The Phoenix branch continues to archive documents for the Citizen Archivist Mission, as part of the Archivist club introduced in late July. This month, volunteers completed a total of 42 documents.
Annie Fitzgerald transcribed 14 documents: USS Balao, July 1945 – August 1945 pg.26, pg.27, pg. 28, pg. 29, “WOMEN ANSWER MANPOWER SHORTAGES” pg.1, pg. 2, “WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST” pg. 1, pg. 2, “WIPE THAT GRIN OFF HIS MUG!” “SAFEGUARD TOOLS AND MACHINERY” pg.1. pg.2, “WINGS OVER AMERICA” pg. 1, pg. 2, “WIPE UP SURPLUS OIL” pg. 1, and pg. 2.
“From these documents, I’ve learned about the BALTO war logs during 1945. The documents tracked all the soldier’s movements and actions every day. These transcriptions took me 1 hour. ”
“From these documents, I learned about the different types of war posters during WWII. These posters demonstrate how women overtook jobs traditionally made for men, and how the US government motivated citizens to help out with war efforts. Overall, these 10 transcriptions took an hour. ”
Annie Qin transcribed 3 documents: USS Bashaw, January 1945 – March 1945 pg.9, pg. 13, and pg. 15.
“The document covered the USS Bashaw’s fifth submarine war report during WWII. It’s patrol was marked with timestamps of important observations.”
Wenting Chen transcribed 8 documents: USS Bashaw, May 1944 – July 1944 pg.37, Air Force Award Cards: Rollinson, Harry – Rosenkjar, Duane pg.289, Si pg.25, pg. 101, Voting Rights Act (1) pg.15-16, pg.17-18, pg.19, and City Speech [binder] [3] pg.3.
“I did Air Force Award Cards: Rollinson, Harry – Rosenkjar, Duane pg.289. I learned that their award cards are different than ours today.”
“I did Si pg.101. I found interesting that we still have these cards from the eighteen hundreds.”
“I did Voting Rights Act (1) pg.15-16. I learned that the Voting Rights Act in Texas had good news.”
“I did the Voting Rights Act (1) pg.17-18. I learned that Texas had problems with voting rights and most of them like the new one. So they’re waiting for more Texans to grow used to it.”
Yongfeng Chen transcribed 1 document: USS Pilotfish, May 1944 – July 1944 pg2
Angelina Zhang transcribed 1 document: USS Jeanette, pg 75 left side
“I learned about the effects of weather and wind patterns on velocity on shipments to Herald Island. The log I transcribed also tracked the latitude, longitude, and items shipped. This document took me around 2 hours because of the structure of the charts.”
Jack Xie transcribed 10 documents: USS Bashaw, March 1944 – May 1944 pg. 15, pg. 16, pg. 17, Norris Dam: Wilson – Young pg. 501, pg. 502, Pickwick Dam: Anderson – Young 1041, 1040, 1039, 1038, and 1037.
“This document was about the actions of a submarine during WWII. It is interesting to see the dangers faced by submarine pilots, as well as the spying that they did.”
“This document was also about submarine patrols during WWII. It was very interesting to learn the different schedules of the crew of the submarine and the type of spying they were doing.”
“This document was also about the patrols of a submarine. The document was mostly eligible, but outlined a battle where they were bombed at sea by enemy aircraft during WWII. ”
“This document is about the approval of an act to remove families from a certain area in Tennessee. It is interesting to see the different costs add up.”
“This document was about the forceful removal of Jim Young from his home to be relocated elsewhere in Tennessee. I find it interesting that the letter does not mention if Young agreed to this move. ”
