Three New Digital Collections Now Available Online From the British Library Endangered Archives Program

From the Endangered Archives Program (EAP) Blog:

Over the past month we’ve continued making new archive collections available to view through our website. You can read about the individual projects below.

• Records from the archives of Tristan da Cunha [EAP951]

“Tristan da Cunha is a small island located in the southern Atlantic Ocean and known as “the remotest island in the world”. Its isolated location means it has unique flora and fauna which have been studied in scientific expeditions since the 19th century. Some of the records include diaries and other documents related to these expeditions, as well as reports on the number of penguins, seals, and other wildlife on the island.”

• Records relating to the Shevchenko Scientific Society, Ukraine [EAP900]

“The Shevchenko Scientific Society (ShSS) in Lviv is a Ukrainian institution that specialises in the history of Central and Eastern Europe. It was founded in 1873 and is dedicated to the promotion of academic research and publication. Subject areas include Philosophy, Philology, Ethnography, Mathematics, and Natural Studies. The ShSS played the role of the Academy of Sciences before the foundation and opening of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev in 1918.”

• Archival material relating to the ‘Young India’ gramophone record label [EAP190]

“This project digitised gramophone records, disc labels, record catalogues and publicity material from ‘The National Gramophone Record Manufacturing Company Ltd. Bombay’, which issued records under the ‘Young India’ label between 1935-1955. The company produced over 10,000 titles on 78-rpm, 10 inch diameter shellac discs with two songs per disc.”

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