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is looking for volunteers to help us transcribe the Jane Tunis Poultney Bigelow diaries so that we can make these materials available to a wider audience and provide new opportunities for researchers and students.?

In 2021, Union College’s Schaffer Library received an of the National Archives to digitize and make available materials from the John Bigelow papers. John Bigelow (1817-1911) had a distinguished career as an editor, writer, statesman, and tireless advocate for the public good. The collection consists of over 22,000 letters of correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries and journals, and other professional and personal papers. Seventeen of the collection’s diaries were written by Jane Bigelow, John’s wife, and represent a significant aspect of the collection. They reflect Jane’s life in New York literary circles, her time in London and Paris, and her interactions with the large circle of Bigelow family, friends, and acquaintances.?

To take part in the project, you will need to be comfortable with reading cursive handwriting, have an email address, and have an internet connection available to you. No special software or computer setup is required, and transcriptions can be done anywhere you can connect to our web-based crowdsourcing application.

To sign up for an account and start transcribing, please visit the .?