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Title:
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Lincolnshire, 1856-1919

Subject Categories:
Administrative history - History
Economic history - History
Local history - History
Social history - History
Transport history - History
Urban history - History
Trade, industry and markets - Industry and management

Depositor(s):
Keith, J., University of Leicester. Registrar's Office

Principal Investigator(s):
Cornell, E., University of Leicester. Library

Sponsor(s):
New Opportunities Fund
Higher Education Funding Councils

Other Acknowledgements:
A preliminary pilot scheme received support from the Higher Education Funding Council, Specialised Research Collections in the Humanities Programme

Abstract:
The aim of the project was to improve access to local and trade directories for the period 1750-1919 by making a substantial collection of English and Welsh directories available online as a Digital Library of Historical Directories.
This digital resource comprises in total some 600 directories, covering every English county together with Wales, and ranging widely over the period 1750-1919 (the latter cut-off point chosen for copyright reasons). There is a particular focus on the 1850s, 1890s and 1910s, with at least one directory provided for each county in each of these decades.
The digitisation of the volumes involved a two-stage process, in which (1) the hard-copy source was scanned to produce a graphic image of each page, and then (2) those images were processed using OCR software to generate a machine-readable text file.



Main Topics:
The directories included are of many different kinds, commonly embracing trade, commercial, and private resident directories, together with gazetteers, almanacs, official information, etc. For the purposes of deposit in the UK Data Archive, the collection has been divided into 35 studies on a regional and temporal basis.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1856-1919
Country: England
Geography: Lincolnshire
Spatial Units: Ancient Counties
Observation Units: Text units (documents/chapters/words)
Kind of Data: Textual data; Image

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:Subnational
Population:Selected Directories from Lincolnshire

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Weighting: No weighting conducted
Data Sources:
History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire, 1856. (899 pages)
City of Lincoln Directory, 1857. (118 pages)
Post Office Directory of Lincolnshire, 1861. (535 pages)
Post Office Directory of Lincolnshire, 1868. (566 pages)
White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire, 1872. (897 pages)
Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1885. (695 pages)
Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1889. (761 pages)
Directory of City of Lincoln, 1894. (272 pages)
Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1896. (866 pages)
Directory of City of Lincoln, 1897. (272 pages)
Directory of City of Lincoln, 1901. (330 pages)
Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1905. (932 pages)
Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1909. (928 pages)
Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1913. (967 pages)
Directory of City of Lincoln, 1913. (420 pages)
Directory of City of Lincoln, 1919. (438 pages)
Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1919. (933 pages)

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: History Data Service, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: hds@essex.ac.uk
Please Note: Users can search the Digital Library of Historical Directories at http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp (last viewed on 02/08/2006).

Date of Release:
First Edition: 13 February 2006

Copyright:
Copyright University of Leicester

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