Burney Collection of Newspapers

Internet based search interface for the Burney Collection digital archive.

The Burney Collection consists of over 1,270 17th-18th century newspapers and other news materials, gathered by Charles Burney, most notable for the 18th-century London newspapers. The original collection, totalling almost 1 million pages, is held by the British Library.

Contents of the collection

Highlights

Key objects in the collection include:

Summary

The collection begins with Parliamentary papers from 1603, and newspapers from the early 1620s. 18th-century London newspapers are the richest part of the collection.

The following is an incomplete list of titles covering some of the most popular.

* These items are available as part of the online collection.[2][3]

Preservation and access

Microfilm

Due to rapid deterioration of the collection, a decision was made to microfilm the collection and restrict access to physical copies. The success of the microfilm project led to many other book collections being preserved on film.[4]

Access to the collection

See also

References

  1. "Dublin Coffee Houses". Askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  2. "Burney Collection Newspapers - Licensed Digital Collections - National Library of Scotland". nls.uk. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  4. Barker, Nicholas, "Publishing and preservation", Library Publishing, British Library Occasional Papers 2, p. 58
  5. "The Burney Collection: 17th and 18th Century newspapers free online". JISC. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2011-01-10.

Sources

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