Thanks Ryan! What a great student project. This will be a fabulous resource for my tours and my talk in the fall at the Weinstein Jewish Community Center on Richmond's Significant Jewish Women. Alyson
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Alyson L. Taylor-White
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> On Jun 28, 2017, at 12:50 PM, Ryan K Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
> In Spring 2017, VCU offered its first Digital History graduate course. As a
> class project, we transcribed and annotated the will of Isaac Judah,
> written before his death in 1827.
>
> Please see the project here:
> http://judahwill.rampages.us/
>
> Judah was the first reader, or hazan, of Richmond's Congregation Beth
> Shalome. He was also a merchant with extensive landholdings in town and
> seven slaves. His will has much to offer regarding the history of African
> Americans, women, neighborhood development, and Judaism in Virginia.
> Our digital interface allows users to click on the names of individuals
> mentioned in the will to see expanded biographies of them in an adjoining
> frame. The site also provides a family tree, plot maps, brief essays on
> topics reflected in the will, and textual analysis of the will's wording.
>
> Please help us spread the word for this resource. We would appreciate any
> feedback or suggestions for improvement. Many thanks to the Library of
> Virginia and the Valentine archives for permission to show items from their
> collections.
>
>
> Ryan K. Smith
> Department of History
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> [log in to unmask]
>
> and
>
> Tom Woodward
> ALT-Lab
> Virginia Commonwealth University
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