When I was young, I was infinite,” Cursive songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Tim Kasher wistfully croons on “Up and Away,” the ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S.

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

It's useless and won't help a person survive in the real world. Of course school is full of useless study . . . But in the ...

Attention! All you older folks (like me) reading this who were taught penmanship in school! The National Archives needs you!!

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' Citizen Archivist program is recruiting volunteers to help transcribe thousands of documents in its ...

What’s it like teaching first, fifth and sixth graders all in one day? School librarian Jami Rhue shares her experience.

Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives' digital catalog more accessible ...

For detailed instructions on how to transcribe, you can watch the video below: The agency's need for volunteers comes after reading and writing in cursive are no longer being taught significantly in ...

If you’re an assiduous notetaker, you know that it’s hard to put a price on a great writing tablet. The best writing tablets can streamline your workflow, help you organize your notes and ...