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  • Symposium & Transcribe-a-Thon: Exploring Revolutionary Voices with Harding University, Arkansas PBS, and the Arkansas State Library

    Harding University, Holland-Waller Center 915 E Market Ave, Searcy, Arkansas, AR

    Harding University partnered with Arkansas PBS and the Arkansas State Library to host a two-day event centered on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and early American history. The event featured a symposium at Harding University on March 13, a public Transcribe-a-Thon on March 14 to encourage engagement with Revolutionary-era documents, and a screening of "The American […]

  • By the People Transcription

    Jeffersonville Township Public Library (In the event of inclement weather, registered participants may recieve a Zoom link). 211 East Court Avenue, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130, Jeffersonville, IN

    Four partner libraries, including Jeffersonville Township Public Library, Harrison County Public Library, Knox County Public Library, and the Sons of the American Revolution Library, wil host an event to demonstrate how volunteers can get invoved with By the People, a transcription project sponsored by the Library of Congress.

  • Symposium & Transcribe-a-Thon: Exploring Revolutionary Voices with Harding University, Arkansas PBS, and the Arkansas State Library

    Harding University, Holland-Waller Center 915 E Market Ave, Searcy, Arkansas, AR

    Harding University partnered with Arkansas PBS and the Arkansas State Library to host a two-day event centered on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and early American history. The event featured a symposium at Harding University on March 13, a public Transcribe-a-Thon on March 14 to encourage engagement with Revolutionary-era documents, and a screening of "The American […]

  • Become A Citizen Archivist

    Spencer Public Library 21 E 3rd St, Spencer, IA

    Celebrate our Nations 250th Anniversary by transcribing period documents. Take a look at Colonial cookbooks at the Library of Congress from the middle of the 18th century, through the American Revolution, and on to the end of the century. It is during this crucial period that Amelia Simmons publishes the first cookbook intended specifically for […]

  • American Revolution Transcribe-a-thon

    Ames Public Library 515 Douglas Ave., Ames, IA

    Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by helping history live on. Bring the words of the people who lived during the the American Revolution to life by participating in the Library of Congress's By the People volunteer transcription program. Drop in any time during the event, or come at 10:00 AM for […]