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black and white photograph of Amherst, MA featuring Amherst College, 1800s

Changing Seasons

This post was written by Hallie Twiss, Digital Programs’ Graduate Intern from 2019-2021 As some people may know, next week I will be wrapping up my time as the Graduate Intern for Digital Programs. Reflecting on this time is proving to be difficult, as this experience has not looked the way I thought it would…Continue Reading Changing Seasons

What’s in a name?: Transcription, Research, and Discovery

As discussed in our previous post about our ongoing Transcription Project, providing transcriptions of our digitized archival materials makes those materials more accessible to our community. We are finding that transcription itself can be an interesting way to engage with these materials. Especially in a correspondence collection such as the Justin Perkins Papers, where our…Continue Reading What’s in a name?: Transcription, Research, and Discovery