A unique opportunity for Civil War-era historians

[Eva Elisabeth]

(01-31-2019 10:19 AM)Tom Bogar Wrote:  The Library of Congress has announced a new initiative to enlist volunteer historians to transcribe their backlog of handwritten 19th Century letters, diaries, etc., many relevant to Lincoln and the Civil War.

See: https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/10/explor...clr=ealocb

Many of us who have developed "the eye" for deciphering that era's writing might find it an intriguing and worthwhile venture. I plan to participate once my Maggie Mitchell biography is finished and published.

When do you expect this to happen? My mother would love - GWTW is her favorite movie, first she ever saw (two decades after release...), and she's always found Mitchell's own "story" fascinating. (Just curious - did many families in the US own a TV set in the 1950s/60s? Here one had to go to restaurants, or visit the only neighbor in the area who had.)