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Community members are invited to a transcribe-a-thon and a Special Collections Showcase in celebration of Douglass Day 2025.
Transcribe-a-thons are events where people work side-by-side on a crowdsourcing transcription project. This year's focus: "The African American Perspectives Collection" from the Library of Congress.
Douglass Day is a national celebration of social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer and statesman Frederick Douglass coordinated by the Library of Congress on Douglass's elective birthday, Feb. 14.
Transcribe-a-thon
Noon to 3 p.m.
Join us at one of our two transcription locations:
A limited number of computers will be available at the library, so please bring a laptop if possible. Those attending at the museum will need to bring a laptop as none are available on site.
Light refreshments will be served at both locations.
About the collection (from DouglassDay.org):
"The African American Perspectives Collection at the Library of Congress offers a wide-ranging look at African American history and culture through prominent figures like Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Booker T. Washington. This collection, spanning across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, primarily features works from the African American Pamphlet Collection and the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection.
"We have over 9,000 digitized pages in store ranging across many genres such as biographies, fugitive narratives, pamphlets, and more!"
Special Collections Showcase
2-4 p.m.
Drop by the Lobby of Firestone Library at Princeton University for a pop-up Special Collections Showcase, featuring objects by and about Frederick Douglass and other significant works featuring African American perspectives.
Presented in partnership with Digital Scholarship Services (DiScho) at the Princeton University Library, the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, Princeton University's Center for Digital Humanities and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
EVENT TYPE: | Humanities | Education | Civic Life | *Registration Requested |
TAGS: | NEH | Black History Month |
