History
Documents from the early history of Wake Forest, from its founding in 1834 through the late 19th century.
North Carolina Baptist Church Records
North Carolina Baptist Church Records
The NC Baptist Historical Collection at Wake Forest University includes: over 16,000 titles, church records, association minutes, church files, and 1000+ biographical folders. Learn more about the NC Baptist Historical Collection here.
Domestic Knowledge
Domestic Knowledge
Manuscript recipe books offer invaluable glimpses into early modern society, encompassing cookery, health remedies, household goods, and more. They illuminate gender roles, women's networks, domestic labor, healing practices, and the effects of imperialism on daily life. The Domestic Knowledge...