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My Handwriting Secrets Revealed! The Only Resource You Need for Interesting Penmanship!

Join this channel to get access to perks including a Pen Pal Group for Illuminati and Cognoscenti Members:    / @hemingwayjones   Several of you have asked where I find examples of historic handwriting for letter form inspiration, I thought I would go through it now, with some of my resources, tools, and tricks I have learned, so that you can also begin to build your handwriting library. A handwriting library is a book where you keep examples of historic handwriting that you find so that you can use them in your personal style. My Videos on Handwriting Libraries:    • How to Make Your Handwriting Better W...   How to Make Your Handwriting Better W/ Historic Inspiration!    • Improve Your Handwriting With A Handw...   Improve Your Handwriting With A Handwriting Library!    • Practicing Historic & Famous Handwrit...   Adventures in Handwriting If someone resonates with you, you add it. You adapt it to your personal style and expression. Let’s start with the most obvious 1. The National Archives I am sure you have seen that they are looking for cursive writing translators, so you could volunteer for this as well. You could become a Citizen Archivist: https://www.archives.gov/citizen-arch... I like the “Don’t Leave Us Hanging” area. Look for links before the end of the 19th C for some truly amazing handwriting. Any of the Revolutionary War Stuff is brilliant. Including this American Colonial Era Pension Request. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54566426 A simple search of the term “cursive” at their website will give you endless examples of interesting handwriting in all of their complexities and variations. The National Archives can be a bit of a maze, but if you follow some of the simple search prompts and links I’ve presented, you can get a lot of information and a lot of excellent examples of beautiful penmanship. 2. Another Great Resource is to search for Original Manuscripts Online, like this one from Emily Dickinson. https://www.edickinson.org/collection... This is from Amherst College here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Emily Dickinson Archive has links to several other collections, and from there you may access even more documents: https://www.edickinson.org/collections The British Museum has a collection of online digital manuscripts including this one from Christine Rosetti https://www.bl.uk/research/digitised-... They also have a wonderful collection of medieval and renaissance manuscripts so it you want to break out the wide stubs and do your Gothic best, this is the resource for you. 3. Your Public Library, Mine is the Minute Man Library System, but I also have access to The Boston Public Library and still have my library card with them. Digital Library Handwritten Collections: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/s... Here are the Cotton and Prince Papers, That has some amazing stylized handwriting in round hand. https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/s... There are many pages here to explore and to plumb for their handwriting secrets. Like most libraries, you don’t need to live in the Commonwealth to use it, so dig in, or use your own library. And if you want to see them in person, make an appointment with an archivist. 4. The Library of Congress How about perusing the writings of a famous American? There are endless pages at one of the most beautiful libraries I have ever seen, The Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/research-centers/... Analyze the hand of Abraham Lincoln. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299998 A highlight for me are the writings and papers associated with Alexander Hamilton. https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss78444... I also love the handwriting of Benjamin Franklin https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss21451... 5. Museums, like the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum I mentioned the British Museum earlier, but the Gardner has a wonderful collection of letters that is digitized. https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experie... Mrs Gardner had a particular eye for letters, seemingly purchasing the most beautiful and interesting one she could find. In fact, this collection lead to me creating my handwriting collection. For me, I am collecting snippets of usable letter forms, so that I might use them and adapt them to my hand. Auction Houses, often keep images of letters that have sold up on their sites. Many Genealogical sites have original documents Contact me with any questions! hemingway_jones at IG Hemingway Jones on TikTok