Crowdsourcing at the Library of Congress: Olmsted challenge, Clara Barton's birthday, & Roosevelt research

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December Olmsted challenge

Only ~400 pages left to transcribe in the Frederick Law Olmsted challenge-can you help us complete transcription by the end of December? We're celebrating the close of Olmsted's bicentennial year (2022) by finishing the first pass of transcription on all remaining pages in Olmsted's subject files.

Happy 201st birthday, Clara Barton!

This week we're also focusing our attention on the papers of Clara Barton, whose 201st birthday falls on December 25! From volunteering on the front lines of the Civil War as a nurse to founding the American Red Cross, Barton gave so much to the world. This month, give back to her legacy by reviewing transcriptions in "Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield."

Wondering where to start? Here are some items from the Barton Papers we think you might find particularly interesting:

Correspondence of the Friends of the Missing Men of the U.S. Army, which Barton founded. By the time the office closed in 1868, she and her staff had identified the fate of over 22,000 men.
Reports and writings on the Franco-Prussian War. Barton devoted herself to helping the wounded and worked with the International Red Cross, which inspired her to found the American Red Cross.
Correspondence related to Barton's position as Superintendent of the Women's Reformatory Prison in Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1883-1884.
File on Red Cross organization of humanitarian relief for the Boer War.
File on organizing an exhibit on Barton and the Red Cross for the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
Inventories of Barton's personal property.

Thank you for helping fall interns with Roosevelt research

In September, Library of Congress Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA) program interns Emily Alesia Poteat and Christopher Smothers made a call to action to volunteers seeking assistance in locating African American voices and experiences in the Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Their internships now complete, Emily and Christopher express their sincerest thanks for By the People and History Hub volunteer support in this project, as they received many valuable tips from the volunteers in the process. Read more about two of the Roosevelt documents they found most fascinating.

Happy holidays!

Abby & the By the People team