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History Center Volunteers & Student Workers Contribute to Douglass Day Digitization

Wed, March 01, 2023 12:40 PM | Anonymous

History Center Volunteers & Student Workers Contribute to Douglass Day Digitization

Each year History Center volunteers and student workers contribute to the Douglass Day digitization efforts in February. This year 14 of our Exhibit Hall workers transcribed the papers of Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893). She was one of

the earliest Black women to edit a newspaper, serve as a Civil War recruiter, attend law school, and so much more.

Each year participants across the country support efforts to digitize and improve accessibility of historically underrepresented figures whose work supported the justice efforts espoused by Frederick Douglass during his life. In 2022 we helped with the 'Colored Conventions' records, and in 2021 we contributed to the Mary Church Terrell papers.

The Shadd Cary project is just under half-way complete, and our volunteers will continue to work on it, along with over 860 people across the US who have already contributed to the project.