Transcribing The Revolutionary City

Registration for the program is full. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please email [email protected] with your name and how many in your party. 

Missed the APS’s last transcription event or looking to transcribe more of The Revolutionary City?

Join the APS on January 24 at 6:00 p.m. as we transcribe the stories of Philadelphians during the American Revolution. These documents are already digitized and available for viewing on The Revolutionary City: A Portal to the Nation’s Founding but they still need to be transcribed!

Don’t know about The Revolutionary City: A Portal to the Nation's Founding? Well The Revolutionary City is a one-stop-shop for students, teachers, scholars, and lovers of history to learn about diverse stories of the American Revolution from the perspective of early residents of America's revolutionary city. Learn more about the project here. This innovative digital portal was created by the American Philosophical Society (APS), in partnership with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) and the Library Company of Philadelphia (LCP). The APS and LCP, founded by Benjamin Franklin, and the HSP, founded to celebrate the memory of the Revolution, hold large and invaluable collections related to the American Revolution and the early national period. But whereas the stories of founders like Franklin and Jefferson are well known, the scattered nature of the records of lesser-known actors has made those lives less accessible to wide audiences.

This program will take place in the APS’s Philosophical Hall. Please either bring your laptop or be ready with a notebook and pencil. This program will require participants to work in groups as they decipher these revolutionary stories. Participants do not need any previous experience in transcription or have attended past transcription events to participate.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]