HIST 405: Public History introduction to Special Collections and Archives
A collection of resources for students interested in public history with a focus on the role special collections librarians and archivists play in the field.
Some of the transcription projects included here in the guide are also on this list provided by the AHA, but not all of them. It's worth checking out to see if there are any other projects of interest to you.
"In celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, the National Archives and the National Park Service are collaborating on a special project to transcribe Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1912. These Revolutionary War Pension Files consist of applications and other records pertaining to claims for pensions and bounty land warrants."
Current transcription, tagging, and review projects include the Susan B. Anthony papers, the papers of Mary Church Terrell who was an advocate for African Americans and women, and the Walt Whitman papers.
One of the longest running crowd-sourced transcription projects, the results are allowing people to better search and understand the changing nature of restaurants and food in New York City throughout the decades.
