Honoring Black History: MSU Libraries offers workshop on transcribing historical documents and Lantern Project
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 8, 2023
Contact: Pattye Archer
MSU Libraries Coordinator of Manuscripts and Associate Professor Jennifer McGillan reviews historic documents that are part of the Lantern Project, an MSU-led collaboration to digitize and transcribe legal records of enslaved persons with funding from a branch of the National Archives. An upcoming workshop at MSU will introduce the resource to participants this Saturday [Feb. 11]. (Photo by Megan Bean)
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Hands-on transcription of historical documents is . . .
