Welcome to CROWD in History Hub, a space for sharing and learning about By the People. By the People is a Library of Congress project that invites you to transcribe, review, and tag digitized pages from the Library’s collections through our website at crowd.loc.gov.
Everyone is welcome to take part! Volunteer-created transcriptions improve search, readability, and access to handwritten and typed documents for everyone, including people who are not fully sighted.
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