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1. The undiscovered world of Thomas Edison.

Author

McAuliffe, Kathleen

Subjects
*ARCHIVES, *GENIUS, *INVENTORS, *PHONOGRAPH, *MOTION picture cameras, *CREATIVE ability in business, *PRESERVATION of manuscripts, *INCANDESCENT electric lighting, *HISTORY
Abstract

The article presents a profile of inventor Thomas Edison. The author reports on the discovery of papers, documented by Edison, which reveal the details of his innate genius. Featured documents include Edison's discovery of the phonograph, the motion-picture camera, and the incandescent light bulb. Edison was also known for his talent of motivating people, his clever business sense, and his facility for mixing and matching concepts.

Published
1995

2. Historians Ask the Public to Help Organize the Past.

Author

Parry, Marc

Subjects
*CROWDSOURCING, *CITIZEN science, *TRANSCRIPTION, *HISTORICAL libraries, *DIGITIZATION of archival materials, *REPRODUCTION of archival materials, *ARCHIVES, *HISTORY
Abstract

The article discusses the crowdsourcing of historical document archival tasks, such as transcribing digital images of documents, and describes the debate over citizen participation in academic tasks. The War Office archive at the digital-humanities laboratory the Center for History and New Media is described, which hosts copies of digitized papers that were lost in November 1800 to a fire in the U.S. federal War Office. The Bentham Project, which crowdsourced the transcription of papers by philosopher Jeremy Bentham, is also mentioned. Citizen participation in science and humanities is also discussed.

Published
2012