Transcribing African American History: Freedmen’s Bureau Papers Transcribe-a-thon
An act of Congress on March 3, 1865 created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands (the Freedmen’s Bureau). The records produced by the bureau are the richest source of information on the African-American experience post-Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Most documents have been digitized, yet few have been transcribed. Help contribute to our nation’s understanding of this critical period by participating in these events.
Join us online or in-person as we work to transcribe documents from the Freedmen’s Bureau Records. First we’ll learn about transcription conventions, and then we’ll start transcribing. In-person participants should bring a laptop.
To register for this event, please click here.
The African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities initiative has been made possible in part by a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
CO-SPONSORS
Arts and Humanities Center for Synergy
Department of Art History and Archaeology
Department of History
Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC)
