Stanford University Archives Launches Transcription Crowdsourcing Project

From Stanford Libraries

The University Archives is pleased to announce the launch of a crowdsourcing project to transcribe handwritten letters and documents within its holdings. Accessible at https://www.fromthepage.com/stanforduniversityarchives, the project currently features 8 unique collections for users to transcribe:

• 1906 earthquake and fire
• Leland Stanford, Jr. letters
• Marcia Kirwan Standley (’57) letters
• Notable people (Eadweard Muybridge, Peter Coutts, Sarah Lockwood Winchester)
• Stanford faculty
• Student life
• World War I letters
• World War II letters

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The goal of the project is to provide enhanced access, including full-text search, for these unique, deeply personal Stanford stories. The project utilizes From the Page technology, which incorporates IIIF interoperability with the Stanford Digital Repository and Spotlight for full-text indexing and searching.
The project is generously funded by the Stanford Libraries’ Treat Grant.

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