The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking ...

The National Archives' Citizen Archivist program is recruiting volunteers to help transcribe thousands of documents in its ...

Get a read on this. The National Archives is seeking volunteers who can read cursive to help transcribe more than 300 million ...

Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives' digital catalog more accessible ...

Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or else they don’t count. At least, that’s what I was taught growing up. (And I’m really not that old ...

Two lawmakers have introduced bills that would require students to learn cursive handwriting in Missouri schools.

The absence of cursive practice in schools may inadvertently hinder these cognitive benefits, leading to a generation that struggles with foundational writing skills. Additionally, the notion of ...

To date, more than 4,000 Revolutionary War Pension Project volunteers have typed up the content of over 80,000 pages of ...

One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship once considered a common skill. While plenty of people still sign their name in cursive, being able to ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...