Seward Family Digital Archive

[Linda Anderson]

Here's an update about the Seward Family Digital Archive. Some letters and photographs are already online along with information about the Sewards. Click on the links below to find out more.

https://sewardproject.org/

"~ Project Update ~
"We are going to be working on this project for the next five years, improving as we go. We are eager for advice on the aesthetics, function, content and ease of use. Students in our classes and team members on the project will be transcribing, annotating, tagging, and posting letters, bound manuscripts and photos to the site. We plan first to complete the archive through 1842 by December 2017. Next, we plan to complete the Civil War years, 1860-1865. Then 1845-1849 and 1866-1872. We will keep you posted on progress. Thanks for your patience."

The following article is from the March-April 2016 Rochester Review.

https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V78N...eward.html

[BettyO]

Fabulous, Linda!

I can't wait to see these...... thanks for the links - they are great!

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thanks for sharing, Linda!

[Miss_Bellatrix]

Linda, this looks like a great site! Thanks so much for sharing

[Carolyn Mitchell]

This is very cool! Thanks for sharing this link.

[Carolyn Mitchell]

You can also follow the Seward Family Digital Archive on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SewardFamDigArc

[Linda Anderson]

(06-19-2016 02:05 AM)Carolyn Mitchell Wrote:  You can also follow the Seward Family Digital Archive on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SewardFamDigArc

Thank you, Carolyn! The June 21st tweet contains a link to a fascinating 1831 letter from William to Frances describing Aaron Burr.

"Do I actually
grasp the hand which directed only too
successfully the fatal ball which laid low
in the person of his competitor the glory of
his country Alexander Hamilton - Oh miserable
comment upon unchastined ambition! How bare
how sordid must be that love of life which
can make thee content unhappy man to drag
a dishonored and degraded existant among
a generation which knows thee only by the history of thy
crimes and judges thee without allowing the
merit of the extenuation of passion!"

Also, the Seward Archive recently received another grant.

"The Seward Family Archive, a digital humanities project that’s a collaboration between the Department of History and the River Campus Libraries, has been awarded a two-year grant totaling over $97,000 from the National Archives Literacy and Engagement with Historical Records Program."

University of Rochester News Center - June 16, 2016

http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/sewa...ves-grant/