2 Replies Latest reply on Feb 16, 2021 9:14 AM by Carlyn Grace Osborn

2021 Douglass Day transcribe-a-thon

Lauren Algee Feb 12, 2021 8:18 AM

The Mary Church Terrell Papers are this year’s Douglass Day virtual service project. Can you help transcribe these final pages of Terrell’s archives in honor of her friend Frederick Douglass? The new Terrell project, "A Life Illuminated" is now live! Read about Terrell and Douglass's decades-long friendship and Terrell’s founding of Douglass Day in our recent blogpost. Then jump in to the weekend-long transcribe-a-thon here!

Douglass Day isn’t just transcription. It’s also classroom activities, discussion of Terrell’s life and legacy by experts and volunteers, and even a birthday cake bake-off! Learn more about Douglass Day including schedule and resources on DouglassDay.org.

Questions about transcribing? Interesting pages or finds? Post them below!

Re: 2021 Douglass Day transcribe-a-thon

Brian McReynolds Feb 15, 2021 12:44 AM (in response to Lauren Algee)

I am transcribing one of the news article clippings from Mary Church Terrell. The article appears to have torn on the fold of the newspaper and is scanned in as two separate parts. Should I put the article parts in proper order, or transcribe them as 5 columns in the order the images appear?
https://crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/mary-church-terrell-advocate-for-african-americans-and-women/life-illuminated/mss4254907…
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  Carlyn Grace Osborn Feb 16, 2021 9:14 AM (in response to Brian McReynolds)
  
  Great question! In this case, please transcribe in the order in which it would make the most sense when read - so, please put the article parts in proper order. Thanks for checking!
  
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