> I have been given the task of transcribing handwritten letters that
> were written between the late 1890's through the 1930's. The
> letters are correspondence between my maternal grandmother, her
> sisters, boyfriends, friends, etc., while she lived in Wisconsin and
> Oregon. They have been placed in the correct 3-ring binder sheaths,
> however, following some of my research, I don't believe they've been
> handled properly throughout the years (i.e., cotton gloves, etc.).
> I'd like to make copies of the originals but have been told before
> that copying them is not safe. However, my recent internet searches
> have resulted in the contrary with suggestion ranging from scanning,
> photo-copying, and even taking pictures of them with a digital
> camera. Does anyone know of a source (National Historial Society or
> some such venue) that may have the end all information on this?
>
> Kathy <KathyMFisher@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
It depends whether you want to preserve the original papers, or to
preserve the information they contain.
If the latter, then transcribing them into computer files will buy
you some time. I use .TXT files extensively which, while not
responding to all the bells and whistles offered by most word
processing packages, make very economical use of storage space and
in many cases can be retrieved by the same exotic WP software.
John.
bg302@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(John P. Bromley)
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