I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for ...

For years, Missouri lawmakers have tried to make teaching cursive a requirement, but concerns regarding technology and ...

Springville lost an icon last week. On January 26, Virginia Radeleff passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 105. A ...

The Duchess of Sussex has shared a new Instagram video whilst wearing a personalised black sweater featuring her children's ...

To engage citizen volunteers and make the American story more accessible, the National Archives is enlisting everyone it can ...

"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential ... strange and inventive spellings, old forms of ...

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them.

The contents of the letter includes their personal advice ... Fox News political correspondent Peter Doocy, who said the cursive handwriting was, at times, difficult to read.

Jan. 23, is the birthday of John Hancock — the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence — and in a nod to his place in history, it’s also National Handwriting Day. In 2010, a ...

Then, as early as the 1st century CE, minuscule began to emerge: smaller, rounder letters that required fewer strokes. You could write them more quickly than their majuscule count ...

As a result, many young people can no longer read or write in cursive. But if you can—or are willing to learn—a wealth of historical documents await you in the U.S. National Archives. The federal ...