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Transcribimus was started in June 2012 by former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan. He wanted to learn more about Vancouver’s second Mayor David Oppenheimer, who had been instrumental in establishing the trajectory of the modern city. Sullivan spent time in the Vancouver Archives with the Vancouver City Council Minutes but found the microfiche copy was barely readable and the originals were physically deteriorating.
He made a commitment to honour the remarkable legacy of David Oppenheimer by having the minutes of City Council meetings from 1886 to 1891 transcribed and put online in a searchable form for free access by researchers and the general public. The first Minutes were transcribed by contractors but over time Transcribimus moved to a volunteer model. As the volunteers completed the first five years of Vancouver City Council Minutes they looked at taking on more challenges.
In late 2015, Sullivan celebrated the contributions of volunteer transcribers by introducing the Transcribimus volunteer transcriber program.
open full-size news clipping from Vancouver Metro December 8, 2015
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