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Project PHaEDRA - Evelyn F. Leland - MF Series #65
At Harvard College Observatory (now the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian), women computers studied glass plate photographs of the night sky. Here they catalogued stars, identifying variables, interpreting stellar spectra, counting galaxies, and measuring the vast distances in space. Several of them made game-changing discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics. Interested in historical women? Love astronomy? Help us transcribe the work of the Harvard Observatory's women computers and see which stars shine the brightest. You can sign up for our Project PHaEDRA newsletter here. Have questions? Want to start a discussion? Head over to our blog posts to make comments about notebooks and ask questions. NOTE: Please follow these special instructions when transcribing these notebooks.
Celebrating 175: John McLaughlin, Correspondence, Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1972-1976
Join the Archives of American Art and the Smithsonian Transcription Center throughout the next year as we celebrate the Smithsonian's 175th birthday! Explore the lives and worlds of 175 different US art world figures on their birthdays, one for each year since the Smithsonian's founding in 1846. Who was born on this day? In 1898, John McLaughlin. Note: This project contains columns. Check here for advanced instructions.
Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner, Indexes and Registers, Name Index (45) to Register 11, Sept.–Dec. 1867
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen’s Bureau, was established on March 3, 1865. The duties of the Freedmen’s Bureau included supervision of all affairs relating to refugees, freedmen, and the custody of abandoned lands and property. These documents come from the Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Series 1: Indexes and Registers of Letters Received. Additional resources are available on the Freedmen's Bureau Instructions Page. Please help us transcribe these records to learn more about the lives of formerly enslaved men and women during the Reconstruction Era.
Celebrating 175: Fidelia Bridges, Letters to Phebe C. Brown, undated
Join the Archives of American Art and the Smithsonian Transcription Center throughout the next year as we celebrate the Smithsonian's 175th birthday! Explore the lives and worlds of 175 different US art world figures on their birthdays, one for each year since the Smithsonian's founding in 1846. Who was born on this day? In 1834, Fidelia Bridges.
Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence [1]
Lee Ya-Ching was a flying Good Will Ambassador for United China Relief during World War II. The daughter of a Hong Kong industrialist, Lee Ya-Ching attended school in England in 1933 and she began her flight training at Switzerland's Cointrin-Ecole d'Aviation, obtaining the first pilot's license ever granted by the school to a woman. She later continued her training at the Boeing School of Aviation, in Oakland, California. In 1936, Lee Ya-Ching returned to China where she made an air survey of 30,000 miles for the Chinese Army and was appointed instructor of the Shanghai Municipal Air School until the outbreak of war caused the school to close. From 1938 until 1943, Lee Ya-Ching flew across the United States and then Latin America soliciting funds for the benefit of Chinese war victims. Note: Please do not describe the images, photographs, or maps that appear in this project. We are only seeking transcriptions.
Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner, Letters Received, Entered in Register 16, A, Jan.–Aug. 1870, Part 1
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen’s Bureau, was established on March 3, 1865. The duties of the Freedmen’s Bureau included supervision of all affairs relating to refugees, freedmen, and the custody of abandoned lands and property. These documents come from the Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Series 2: Letters Received. Additional resources are available on the Freedmen's Bureau Instructions Page. Please help us transcribe these records to learn more about the lives of formerly enslaved men and women during the Reconstruction Era.
Celebrating 175: Artist File, Marisol, 1961-1965
Join the Archives of American Art and the Smithsonian Transcription Center throughout the next year as we celebrate the Smithsonian's 175th birthday! Explore the lives and worlds of 175 different US art world figures on their birthdays, one for each year since the Smithsonian's founding in 1846. Who was born on this day? In 1930, Marisol. Note: This project contains columns. Check here for advanced instructions. This project also contains text in German. Please keep the transcription in the original language and include diacritics when present. Please do not offer translation of the document.
Project PHaEDRA - Williamina P. Fleming - Draper Catalogue Spectra Class C
At Harvard College Observatory (now the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian), women computers studied glass plate photographs of the night sky. Here they catalogued stars, identifying variables, interpreting stellar spectra, counting galaxies, and measuring the vast distances in space. Several of them made game-changing discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics. Interested in historical women? Love astronomy? Help us transcribe the work of the Harvard Observatory's women computers and see which stars shine the brightest. You can sign up for our Project PHaEDRA newsletter here. Have questions? Want to start a discussion? Head over to our blog posts to make comments about notebooks and ask questions. NOTE: Please follow these special instructions when transcribing these notebooks.
Tennessee Education, Press Copies of Letters Sent to General Howard and Staff, Vol. 1 (35), 1869–1870
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen’s Bureau, was established on March 3, 1865. The duties of the Freedmen’s Bureau included supervision of all affairs relating to refugees, freedmen, and the custody of abandoned lands and property. These documents come from the Records of the Superintendent of Education for Tennessee, Series 2: Press Copies of Letters Sent to General Howard and Staff. PLEASE NOTE: Press copies were made by moistening a piece of thin paper and pressing it on the original letter through the use of a press copying machine, which transferred some of the ink to the moistened paper. Because of the relative crudeness of this method, many of the press copies are difficult to read and some are virtually illegible. Please mark any illegible text as [[illegible]]. Additional resources are available on the Freedmen's Bureau Instructions Page. Please help us transcribe these records to learn more about the lives of formerly enslaved men and women in Tennessee during the Reconstruction Era.
Lee Ya-Ching Papers
Lee Ya-Ching was a flying Good Will Ambassador for United China Relief during World War II. The daughter of a Hong Kong industrialist, Lee Ya-Ching attended school in England in 1933 and she began her flight training at Switzerland's Cointrin-Ecole d'Aviation, obtaining the first pilot's license ever granted by the school to a woman. She later continued her training at the Boeing School of Aviation, in Oakland, California. In 1936, Lee Ya-Ching returned to China where she made an air survey of 30,000 miles for the Chinese Army and was appointed instructor of the Shanghai Municipal Air School until the outbreak of war caused the school to close. From 1938 until 1943, Lee Ya-Ching flew across the United States and then Latin America soliciting funds for the benefit of Chinese war victims. Note: Please do not describe the images, photographs, or maps that appear in this project. We are only seeking transcriptions.
Subprojects
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- With Peter Doo, 1935 - 1941
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- With Children, 1952 - 1964
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- Telegrams, 1929 - 1936
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- Introductions, 1938 - 1946
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- Bishop Paul Yu-Pin, 1939
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- Aircraft Companies, 1939 - 1943
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- Chinese Government, 1939 - 1955
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- Relief Wings, 1940 - 1941
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, 1940 - 1943
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- United China Relief Memos, 1941 - 1943
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence -- United China Relief, 1941 - 1945
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence through 1938, 1938
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence, 1939
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence, 1943
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Correspondence, 1944 - 1962
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Newspaper clippings, 1940
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Newspaper clippings, 1941
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Newspaper clippings, 1942
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Newspaper clippings, 1943
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Newspaper clippings, 1944 - 1945
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Press Releases, 1937 - 1945
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Interviews, 1940 - 1943
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Speeches, 1940 - 1945
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers - Biographical Information
