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156 and counting 

13/9/2015

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As we approach what would be Crockett's 156th birthday, we are making steady progress archiving his letters. Currently we have logged 160 letters from SRC to a variety of recipients with the earliest being dated 1892 and the latest being dated 1913   We are sure that there are more, in various of the 30+ boxes still to be worked through, and we'll be adding as we go. 

Once we have a more complete index we face the task of transcribing letters and digitising them so that they can be read by everyone. This is a massive undertaking and will be a huge resource but progress is necessarily slow - not least because none of us currently has the databasing skills - so we're happy to hear from Raiders Members who have any such skills, and/or anyone who is interested in volunteering to archive, transcribe or set up/ give advice on databases and digital archive architecture. 

But to give you an idea of what we've done thus far, you can download a PDF of the index thus far. Over the next few months, as well as adding to the index, we'll be picking 'topics' to look at - so if there are any that interest you in particular, get in touch with us at [email protected] 

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