"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 ...

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

Handwriting (symbols) was first used in 3100 BC for list making. It was a counting of beer rations for workers.

Then, as early as the 1st century CE, minuscule began to emerge: smaller, rounder letters that required fewer strokes. You ...

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If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority from ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WVII) -- A Maine bill looks to bring back a classroom requirement from years past: learning how to write in cursive. The bill was submitted by Representative Joseph Underwood ...

The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe ...

For an elevated twist, the boot featured the letter “L” in “Love” in cursive. Bynes’ Love U Bro shop also includes artwork, such as a canvas covered in plum fabric with pastel pink bows ...