From Fights to Rights Transcription Project

The transcription project of "From Fights to Rights: The Long Road to a More Perfect Union" is a massive effort by volunteers to transcribe thousands of manuscripts such as diaries and letters from Special Collections and make them available online. The transcriptions are an important part of making the documents accessible to the public.

Interested in helping? Contact us to volunteer! You do not need to be able to visit Swem Library to volunteer - all of the documents will be available online!

Process:

* Staff and volunteers scan manuscripts from the Civil War era.
* Documents available online are claimed by a volunteer transcriber.
* Each volunteer creates the transcription by typing the text.
* Special Collections volunteers and staff approve the transcriptions for the online collection and transcriptions will be checked as time allows.

Links:
Transcription project interest form: https://swem.wm.edu/forms/transcription-project-interest-form
Detailed instructions (you will receive this link via email after completing the interest form): http://scrc.wmwikis.net/Scripto+Instructions
"From Fights to Rights": https://swem.wm.edu/news/fights-rights