The National Archives painted a dire picture for the future of America’s historical records, according to documents FOIA ...

Reading cursive is a superpower,” said Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, ...

The National Archives needs volunteers to help transcribe historical documents written in cursive. This citizen-led initiative makes American history more accessible to researchers and genealogists.

If you’re one of the dwindling number who can decipher this type of writing, the National Archives is hoping you have some ...

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is ...

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

The National Archives poured cold water Friday on President Biden’s declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment is now part ...

Queue the spotlight. The National Archives is looking for volunteers to transcribe more than 200 years — yes, we said years — worth of documents, most of which are handwritten in the flowing ...

Get a read on this. The National Archives is seeking volunteers who can read cursive to help transcribe more than 300 million digitized objects in its catalog, saying the skill is a “superpower.” ...