June 16, 2021 – The first big hurdle came with the selection of equipment for the project. To scan the letters quickly and efficiently, we needed a scanner. Our first choice was a portable, overhead scanner. The software, however, was lacking: it did not let us scan in .TIFF format, a lossless format for documents, […]
Category: Hands-On History
Entry 1: Hands-On History: Digitizing, Transcribing, and Curating the Letters of a Civil War Chaplain
June 4, 2021 – This Summer and into the Fall, I was funded by the Jefferson Trust flash funding grants to organize, scan, and transcribe the letters of Rev. John W. Alvord. Alvord was a significant historical figure best known for his Letters from the South, Relating to the Condition of Freedmen, Addressed to Major […]
