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The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. Do you have a document or even a full-length book that you would like to enter into a computer's database or word processor? You could re-type the entire thing. If your typing ability is as bad as mine, that will be a very lengthy task. Of course, you could hire a professional typist to do the same, but that is also expensive. We all have computers, so why not use a high-quality scanner? You will also need optical character recognition (OCR) technology. OCR is the technology...

An extraordinary collection of items belonging to Worcester native Andrew Haswell Green will be sold this week in an unprecedented four-day auction at the DCU Center in Worcester. Among the thousands of documents, artworks, china, clothing, and toys being sold are handwritten correspondence to and from four presidents and a rare, printed copy of George Washington’s will. Green died in 1903. Most of his possessions were immediately placed in crates and were not opened until last year when each item was removed, examined, and catalogued. Items discovered in the crates and being auctioned include: an 1810 letter from President James...