Celebrate 10 years of Making History, our crowdsourcing program, at our annual Transcribe-a-versary! This community-building party with lunch and birthday cake features a transcribe-a-thon, with training for new volunteers to transcribe historical documents, as well as presentations from guest speakers and archivists.
Explore the "History of Handwriting" and how the shape of our letters has shaped our history. Items on display will include historical copybooks with examples of good penmanship in specific styles from the Library’s Special Collections.
Visit hands-on stations to better understand the "Tech of Text" by testing different communication methods through time, from pen and ink and letterpress to typewriter and computer.
Guest speakers will include archivists from our longest-running crowdsourcing collection, Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative, and our largest collection, the World War II Separation Notices. We will also offer an "Introduction to Historical Handwriting Practices" with calligrapher Z. Ingram as well as a special thank-you gift for all attendees!
Contact Sonya Coleman for more information at makinghistory@virginiamemory.com or call HandsOn Greater Richmond at 804-330-7400.
This is a free event. Registration required: Click Here. Limited free parking is available in the deck underneath the Library building.
