German Heritage in Letters

German Heritage in Letters is gathering a digital collection of historic letters that shed light on the German-American experience and the history of migration.

[German Heritage in Letters @german_ltrs]

Excited to share our new home-- "Migrant Connections"-- and our new features! Join us next Wednesday, March 23rd at 10 a.m. Eastern / 3 p.m. CET. Registration info: https://t.co/finJfv0Dsr

[GHI Washington @GHIWashington]

The latest issue of Zeit Geschichte magazine, "Deutsche Auswanderer," on Germans as emigrants and immigrants, features letters from our Migrant Connections project! Learn more: https://t.co/vMajjZ5Id5

[German Heritage in Letters @german_ltrs]

Our @Crowd_LOC friends have just launched a new campaign to transcribe the papers of Hannah Arendt! Learn more about how to access the digitized collection and become a volunteer… https://t.co/K9rggJSVKb

[Transcribathon @transcribathon]

Is transcribing a diary as soothing as writing it? Find out for yourself with the help from our May selection ➡️ https://t.co/uhlIVAuqy1

#StoriesOfTheMonth #diaries #archive @Europeanaeu @FFHistorians @EU_HaDEA

[German Heritage in Letters @german_ltrs]

A fascinating story about letters in the archives!

[CU History Department @CUHistoryDept]

“It’s very, very unusual to get everyday people’s stories into the archives in a way like this, with thousands of people writing and talking about their lives at one moment in time,” @thai_jones said in @nytimes

https://t.co/E70WgqTRFa

[GHI Washington @GHIWashington]

We’re excited to share that with support from @HenkelStiftung we are partnering with @chnm to accept applications for the 2022-23 Henkel Digital History Fellowship! Applications are due May 15: https://t.co/MsCxYxQooo

[Jana Weiss @DrJanaWeiss]

Just attended the launching of “Migrant Connections” @GHIWashington which will be such a valuable research & teaching resource! You certainly got my attention when you used a brewing ad @janasinakeck #travelingtexts

[German Heritage in Letters @german_ltrs]

Thank you to all who attended the launch party for our new home 🏡 Migrant Connections! Learn more about the event here; video to come: https://t.co/finJfvieR1

[German Heritage in Letters @german_ltrs]

Join us Wednesday for the launch of our new online home, Migrant Connections! Event and Zoom registration info here: https://t.co/finJfv0Dsr

[GHI Washington @GHIWashington]

Join us on Wednesday, March 23rd at 10 am Eastern / 3 pm CET for the launch of our digital research infrastructure "Migrant Connections"! Event details & Zoom registration: https://t.co/vX789E5sUo @GermanyinUSA @GoetheDC @wunderbar2gethr

[German Society of PA @GermanSocietyPA]

At this @GHIWashington event on 3/23, Librarian Bettina Hess will report on the collections our library has shared with the GHI's Migrant Connections project and the library’s online, binational “Transcription Tuesday” citizen science group.

[Jana Keck @janasinakeck]

Please mark your calendars and save the date to attend the launch of Our New Digital Research Infrastructure: "Migrant Connections" @GHIWashington, MAR 23, 2022 | 10 AM ET | 3 PM CET. Please register here: https://t.co/ggwDpB4Y8S #digitalcitizenscholarship #thread

[GHI Washington @GHIWashington]

In partnership with @GermanSocietyPA we are offering research fellowships to use the rich German-American and German collections at the Joseph M. Horner Library (@GSP_Library) this summer -- applications due March 1! For more details, visit https://t.co/oiJST3NWtN

[German Heritage in Letters @german_ltrs]

Our friends at the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies (@uwmadison) are starting an online Kurrent transcription group! Their first meeting will be March 11th— visit the link to learn more! https://t.co/ngO5wRZLf1

[LOC Crowdsourcing @Crowd_LOC]

Last @DouglassDayorg volunteers joined By the People to transcribe the papers of Mary Church Terrell! This year we're excited to get to be volunteers! Feb. 14 join us for a day of service and Black history transcribing records of the Colored Conventions: https://t.co/r1csQA1dvN

[German Heritage in Letters @german_ltrs]

A beautiful photo of @GSP_Library, one of our favorite partners!

[The Dickens Code @dickens_code]

Happy Birthday Dickens!🥳

We're celebrating by announcing the winner of the 'Decoding Dickens' competition and honouring everyone who helped to unravel the Tavistock letter mystery! 🔍

Find out more and check out the full letter transcript here 👇
https://t.co/jxXyuf1wrD

[Migrant Knowledge @MigKnow]

This map helped one of our editors visualize "migrant knowledge" when we first started to plan our blog. Now there's a short blog post: "An 1853 Map for German-Speaking Emigrants" by @mstoneman, https://t.co/S5bAA3lcd7 #migknow #histknow #histmigration #19thC #migrationstudies

[Transkribus @Transkribus]

75.000 users have already signed up to work with #Transkribus.
Therefore, we #giveaway 7500 credits. Just like and retweet and you're in. 🤞
We are thrilled that so many of you from all over the world have joined us to discover the past! 🤓🪶

[The Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton @PrincetonCDH]

Startwords, Issue 2: “Scribes,” is live! The contributors draw from a conference on Crowdsourcing and the Humanities co-sponsored by the CDH, @GenizaLab, @upennlib & @the_zooniverse. Assembled by Guest Editor @sheishistoric, the issue features 4 pieces. https://t.co/LqIY2ybbCN