State Papers Online, Julia de Mowbray, Publisher Scott Dawson, Product Manager

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1 GALE DIGITAL COLLECTIONS State Papers Online, Julia de Mowbray, Publisher Scott Dawson, Product Manager

2 Gale Digital Collections The world s largest scholarly primary source digital library Gale has changed the nature of research and education forever with Gale Digital Collections 25 digital collections - spanning 550 years of international history Other content providers can t match the depth of these collections nor the technology behind it.

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6 GALE DIGITAL COLLECTIONS State Papers Online, State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council Parts I & II: The Tudors: Parts III & IV: The Seventeenth Century and the Stuarts,

7 The evolution of State Papers Online Oct 2006: When are you going to digitize Complete State Papers Domestic? Series One: Units 1-10, 227 reels Units 1-5: Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, Units 6-9: James I, Unit 10: Addenda, Series Two, Units 11-35, 552 reels Units 11-18: Charles I, Units 19-24: Interregnum, Units 25-34: Charles II Unit 35: William III and Mary--King William's Chest Series Three Units 36-41: Henry VIII, Complete Collection: 903 reels

8 Advisory Board Dr Paul Ayris Director of Library Services, University College London Dr Amanda Bevan The National Archives Dr John Cooper University of York Professor Tom Cogswell University of California, Riverside Dr Richard Cust University of Birmingham Professor Norman Jones Utah State University Professor John Miller Queen Mary, University of London Professor John Morrill University of Cambridge Dr Neil Younger University of Birmingham General Editor: Parts I and II (Sixteenth Century) Dr Stephen Alford, University of Cambridge

9 What would make SPO a really valuable research archive for Early Modern research? * The linking of each Calendar entry with each manuscript document SPO overcomes the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry to the original Paper by linking each facsimile document to its Calendar entry * A searchable product All the Calendars are fully searchable including the indexes * The reuniting of State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Borders, Scotland and Ireland * Including the Registers of the Privy Council * Including State Papers now in other collections such as the British Library s Cotton and Harley Collections and the Cecil Papers at Hatfield House SPO unites State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Borders, Ireland, Lansdowne Collection Burghley Papers, Cotton, Harley manuscripts with the Registers of the Privy Council

10 Part 1: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, : State Papers Domestic TNA: SP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 BL: Lansdowne, Burghley Papers Hatfield House: Cecil Papers (Calendars and transcriptions only) Calendars to all Part II: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, : State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Registers of the Privy Council TNA: SP 46, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, PC 2 BL: State Papers in the Cotton, Harley Collection, Yelverton Manuscripts Calendars or lists to all

11 Part III: James I, to Anne, : State Papers Domestic TNA: SP 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45 BL: Coke Papers: Add MS , , , Calendars to all Part IV: James I to Anne, : State Papers Foreign, Ireland and Registers of Privy Council TNA: SP 46, 47, 54, 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 112, PC 1, 2, 4, 6 BL: State Papers in the Harley Collection Calendars or lists to all

12 Size est pages % Part I: 16C Domestic 380,000pp 13% Part II: 16C Foreign, etc 500,000pp 18% Part III: 17C Domestic 1,100,000pp 40% Part IV: 17C Foreign, etc 900,000pp 29% Total: 2,880,000 pp 100%

13 Photographs taken during the preparation of the documents for scanning

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15 Document Calendar entry for document Scanned facsimile images of State Papers (as above left) Calendars, transcripts or hand lists re-keyed (as above right) Each document will be linked to its Calendar entry

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17 Home page

18 Advanced search with search fields and limiters *All = Calendar Entries plus front matter, end matter, indexes *Text = Calendar/transcription Entries only *Document Title *Series number = SP 10 or SP 10/1 *Place of writing *Author *Recipient

19 Results List Icons will link to: Document Full Calendar entry with notes Show/hide Calendar entry

20 Mock-up: Parallel view: Calendar and Document

21 Mock-up: Document and notepad

22 Mock-up: Personal Archive Personal Archive Saved Searches Saved Documents Saved Notes

23 Mock-up: Browse State Papers SP 1 Vol. 1 Vol. 2 Vol. 3. SP 2 SP 3 SP 4 SP 5 SP 6 folio 1 folio 2 folio 3 folio 4 folio 5. Letters & Papers Henry VIII Vol. 1, Part I Part II Part III Vol. II Vol. III Vol. IV CSP, Domestic Series, Edward VI CSP, Domestic Series, Mary I CSP, Domestic Series, Ed VI, Mary I, Eliz I, CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, add, CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz,

24 Abbreviations Glossaries Dates Research Tools Money, weights and measures Chronology Genealogical Tree of the Tudors and Stuarts Diagram Maps showing counties of England, dioceses and linguistic boundaries The Structure of Government Links to Related Resources Biographies, Understanding Documents, Palaeography Courses, Latin Courses Primary Sources, Texts, Catalogues and Bibliographies, Maps and Place Names Portraits and Images Contact us / Discussion Forum to send comments, corrections, transcriptions

25 Image Library Portraits of key figures Illustrations from the funeral of Queen Elizabeth to illustrations of London and the Thames Maps including Lord Burghley s Atlas Key Documents A selection of key documents from the archive enables quick access for teaching

26 The significance of SPO has been immediately recognized this project would be of tremendous interest, both as a research tool and a teaching device at undergraduate & postgraduate levels, comparable to EEBO or Thomson's own ECCO. Dr Henry French, University of Exeter If affordable, every research library would want to buy this.... linking the correct Calendar reference to the document would be huge advance. Dr John Cooper, University of York Containing facsimile manuscript material as well as the printed calendars, it is an absolutely fantastic - and unrivalled - resource for early modernists working on a huge range of topics. Dr Garthine Walker, University of Cardiff SPO can help us answer what is meant by the state and what were its functions. Professor Mark Knights, University of Warwick

27 An essential resource for: Early Modern history: diplomatic political social cultural local legal religious kingship and queenship European travel and trade Early Modern literature The Reformation and Religious History

28 Sample document: The funeral of Mary I

29 Themes of Part I: Monarchs Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I Rule by a minor Rule by a woman (twice) Religion and the State - The Reformation Henry VIII s break with Rome Establishment of the Protestant Church of England Marriage alliances the person and the State Mary I s marriage with Philip (later Philip II of Spain) Marriage proposals for Elizabeth I Wars and treaties diplomacy domestic and foreign Naval power, War against the Armada & Sir Francis Drake Treaty with the Netherlands Irish rebellion Relationship between Scotland and England James I

30 Essays for SPO I by leading scholars with links to the documents Introduction, Dr Stephen Alford, University of Cambridge The State Papers of Henry VIII: The Archives and the Documents, Dr Amanda Bevan, The National Archives The State Papers of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I: The Archives and the Documents, Dr Stephen Alford The Calendars and their Editors, , Dr C. S. Knighton, formerly at The National Archives Tudor Monarchy, Dr John Cooper, University of York The Tudor State, Dr Neil Younger, University of Birmingham Tudor Society, Matthew Clark, University of Cambridge Henry VIII s Break with Rome, Dr Richard Rex, University of Cambridge Politicians and Statesmen I: Cardinal Wolsey, Dr David Grummitt, The History of Parliament Politicians and Statesmen II: William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Dr Stephen Alford

31 SPO brings a new future for research A powerful research solution not available elsewhere SPO creates a search engine for manuscript documents SPO overcomes the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry to the original Paper by linking each facsimile document to its Calendar entry SPO reunites documents sub-divided by earlier generations (Domestic, Foreign, etc) SPO is created in consultation with Advisory Board of key British and American experts on the subject and documents