Two wonderful things happened today: First, we received word from the CUNY Graduate Center’s Digital Initiatives program that The Van Buskirk Archive has been awarded a second round of funding. “Competition for these awards was very keen,” they wrote, “and it is a sign of […]

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Today we added pages 117 to 124, courtesy of transcriptionist Claire Balani.

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Matthew is at the Midwest Modern Language Association convention in St. Louis, MO today presenting a paper, “Class, Intimacy, and Identity in the Journals of Philip C. Van Buskirk, 1852-57.”

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Today we added pages 220-24 and 238-41 courtesy of transcriptionists Erika Panzarino and Hugo Reyes, respectfully. Thank you to Claire Balani for editing assistance with these. We also added pages 226 to 237, Claire’s transcription.

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Today we added pages 113-16, courtesy of transcriptionist Rebecca Breech.

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Today we added pages 216 to 219, courtesy of transcriptionist Erika Panzarino.

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Today we added pages 255 to 259, courtesy of transcriptionist Megan Cahill.

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Today we added pages 109-12 and 250-54, courtesy of transcriptionists Rebecca Breech and Megan Cahill respectively.

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Tonight we add pages 105-8, courtesy of transcriptionist Rebecca Breech.

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This past summer I visited the special collections of the University of Washington Allen Library in Seattle to photograph the pages of Van Buskirk’s 1853 “Journal and Remark Book.” This volume had been taken from the library at one point and was therefore missing when the other journals were […]

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