2/19/2023 0 Comments Ftw transcriber archives![]() ![]() “It’s something that’s productive and contributes to the greater good, as well as filling some time for me,” Barker says. Transcribing historical documents became an ideal avocation for him. But he was looking for something more to do. He had also written and published a book about the colorful Wild West heritage of the town he lives in. ![]() ![]() The pandemic had sidelined Barker from his main pursuit as a volunteer librarian at Fort Union National Monument in northern New Mexico. Isaacs says these contributions “help unlock history.” “So, I looked at the National Archives website and signed up to do transcriptions and have been happily doing it ever since.” “I thought, well, historical research and writing are just up my line,” Barker recalls. That means he’s transcribing handwritten ones as well as and typed and printed scanned images that aren’t yet searchable. But it’s not the exasperating exercise it can be for most of us.Ī few months ago, the 72-year-old retired Federal Aviation Administration public information officer signed up to be a “Citizen Archivist” with the National Archives, the nation’s official repository for government documents of historical significance. Mitch Barker, of Las Vegas, N.M., spends a lot of time squinting at his computer screen these days. ![]()
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