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Article: Harvard Crimson to launch 128-year online archive; project attracts controversy
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- July 27, 2001
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Garrett M. Graff
University Wire
07-27-2001
(Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A new archiving project by The Harvard Crimson is drawing controversy for its employment of Cambodian typists.
The Crimson, the nation's second oldest college daily, plans to invest almost $500,000 dollars to digitize all 128 years of the newspaper.
For the project, The Crimson has worked with companies in Virginia and Massachusetts who in turn employ workers in India and Cambodia to type articles from every issue of the paper since it began as The Harvard Magenta in 1873.
THE PROJECT
Crimson President C. Matthew MacInnis '02 says that he believes the resulting database will be the largest archive of ...