17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
The largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media.
Holds almost 1300 titles - including pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers - with most materials published in London and some examples from English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers and the British colonies in a collection originally gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817).
The archive contains such a wealth of historic media that researchers can explore the materials to chart the development of the newspaper as we know it today, from the earliest examples of irregularly published transcriptions of Parliamentary debates and proclamations. Specific examples of note include the first successful London daily newspaper and first illustrated newspaper.
How can this collection be used in teaching, studying and research?
The collection offers students and researchers studying history, literature, sociology, English and American studies insight into popular opinion and political, cultural and economic news of the 17th and 18th century.
Highlights from this collection
The Whitehall Evening Post’s advertisement for The Memoirs of Fanny Hill a few days before the publisher was taken into custody and all copies seized, and also The English Chronicle’s headline, ‘FRENCH REVOLUTION!’ for an article on the 18th of July 1789 reporting on the fall of the Bastille.
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Arts and Humanities, Advertising, Anthropology, Communication and Media Studies, Medicine including Dentistry, Humanities, Social Sciences, Journalism, Politics, History, Sociology, Publishing, Health and Life Sciences, Science, Engineering and Technology, Social Sciences
