I’m a history major,” said Barnes. “One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

The National Archives needs volunteers to help transcribe historical documents written in cursive. This citizen-led initiative makes American history more accessible to researchers and genealogists.

Do you remember the last time you write in cursive? Do you still know how to read it? If so, the National Archives are ...

Reading cursive is a superpower,” said Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, ...

New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of ...

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

If you are talented at reading cursive handwriting, the National Archives could really use your help with transcribing and ...

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them.

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