Declaration of Independence – First E-Text

Project Gutenberg and the Declaration of Independence

I came across a blog post about how Michael S. Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg started in 1971 by typing the Declaration of Independence into the ARPANET and sending it to others. See 50 Years at Project Gutenberg.

Forty-Five Years of Digitizing Ebooks: Project Gutenberg’s Practices by Gregory B. Newby is a longer thing on the history of Project Gutenberg’s processes.

Hart passed in 2011. Gregory B. Newby just passed away this October. The Project, however seems to be in good hands with a foundation and board.