Typo corrected in scribal document

Ken noticed that an "s" was missing in our transcription of nar.00419 ("John M. Binckley to T. A. Jenckes, 24 January 1868"). I have corrected "Of the third-class clerk, one is . . . " to "Of the third-class clerks, one is . . . ".

~ Brett

Correspondence published, scribal index updated

We have published 74 additional post-Reconstruction letters.  The letters are available on the Whitman Archive at http://www.whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/index.html.  We have also updated the index and search options for the scribal documents. 

~ Nikki

XML display for scribal documents

The “View XML” option on the scribal documents was producing a page error.  I have updated the display for the scribal documents so that the XML is accessible.   Thanks to Ruth Tillman for drawing our attention to this issue.

~ Nikki

Scribal Documents Published

We have published an installment of approximately 100 new scribal documents, bringing to a close the first phase of our work on Whitman's Scribal Documents. This work was truly a team effort, with important contributions from Anthony Dreesen, Nima Kianfar, Courtney Lawton, Elizabeth Lorang, Kevin McMullen, Ken Price, and John Schwaninger.

As part of the release of these materials, I have updated the News & Updates section of the home page as well as the News page.

~Liz