By Eduardo Montes-Bradley – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
The University of Virginia is embarking on a project to make social justice and civil rights icon Julian Bond’s collection of documents accessible to the world through a crowdsourced transcription effort. #TranscribeBond is the first stage in the ultimate production of an online, digital edition.
The Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library, Center for Digital Editing, UVA Scholars Lab, and Virginia Humanities are collaborating on this transcribe-a-thon. A reception introducing the scope and goals of the digital project will be held at the Carter G. Woodson Institute on August 14 in room 110 of Minor Hall. On the following day (August 15) from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., registered participants will head to one of five locations on Grounds and in Charlottesville to transcribe a wide and varied sample of his papers, starting with his speeches.
Join us to contribute to this historic project by transcribing a wide and varied sample of Bond’s papers!
Locations:
- The Woodson Institute, 110 Minor Hall, UVA
- The Scholars’ Lab, Alderman Library, UVA
- The Virginia Center for the Book at the Jefferson School, 233 4th St. NW, Charlottesville, Va.
- Shenandoah Joe, 945 Preston Ave., Charlottesville, Va.
- McCue Center, Virginia Athletics, 290 Massie Rd, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
In addition to the transcribe-a-thon, UVA’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library will hold an exhibit of original materials related to Julian Bond. The exhibit will be held on Thursday, Aug. 15 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 p.m. in the Byrd-Morris Room of the Special Collections Library.
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