Kurrent Script and Current Practices: Transcribing Handwritten Botany Labels from 19th Century Prussia
Jessica Weller, Chicago Academy of Sciences
Collections professionals often encounter illegible handwriting. While processing historic botany specimens, the Chicago Academy of Sciences staff and volunteers encountered herbarium labels written in German Kurrent script, which ceased to be taught in 1941. Learn how they handled these transcription challenges and put your own skills to the test.