Account Books Transcribathons

This page lists past and upcoming transcribathons centered around account books.

Transcribathons

Z.d.20, Part II (Fall 2022)

Join the Folger Shakespeare Library on September 14, 2022 to continue transcribing a weekly account book for London House (March 1612-March 1614) using FromThePage. The writer of the manuscript, a Lady, is not named but was a friend of Lady Townshend and of Lord Stanhope.

We’ll be transcribing the weekly entries for the quantities of food and drink coming in and being consumed along with their costs and the quarterly summaries of the accounts. Event participants will be helping to make the account book keyword searchable (along with Folger’s corpus of manuscript recipe books) and to develop conventions for transcribing account books in FromThePage.

This event is open to all transcribers— NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Drop in anytime – before, during, or after the event – and transcribe as long as you like! For anyone who wants to transcribe together, the Zoom room will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89740970090?pwd=RUZlY0VqNXF1a2NXeEdIVEZHeVRSQT09

Meeting ID: 897 4097 0090 Passcode: 288690

Sign up to transcribe a page here and join us on zoom or dive in on your own.

Guides will be available to help transcribers with the coding and some of the special abbreviations in the manuscript and Folger staff will host introductions to working in FromThePage at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and will be available all day to answer questions. You can also participate on social media using #FolgerTranscribes.

Z.d.20, Part I (Spring 2022)

Join the Folger Shakespeare Library on May 26, 2022 to transcribe a weekly account book for London House (March 1612-March 1614) using FromThePage. The writer of the manuscript, a Lady, is not named but was a friend of Lady Townshend and of Lord Stanhope.

We’ll be transcribing the weekly entries for the quantities of food and drink coming in and being consumed along with their costs and the quarterly summaries of the accounts. Event participants will be helping to make the account book keyword searchable (along with Folger’s corpus of manuscript recipe books) and to develop conventions for transcribing account books in FromThePage.

This event is open to all transcribers— NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Drop in anytime – before, during, or after the event – and transcribe as long as you like! For anyone who wants to transcribe together, the Zoom room will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET.

Sign up to transcribe a page here and join us on zoom or dive in on your own.

Guides will be available to help transcribers with the coding and some of the special abbreviations in the manuscript and Folger staff will host introductions to working in FromThePage at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and will be available all day to answer questions. You can also participate on social media using #FolgerTranscribes.

Transcription Aids and Useful Links

FromThePage transcription conventions

Guide to Z.d.20

Z.d.20 Sign-up sheet

Sample transcription

FromThePage - Folger dashboard

FromThePage - Folger account books collection

Account Books Resources

Unlocking An Early Modern Account Book https://collation.folger.edu/2016/05/early-modern-account-book/ Unlocking An Early Modern Account Book

Balancing the Books; Household Accounting in Early Modern England