Part 6 - Unknown No Longer - Transcribe 5 Year Celebration - 2019 Aug. 24 - Richmond, Virginia
Channel: Silver Persinger
Date: 2019-10-02

"Unknown No Longer and VaUntold: Shared Stories."   Paige Newman, an assistant archivist at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, discussed the VMHC's efforts to increase access to their documents that contain African American history and how their collection helps to fill-in the stories of material held by the Library of Virginia.  

For more information on Unknown No Longer, https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections/unknown-no-longer-database-virginia-slave-names

For more information on the Transcribe Project, https://www.virginiamemory.com/transcribe/

From event description, "Help Us Celebrate Our Transcribe-aversary

Saturday, August 24, 2019 | 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Library of Virginia Lobby & Conference Rooms

All participants in the Library of Virginia's Making History: Transcribe project are invited to join us for a day of archival insights, tips on reading old handwriting, and information about the Virginia Untold Collection, including documents from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture’s Unknown No Longer project. Coffee and lunch are provided--and birthday cake too! These hours can be counted as community service through the HandsOn platform. 

Making History: Transcribe invites the public to help enhance access to collections documenting more than 400 years of Virginia history, people, and culture. Volunteers transcribe pages—mostly handwritten—by reading text and typing it into digital form to make our collections more visible, accessible, and searchable. "

Facebook event page, https://www.facebook.com/events/495316857895847/