*This volunteer transcription effort serves as an antecedent to what will eventually become a digital critical edition known as The Essential Julian Bond, a project of UVA's Center for Digital Editing.

From the Papers of Julian Bond Website:

About the Project:

Following the death of civil rights leader Julian H. Bond on August 15, 2015, the University of Virginia acquired the entirety of his papers and moved them to the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library for preservation. In an effort to make the papers accessible to the public, the Carter G. Woodson Institute partnered with the Center for Digital Editing (CDE) beginning in 2017 to create a scholarly edition of his papers.

Starting in August 2018, the CDE and Woodson Institute invited the public to participate in editorial work on the project. Since then, hundreds of pages of Julian Bond’s speeches and interviews have been transcribed as a result of volunteer work. The work of these volunteers will be a crucial to the development of the future scholarly edition, “The Essential Julian Bond.”

Since the onset of the transcription project, we have received inquiries from many individuals in the public, who wish to become involved, and whose efforts we welcome and need. Those interested in contributing can start today by transcribing documents. Simply create an account on FromThePage and follow the transcription instructions provided below. Volunteers can also participate in the early stages of the editorial process, such as tagging metadata and digitizing materials, by filling out this form.

For updates about the project, follow us online by looking for #TranscribeBond.