This trial will end 10 June 2012
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) is a multi-year global digitization and publishing program focusing on primary source collections of the long nineteenth century, with archives releasing incrementally from 2012 onwards.
The content is sourced from the world’s preeminent libraries and archives. It consists of monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, photographs, statistics, and other kinds of documents in both Western and non-Western languages. Because some documents are rare and in delicate or extremely fragile condition, Gale Digital Collections works in close coordination with curators and preservationists to maintain the originals for posterity. With authoritative content, trustworthy and extensive bibliographic information, and technology that fits the needs of today’s researchers, Nineteenth Century Collections Online is poised to revolutionize research on the nineteenth century.
The archives of Nineteenth Century Collections Online are presented in topic-specific modules. During this trial we have access to all three archive modules released to date:
Asia & the West: Cultural & Diplomatic Exchange. This archive features primary source collections related to international relations between Asian countries and the West during the 19th century. These invaluable documents–many never before available–include government reports, diplomatic correspondences, periodicals, newspapers, treaties, trade agreements, NGO papers, and more. Documents are sourced from The National Archives, Kew; The National Archives, United States; and other collections.
British Politics & Society. Including papers of British statesmen, Home Office records, ordnance surveys, working class autobiographies, and other unique collections, British Politics and Society is a remarkable resource for scholars looking to explore the political and social history of Britain. Source libraries are the British Library, Oxford University, and The National Archives, Kew.
The Corvey Collection of European Literature, 1790 – 1840. This archive includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important archives of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere–including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry and more–with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers.