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<span style="font-family: monospace, 'Source Code Pro';">My sentiments exactly and good for you! The bas taste left in my mouth from reading</span>{{clear}} | |||
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[[File:BorenHeader.png|500px|thumb|left|Congressman Boren's stationery header]] | |||
* Spaces and line-breaks should be replicated, but numerous blank lines should be transcribed as a single blank line | * Spaces and line-breaks should be replicated, but numerous blank lines should be transcribed as a single blank line | ||
* If anything is illegible, ask a friend. If neither can read it, replace the word with <code><nowiki>[[?]]</nowiki></code>, including the square brackets | * If anything is illegible, ask a friend. If neither can read it, replace the word with <code><nowiki>[[?]]</nowiki></code>, including the square brackets | ||
Revision as of 08:56, 14 May 2017
This project will benefit the Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives at the University of Oklahoma. We will be contributing searchable, plain text versions of letters written to Democratic Congressman (OK) Lyle Boren. These plain text versions will make discovery easier for researchers and the public. The letters concern Congressman Boren's speech before the House of Representatives condemning John Steinbeck's 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath and its representation of "Okies."
The Plan
- Grab a letter
- Open our shared Drive folder here
- Create a new file in the above folder
- Name the file (without quotes): "CAC_CC_007_2_6_49_0###" and replace the last three numbers (#) with the page numbers of the document you are transcribing, e.g. Pages 14–15 are "CAC_CC_007_2_6_49_0014–15"
Transcription
Transcribe exactly as written, including apparent misspellings
My sentiments exactly and good for you! The bas taste left in my mouth from reading
Transcribe complete document as a single column, regardless of original layout
- Spaces and line-breaks should be replicated, but numerous blank lines should be transcribed as a single blank line
- If anything is illegible, ask a friend. If neither can read it, replace the word with
[[?]], including the square brackets - If there is marginalia on the document, the following should be placed in the text:
^ [[Insert text of marginalia here]]including square brackets and caret
Footnotes for "The Reception of The Grapes of Wrath in Oklahoma":
Can you find others? It is important to realize that the entire run of the Oklahoma City Times is available—on microfilm at The Oklahoma Historical Society. An important consideration in archival work is weighing cost and availability. How do you think this will affect future writings about this event?