Progress update, 7 to 12 June 2015
By Tim Causer, on 12 June 2015
Welcome to the Transcribe Bentham progress update for the period 6 to 12 June 2015, during which time further steady progress has been made by volunteer transcribers.
13,182 manuscript pages have now been transcribed or partially-transcribed, which is an increase of 36 on this time last week. Of these transcripts, 12,128 have now been checked and approved by TB staff.
The more detailed state of progress is as follows:
Box | No. of manuscripts worked on | No. of manuscripts in box | Completion |
Box 1 | 254 | 794 | 32% |
Box 2 | 472 | 753 | 62% |
Box 4 | 2 | 694 | 1% |
Box 5 | 200 | 290 | 68% |
Box 7 | 3 | 167 | 1% |
Box 8 | 6 | 284 | 2% |
Box 9 | 41 | 266 | 15% |
Box 15 | 79 | 914 | 10% |
Box 18 | 4 | 192 | 2% |
Box 27 | 350 | 350 | COMPLETE |
Box 29 | 22 | 122 | 18% |
Box 30 | 2 | 193 | 1% |
Box 31 | 19 | 302 | 6% |
Box 34 | 40 | 398 | 10% |
Box 35 | 286 | 439 | 65% |
Box 36 | 34 | 418 | 8% |
Box 37 | 32 | 487 | 6% |
Box 38 | 121 | 424 | 29% |
Box 39 | 12 | 282 | 4% |
Box 41 | 87 | 528 | 14% |
Box 42 | 88 | 910 | 9% |
Box 44 | 53 | 201 | 26% |
Box 50 | 171 | 198 | 85% |
Box 51 | 385 | 940 | 40% |
Box 57 | 18 | 420 | 4% |
Box 62 | 72 | 565 | 12% |
Box 63 | 155 | 345 | 44% |
Box 70 | 306 | 350 | 87% |
Box 71 | 663 | 663 | COMPLETE |
Box 72 | 614 | 664 | 92% |
Box 73 | 151 | 151 | COMPLETE |
Box 79 | 199 | 199 | COMPLETE |
Box 95 | 126 | 147 | 85% |
Box 96 | 534 | 539 | 99% |
Box 97 | 139 | 296 | 46% |
Box 98 | 224 | 499 | 44% |
Box 100 | 194 | 422 | 43% |
Box 106 | 116 | 581 | 19% |
Box 107 | 502 | 538 | 93% |
Box 110 | 7 | 671 | 1% |
Box 115 | 276 | 307 | 89% |
Box 116 | 506 | 864 | 58% |
Box 117 | 365 | 853 | 42% |
Box 118 | 255 | 880 | 28% |
Box 119 | 535 | 990 | 54% |
Box 120 | 29 | 686 | 4% |
Box 121 | 134 | 526 | 24% |
Box 122 | 304 | 717 | 41% |
Box 123 | 42 | 443 | 9% |
Box 124 | 15 | 383 | 3% |
Box 139 | 40 | 40 | COMPLETE |
Box 141 | 4 | 381 | 1% |
Box 149 | 5 | 581 | 1% |
Box 150 | 902 | 972 | 92% |
Box 169 | 193 | 728 | 26% |
Add MS 537 | 730 | 744 | 98% |
Add MS 538 | 762 | 858 | 88% |
Add MS 539 | 834 | 948 | 87% |
Add MS 540 | 109 | 1012 | 10% |
Add MS 541 | 358 | 1258 | 28% |
Overall | 13,182 | 31,560 | 41% |
Those working on Box 15o transcripts may be interested to read Dr Michael Quinn’s update on how they are assisting in editing a volume of Bentham’s Collected Works. Transcribers have made one tremendous new find, written by Bentham in 1795. Alarmed by the Terror in France, Bentham was fairly conservative, and volunteers have discovered a piece of text which Dr Quinn describes as ‘a real contender for the most reactionary sentences ever produced by the JB quill!’
And finally, Hayley Campbell has written a hugely entertaining piece about Bentham’s auto-icon for BuzzFeed. We highly recommend it!
Thank you, as always, to everyone who has contributed to Transcribe Bentham during the last seven days. It is as greatly appreciated as ever.