From August 29th to September 4th 2020, the Phoenix branch transcribed historical documents as part of the archivist volunteer program. This week, volunteers transcribed a total of 37 documents.
Amy Xie wrote out 7 documents: Seabrook, NH – follow up material [2] pg 155, pg 157, Seabrook Congressional Hearings [2 of 2] pg 56, pg 60, pg 61, pg 63, and pg 64.
“The Seabrook congressional hearings were newspapers on the protests against building the nuclear power plant. One of the articles was wrote by a protester himself. He described his experience fighting against building the nuclear plant. I read that protesters gathered along the construction site of the power plant and even camped there at night. There was police everywhere who prevented protesters from interfering with the construction. Additionally, there were a lot of arrests made. Aside from the numerous arrests, there were also peaceful protesters, like the author who participated in camp bonfires at night and peacefully advocated to not build the nuclear power plant. The other articles in the newspaper were mostly pictures of protesters with short captions. I was able to get a better visual of the event after looking at them. The entire transcription process took me about two hours.”
Jack Xie transcribed 5 documents: USS S-16, February 1942 – July 1942, image 2, Relating to Ships — Submarine S-4 109-0, Economic Information page 134, and page 119.
“This document was the beginning of a submarine report during WW2. This took me 10 minutes to transcribe.”
“This document consisted of commands given to submarines during WW2. This document took 30 minutes to transcribe.”
“This document is a checklist of things needed to be done for the submarine. This document took my 15 minutes to transcribe.”
“This document was about revenues and taxes, and how they relate to customers. I thought this was very interesting. This took me 30 minutes to transcribe.”
“This document was about a company and its economics. This took me 30 minutes to transcribe.”
Jiyu Wang transcribed 6 documents: Agricultural Land [1 of 3] pg 90, pg 91, pg 113, pg 121, pg 132, and pg 134.
“I transcribed Agricultural Land[1 or 3]: pages 90, 91, 113, 121, 132, and 134. the transcription process took me 3 hours.
Summary: Page 90 was written by the Supervisor of Negro Economics for New Jersey, William. M. Ashby. He wrote about his experience at Camp Dix., a camp that housed colored soldiers. Page 91 described how a workplace used colored labor for their “muscular strength and endurance”. Page 113 details congratulation letters on good cooperation between different departments and getting a job done. Page 121 reports the structure of the central committee for the Negro Organization Society, which includes, neighborhood committees, finances, and amendments. Page 132 narrates the colored soldiers moving throughout the states and orates how discrimination against them can often lead to disturbances and unrest. Page 134 talked about improving the working conditions for colored men, like providing training and improving housing conditions as well as farm labor conditions.”
Annie Qin transcribed 13 documents: HRC Speeches 11/97-12/97: [11/16 Speech, Novosibirsk, Russia] pg.1/23, pg.2/23, pg.3/23, pg.4/23, pg.5/23, pg.6/23, USS Kraken, July 1945 – August 1945 pg.8/21, pg.14/21, pg.16/21, pg.17/21, pg.18/21, pg.19/21, and pg.21/21.
“The document was on Hilary Clinton’s speech addressing the relations between Russia and the United States. More specifically, she discusses the education systems in both nations and how the economies of both would be affected by an influx of individuals with higher levels of education.”
“I transcribed pages 8, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 21. The document was about the USS Kraken submarine during WWII. In the document, tables showed the times of events and tables with the types of planes that flew overhead.”
Yongfeng Chen 3 transcribed documents: Agriculture Land pg 120, pg 125, and Agriculture Land [1 of 3] pg 124.
“I did Agriculture Land pg 120. I learned that he executive board shall nominate for each city of the State having in their judgment a sufficient Negro population a city Negro workers’ advisory committee of not more than twenty-five members.”
“I did agriculture land pg 124. I learned that Nearly 6,000 of these young, unskilled girls, work in stemmeries.”
“I did Agriculture land pg 124. I learned that 5,538 were being employed in 16 offices.”
Wenting Chen transcribed 4 documents:Williamson pg. 32, pg. 33, pg. 34, and pg. 35.
“I did Williamson pg. 32. I found it interesting that every person on the cards knows each other.”
“I did Williamson pg. 33. I found it interesting that the Williamsons have a large family.”
“I did Williamson pg.34. I found it interesting that not all of the cards are all completed.”
“I did Williamson pg. 35. I found it interesting that their family is separated.”
Vounteers: Amy Xie, Jack Xie, Jiyu Wang, Annie Qin, Yongfeng Chen, Wenting Chen
