JeffersonianTranskripte
JeffersonianTranskripte is a digital humanities initiative focused on producing high-precision transcriptions of a corpus of documents associated with Thomas Jefferson and his circle. The project aims to improve accessibility for researchers and educators while preserving philological detail and scholarly apparatus. The name reflects the Jeffersonian heritage and the German term Transkripte, underscoring an emphasis on documentary transcription.
The scope typically includes letters, drafts, notebooks, and related materials from the late 18th and early
From a technical perspective, transcriptions are stored in a structured format such as TEI XML and are
Governance usually involves a project director, an editorial board, and partnerships with libraries, archives, or universities.