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This small, hands-on research seminar introduces students to the use of emerging artificial intelligence tools in archival research. Working with historical records that have not yet been scanned or digitized, students will learn how AI can assist with transcription, annotation, indexing, and interpretation of primary sources. The course focuses particularly on nineteenth-century materials connected to the life, family, and legacy of Johns Hopkins, including manuscripts, correspondence, land records, and other archival documents. Students will also work with records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in both the United States and Britain, including meeting minutes, membership records, epistles, and other materials that shed light on the transatlantic social and religious networks that shaped Hopkins’s world. Students interested in this course are encouraged to contact the instructor before registering.