If you are interested in history, have access to a computer, and are going crazy with boredom at home during the pandemic, you are the ideal candidate to volunteer to transcribe MI’s historic handwritten Board of Trustee minutes into a readable document!
In the MI archives, we have nine volumes of the Board of Trustee minutes (1854-1923) that have been digitized and stored on the Internet Archive website. While this is wonderful, these are handwritten tomes that can be difficult to read and impossible to search. Transcribing these volumes into a typewritten document solves both of these problems.
So far, we have transcribed the first volume (1854-1857) and we are looking for volunteers who are willing to devote a few hours per week to transcribing more of these BOT minutes. Since the minutes are digitized, and the transcription is stored on a Google Doc, all of the transcribing can be done remotely from your home (and even in your pajamas)!
The transcription process is relatively easy, although it helps if you are familiar with Google Docs, and we will be providing training via email or Zoom meetings.
If you are interested in volunteering for this opportunity, please contact Diane Lai, MI’s archivist, at [email protected]. She will be able to answer your questions and/or schedule a time for your training.
