Do you remember the last time you wrote in cursive? Do you still know how to read it? If so, the National Archives is looking ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S.

The National Archives is looking for volunteers to transcribe more than 200 years worth of documents. You can help, even if ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.

The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential ... strange and inventive spellings, old forms of letters (a double S was sometimes written as a “long s” and looked ...

Though sometimes the oldest writing is the easiest to read, said Cantrell. “If you look at Abigail Adams' letters to her husband (President John Adams) and his responses, the cursive is an art ...