Hi Evan- I have been working in Teddy Roosevelt since March. I started with "in progress" and once that was close to done (before the latest document dump) I went back to reviewing. I am now in
2. Mar. 7-Sept. 15 1901:
Vice Presidency and McKinley's Assassination April 20- May 8
I am going in order and when I finish all documents in this folder I may go back to "in progress" in the new section. TR will take years to complete so don't get discouraged. There are others working here but with the volume of papers we are in for a long haul.
BTW, if you ever want me to review a page or if you have a question about a document feel free to paste it here. I would be glad to look it over.
I have been painstakingly working through the 1908-1910 TR Letters. I have almost completed the entirety of one section -- entering over 500 files "for review" the past few weeks. It certainly would be helpful to buddy up to get these approved (where appropriate) or re-edited. If you have time to do a few a week (slowly as you have time) it would really help. I can do the same for you too of course - just let me know the section!
The section I have mostly completed is:
Theodore Roosevelt Papers: Series 1: Letters and Related Material, 1759-1919; 1908, Dec. 20-1909, Jan. 25
I had to re-open a number of completed documents while doing this, as there were many errors in transcription of names, places, etc. It constantly amazes me that people will just make things up when they can't quite read text, but they do...
Henry Rosenberg. I have finished another whole section of Roosevelt (#86 this time) -- reviewing all documents and ensuring they are OK. At your leisure, it would be fantastic if you could help again by reviewing them & moving documents from Review into completed. As before I will follow behind approving your edited versions as needed. I'm onto another section now - plowing ahead...
I just took a look at the section and decided to check an "in progress" page. See what you think about the corrections I made here. The one word I am not sure about is "gave" near the bottom.
Thanks, Henry - any time will be just fine. I really appreciate your work on these. I am also working a bit on Olmstead -- as an architect and CM those documents are fascinating to me. But I'm not engaged to the extent or completeness of my work on the TR documents.
I looked at the document you linked - I agree with all your edits - looks good! I sent it through to review.
I find that once I start a project, TR, for example, I get engrossed in it. Working on the MCT papers, even though there are few now, reminds me of how much I learned about her. You may find more interest in Olmstead as you go through them but you have learned so much about TR that his papers are probably second nature to you now. I learned that George Cortelyou lived in my hometown, Huntington, NY. I remembered as a child that there was a Cortelyou St. near the Huntington train station and it occurred to me to see if it was named for him and discovered he lived nearby.
Thanks, Henry! I followed in your heels and accepted almost all the edited pages. There are a few left i re-edited with very minor pickups. If you could take one final look that would be great and I’ll final approve.
I’m working on another section now and will have that for you in a few weeks. Between us on this push we’ve thoroughly vetted and likely completed almost 2000 docs!
Hi Diane. I accepted all but page 782. I really think the signature is H. Holland but would prefer you take another look. I have attached a page that I Googled and it shows one of the owners as Henry Holland. If you disagree I will go with whatever you think. If you think it is Howard, let me know and I will accept it. If you agree with me, please change it and I will accept.
Heh, I just realized I sent the reply to myself but I'm assuming you saw it because that page was edited and I accepted it. I just wanted to let you know Diane, that every time I get done working with you I feel spoiled. You are so thorough that I can count on every page being extremely accurate. I say this as I am slogging through a section where I have to check every word on every page (no fault to the transcriber, it's just the difference with different people). If I don't hear from you have a great Holiday!
Heh, I just realized I sent the reply to myself but I'm assuming you saw it because that page was edited and I accepted it. I just wanted to let you know Diane, that every time I get done working with you I feel spoiled. You are so thorough that I can count on every page being extremely accurate. I say this as I am slogging through a section where I have to check every word on every page (no fault to the transcriber, it's just the difference with different people). If I don't hear from you have a great Holiday!
Thanks so much, Henry — and the feeling is totally mutual! You have been a great mentor for me as I have reengaged in the LOC projects.
I appreciate the fact you do the research on what you transcribe — to me that’s half the fun of it. Some days after doing a stretch I feel like Root, TR, “Bye” et al, are, if not exactly friends, at least well-known characters in a long novel or a long-running telenovela.
I know what you mean Diane. I especially have an affinity for John Hay. I am a big Lincolnphile and have read the 2 volume bio of John Hay's life so I am quite familiar with him. When I did Mary Church Terrell it was similar where all of these recurring "characters" seemed to become friends of mine too.
