Project ID: 911
| Description | Can you read Pitman Shorthand? The GNM Archive, part of the Guardian Foundation charity is asking for help from U3A members who can read Pitman shorthand. The Archive collects, preserves and makes accessible records of the Guardian and Observer newspapers. It has acquired the unique collection of Clyde Sanger, the Guardian’s first Africa correspondent, reporting for the newspaper between 1960 and 1965. Clyde’s papers include around 130 notebooks mostly covering his work in Central, Southern and Eastern Africa. Many are partially written in Pitman shorthand, which the archivists (and most researchers) can't read! U3A members have so much experience and expertise that the archivists hoped to find anyone who might be willing to transcribe the shorthand text. |
| Topics | Social history History |
| Type | External research (U3A as research assistants) |
| U3A | |
| Organization/partner | Guardian |
| Year started | 2019 |
| Source of reference | National Newsletter July 2019 TAM No 45 Feb 2021 p37 |
| Notes | Project will be written up on the Guardian's archive website |