It was just over two years ago that DIY History reached its amazing 50,000-page transcription benchmark! This past week we achieved 75,000, and we’d like to take the opportunity to talk a little bit about the elements that have led to this amazing growth. Available Collections Since reaching 50,000 pages, six new collections have been added including ScholarshipContinue reading “Another Milestone for DIY History!”
Author Archives: Connor Hood
Co-Editing a Digital Edition of Walt Whitman’s Short Fiction
The Walt Whitman Archive recently published a new digital edition of Whitman’s short fiction. Most people know Whitman as America’s poet and the author of Leaves of Grass, but in the early 1840s, he was a journalist, a newspaper editor, and the author of numerous short stories. Whitman wrote at least twenty-six (and likely more)Continue reading “Co-Editing a Digital Edition of Walt Whitman’s Short Fiction”
A Lapse in Time, Similarity in Action
This past week I had the opportunity to attend a lecture at the Englert Theatre featuring Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. Cullors’ activism was, in part, fueled by the final verdict of the State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman case. The controversial trial ended with George Zimmerman being found not guilty on all counts of second degreeContinue reading “A Lapse in Time, Similarity in Action”