Progress update, 18 to 24 July 2015

Welcome to the progress update for the period 11 to 17 July 2015, during which time further excellent progress has been made by Transcribe Bentham volunteers.

13,392 manuscripts have now been transcribed or partially-transcribed, which is an increase of 41 on this time last week. Of these transcripts, 12,532 (93%) have been checked and approved by Transcribe Bentham staff. (This week, we had a look through the list of partially-transcribed manuscripts and were able to check and approve 174 of them. If you would like to work on a partially complete transcript, please do consult the big list).

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	474	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	125	424	30%
Box 39	12	282	4%
Box 41	87	528	14%
Box 42	89	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	132	581	22%
Box 107	502	538	93%
Box 110	7	671	1%
Box 115	276	307	89%
Box 116	507	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	972	972	COMPLETE
Box 169	193	728	26%
Add MS 537	730	744	98%
Add MS 538	774	858	90%
Add MS 539	834	948	87%
Add MS 540	176	1012	17%
Add MS 541	396	1258	31%
Overall	13,392	31,560	42%

The big news this week is that the transcription of Box 150 is now complete! Since the turn of the year, volunteers have transcribed around 500 manuscripts from this box alone, assisting our colleague Dr Michael Quinn in producing the next volume of Bentham’s Collected Works, and making some terrific discoveries along the way. Expect a round-up update in due course from Dr Quinn about these manuscripts.

We hope, in the coming days, to add fresh material to the website for transcription, and will let you know once it’s up and running.

And finally, Bentham made an appearance on The Guardian website yesterday, in an article which asks “What does the panopticon mean in the age of digital surveillance?”

Thank you, as always, to everyone who has contributed to Transcribe Bentham during the last seven days. It remains as greatly appreciated as ever by us all.