Summary of newly bookmarked websites for historians 9/12/10

Cartes et plans conservés à la Bibliothèque municipale du Havre

Digitised historical maps from the Bibliothèque municipale du Havre. Search by area/ town, by period, etc.

Kleine Zeitungen der Partei DIE LINKE und ihres Umfeldes

A list of small party political newspapers of Die Linke. Just gives titles and the editor or publisher.

Matrikel der Universität Rostock: 1791 Juli – 1841 Juli

Digitised matriculation records of Rostock University from July 1791 to July 1841

Hamburger Adressbücher

Digitised address and phone books for 1787 to 1903 and for the area of Altona from 1802-1903.

Europäische Geschichte Online (EGO)

A general portal of t4rans-European history and culture by the Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz. Still under construction, it covers the histories by history of themes and events as well as theory & methods.

Repertorium deutscher wissenschaftlicher Periodika des 18. Jahrhunderts

Repertory of German scientific periodicals of the 18th century is an an instrument for research on the history and philosophy of science and technology during the Enlightenment. It contains the table of contents of most 18th century periodicals that published scientific articles and/or reviews in the German speaking countries. These include the (Nova) Acta Eruditorum, and other important periodicals published under the auspices of Academies of Science and early professional journals. A total of over 400 volumes and more than 13.000 articles have been made accessible in this project.

Petite presse ouvrière lyonnaise, 1831-1835 (La)

The digital library La petite presse ouvrière lyonnaise (Lyon, France) opens a window on the history of a short period after the 1830 so-called Liberty Revolution in France, from 1831 to 1835. The project digitised local newspapers for the study of the working-class. It focuses on left radical newspapers. These newspapers give voice to silk workers debates about “industrial association”, “mutual teaching”, “social economy”, “hygiene”, “jurisprudence”, etc.

The website contains PDF images of the newspapers and text translations. For L’Echo de la Fabrique (1831-1834), L’Echo des Travailleurs (1833-1834), L’Indicateur (1834-1835), La tribune Prolétaire (1834-1835) and Le Nouvel Echo de la Fabrique (15 août 1835) entirely digitised versions of the newspapers issues are available as PDF image files together with a text translation of the former for text mining activities.

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