The Newspaper Press Directory (1881-1920)
Name
mitchell_1881-1920.zip
Description
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Size
582.18 MB
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Resource type
Dataset
Date published
2022
Abstract
Newspaper directories produced and published annually in contemporary 19th Britain by advertising agent Charles Mitchell. Newspapers listed primarily listed in alphabetical order of the town the newspaper where the title was published. Information for each title included: features connected with the district such as population and trade; principal towns in district; title, price, day of publication; politics; date of first issue; political leanings and special interests; proprietors and publishers. Some overseas titles information also included in selected years.
Creator (organisation)
C. Mitchell and Co.
British Library
Contributor (person)
McKernan, Luke
Contributor (organisation)
British Library
Living with Machines
Project(s)
Living with Machines
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Arts and Humanities Research Council | AH/S01179X/1 |
Publisher
British Library
Place of publication
London, UK
Official URL
Additional information
The file consists of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) text in XML format for each year the directory was published, where a physical copy is housed in the Newsroom. The digitised pages will be made available on BL's Universal Viewer
Collection