The National Archives needs volunteers to help transcribe historical documents written in cursive.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.

Senators Shirley Turner and Angela McKnight have proposed making cursive a mandatory skill to teach in New Jersey schools.

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like ... longer required handwriting on the presumption that most of the writing students would do would be on computers.

This accounting log details financial losses the East India Company experienced in 1773 from shipments sent to Boston, Charleston, New York and Philadelphia. SIMON: ...Our theme music. If you can read ...

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In today’s time, we typically write in print format, but I remember a time when writing in cursive was a requirement. Cursive handwriting has long been cherished as a hallmark of eloquence and ...

On the occasion of America’s quarter millennium, the National Archives has launched a project inviting volunteers to help transcribe and digitize historical documents written in cursive.