Final Service-Learning Project Proposal

William Ward

Professor Farless

HIS3600_CMB-25Spring 00251

9 February 2025

Personally, when it comes to career options for myself after graduation I’m looking more towards Public History options. I’m quite interested in archival work and the preservation of history and all historical artifacts. So, for a service-learning program I think By The People is very much the right option for me. I think especially right now more than ever its very important to transcribe documents from the Library of Congress. It’s important more than ever to digitize and have copies and evidence of everything that is federally owned. With terrible people wanting to cut federally funded education and documentation programs it’s important for us to digitize what they have so that the information isn’t ever lost. As it is with the cowards and losers in power mass deleting government run websites and documentation and growing more and more towards the destruction of knowledge digitizing all these documents is essential. It’s very important that information is accessible and free in a digital landscape, because it provides access to third-party sources to backup critical information along with historical information. I will gladly help transcribe documents whatever they may be to have a clear and cut way for the information to be accessible online. I will sign up and maybe find a campaign that interests me to help transcribe or do peer-review so that the documents can be made available to whomever may find it essential for both their writing and thoughts. I think preservation is essential when many want to use and abuse history so it’s important to have backups of knowledge in this format.