Essayist’s articles being digitized in New York

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With this in mind, professor Jeff Walker and student Maura Toomey transcribed the works of John Burroughs to an internet database, according to The Miscellany News. The pair, funded by a research project at Vassar College, digitized the essayist's journals and moved them to a searchable database online.

The majority of the information in the journals is a detailed analysis of the natural features of the mid-Hudson Valley over a 50 year duration. Toomey told The Miscellany News that the largest obstacle was often deciphering the script and punctuation – the researchers hoped to get the most accurate portrayal possible. Walker said this was important because many of Burroughs' works have been edited and abridged by publishers in the past, sometimes skewing the meaning.

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