Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Since 2018, volunteers with the Library of Congress’ By the People program have transcribed more than 1,000,000 historical documents — from the papers of Theodore Roosevelt and Rosa Parks to Walt Whitman and more. Learn how these efforts improve access and discovery, and find out how you can join this virtual volunteer community at crowd.loc.gov.

For transcript and more information, visit loc.gov/item/video-11820