"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

Reading cursive is a superpower,” said Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, ...

A 2024 study published in the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth found that they actively seek role models to ...

House Bills 346 and 375, sponsored by State Representatives Renne Reuter and Peggy McGaugh, aim to make learning the handwriting technique a requirement.

It's useless and won't help a person survive in the real world. Of course school is full of useless study . . . But in the ...

If you are talented at reading cursive handwriting, the National Archives could really use your help with transcribing and ...

Two lawmakers have introduced bills that would require students to learn cursive handwriting in Missouri schools.

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them.

Learning to drive can be daunting. For many, GPS has been a lifesaver, alleviating the challenges of memorizing roads and ...

Attention! All you older folks (like me) reading this who were taught penmanship in school! The National Archives needs you!!

To date, more than 4,000 Revolutionary War Pension Project volunteers have typed up the content of over 80,000 pages of ...

Handwriting (symbols) was first used in 3100 BC for list making. It was a counting of beer rations for workers.