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Face of Frances Seward.
Society & Culture
March 11, 2021 | 03:13 pm

History project tells a more complete story of Frances Seward

Three women in the history PhD program have completed a video project showing the wife of Lincoln’s secretary of state as more influential than typically depicted.

topics: Department of History, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences, Seward Family Archive,
Margaret Becket and Lauren Davis working on computers to transcribe Seward papers
Society & Culture
October 11, 2018 | 12:19 pm

Seward Family Digital Archive project tops $1 million in grant money

The project brings together students in the humanities and computer science and retired volunteers to help transcribe the thousands of Seward family letters written in Victorian-era cursive handwriting.

topics: Department of History, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Digital Scholarship Lab, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, Seward Family Archive, Social Sciences, Thomas Slaughter,
photo of students and older volunteers at a laptop
Society & Culture
June 16, 2016 | 11:34 am

Seward family papers project earns National Archives grant

The grant will be used to continue and expand the collaboration with volunteers from the Highlands at Pittsford retirement community and retired UR staff and librarians to transcribe, annotate, and tag achival documents.

topics: Department of History, Friends of the University Libraries, grant, River Campus Libraries, Seward Family Archive,
Fanny and William Seward
Society & Culture
February 12, 2014 | 03:37 pm

Grant supports digitizing Seward Family Archive

Spanning the years 1730 to 1917, the William Henry Seward Collection is the largest and most-consulted special collection in Rush Rhees Library.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Fred Emerson, grant, politics, rush rhees library, Seward Family Archive,