"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report book. We were trying to find when Wyatt Walker and Harry Blake were ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

Cursive, a digital label and packaging printing company, is based in Deerfield Township. Expand to read more Ben Plotkin Listen to this article 5 min A Deerfield Township-based digital printing ...

If you can read this cursive writing, the National Archives wants you ... He actually gives his Native American name. It’s almost like he lived a second life. SIMON: When Isaacs and Sullivan first ...

Just as fashion trends go out of style (we’re looking at you, shoulder pads and leg warmers), once-popular baby names also fade from glory. Of course, it’s easy to understand how it can happen ...

On the occasion of America’s quarter millennium, the National Archives has launched a project inviting volunteers to help transcribe and digitize historical documents written in cursive.

In recent years, we've seen some unusual baby names spiral in popularity, whether that's a name after a season or one that is a little trickier to pronounce - but this year, traditional names are ...

One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship once considered a common skill. While plenty of people still sign their name in cursive, being able to ...

In 2010, the newly established Common Core State Standards program, which outlines skills and knowledge students should acquire between kindergarten and high school, did not include cursive in its ...