Over the past 24 hours, I have gained 11 followers on Tumblr, putting me over the 1000 follower mark. I am honoured and humbled that so many of you have chosen to follow this blog and to read and care about the things I post.
In light of reaching this milestone I have two very exciting things to announce:
First, the historical collective I work with is launching a Kickstarter to fund digitizing the World documents from the summer of 1899. These documents include Joseph Pulitzer’s correspondence, memos sent to him from his business manager, financial records, his code book, and more. This will let us learn about the strike from a different perspective. The cost of digitizing the files will likely be about 60 USD, which is about 80 CAD, which is what we’re asking for. If we get a bit more we may be able to find other documents such as birth certificates or arrest records of some of the strikers, or finding and translating local newspapers from the time. There are also some great perks if you donate so check it out! It will be live in the next few days so keep an eye out for it.
The second exciting announcement is that once we’ve collected and analyzed the documents, we will be writing a book about the strike. This will likely take the form of a collection of essays, photos, maps, and primary sources about the strike and the culture surrounding it. We are still early in the writing process and it will likely be a while before the book is ready to sell, but we are very excited to finally share this project with you.
Thank you so much to everybody who has followed this blog, recommended it to others, liked or reblogged posts, or asked a question. I appreciate every single one of you and I look forward to interacting with you even more as we go forward.
Newsboys of 1899 