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Blogs using the British Newspaper Archive Blog #3 Roman amphitheatres

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Roman amphitheatres

Upon recently visiting the Roman amphitheatre at Arles, I marvelled at the scale of the building, and Roman engineering skills.

Pictures taken of Arles amphitheatre – Images © Edmund M B King

BNA images © The British Library Board

During the visit, we came across a notice board: “Principaux amphitheatres du monde romain”, which shows a list of dimensions for each one. Arles is number twelve on the list, out of twenty-one. I was intrigued that Pouzzoles ( Pozzuoli/ Puteoli) was even larger than the colosseum in Rome.

As the wiki articles on these amphitheatres states:

“The elliptical structure [at Pozzuoli] measures 147 x 117 meters (482 x 384 feet), with the arena floor measuring 72.22 x 42.33 meters (237 x 139 feet). “

“Capua is one of the largest in existence; the longer diameter is 170 m (185 yd), the shorter 140 m (152 yd), and the arena measures 75 by 45 m (83 by 49 yd), ...”

“[The Colosseum] is elliptical in plan and is 189 meters (615 ft / 640 Roman feet) long, and 156 meters (510 ft / 528 Roman feet) wide, with a base area of 6 acres (24,000 m).”

The measurements on this list at Arles, for the Rome Colosseum and for Capua are substantiated by measurements cited today. However, the measurement for Pozzuoli appears to be incorrect.

Picture taken of Arles amphitheatre – Image © Edmund MB King

Accounts of Roman amphitheatres appeared early in UK newspapers.

Rome Colosseum.

The obvious size and presence of the colosseum in Rome prompted many reports, such as the one. ‘The Colosseum at Rome’, in the Leicester Journal - Friday 4 September 1829 (p4. Col 4). Signed by ‘[A] Correspondent in an American paper’, it reads as a survey of the building, with an educational tone, imparting as many details as possible.

Leicester Journal - Friday 4 September 1829

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000205/18290904/020/0004

There is a striking illustration: ‘Archaeologists in Rome: a lecture in the colosseum’ - printed in The Graphic - Saturday 28 October 1893 p.13. It shows a large group of dozens of people being escorted within the arena itself, giving us the impression of size of the interior, together with the amount of interest that such an ancient ruin was arousing.

The Graphic - Saturday 28 October 1893

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000057/18931028/022/0018?_=1350894997754

Pozzuoli amphitheatre

Pozzuoli amphitheatre is mentioned in a chatty account entitled: ‘A continental trip. Letter IX’, published in the Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 29 March 1856 (p.4 cols. 1-2) : “The Cathedral [in Naples] is dedicate to St. Januarius, or Gennaro, as the Italians call him – the principal saint of Naples. His history is replete with miracles. It is said that when exposed in the amphitheatre of Pozzuoli to be devoured by lions, the animals licked his feet, and became tame; which converted many to Christianity…”

Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 29 March 1856

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000172/18560329/053/0004

A week later in the same newspaper, ‘Letter X’ offers more: “The most perfect among the ruins of Pozzuoli are those of the Amphitheatre on the hill behind the present town. The date of its construction is unknown, but it is said to be older than the Coliseum of Rome, which it resembles in its elliptical form, and in being surrounded with rows of marble seats rising above each other. …” (Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 05 April 1856 p.4 col.1-2)

Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 5 April 1856

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000172/18560405/056/0004

Capua amphitheatre

In a ‘London’ editorial ( a pot-pourri of miscellaneous matters), published in the Reading Mercury - Monday 28 June 1830 (p.2 col. 1), ‘Ancient Remains’ mentions Capua amphitheatre: “A letter from Naples, dated on the 2^nd June says, “At Santa Maria, near Caserts (ancient Capua), his Scicilian Majesty has had explorations made amidst the fine relics of the amphitheatre. There have been found in the caverns forty gold medals, six bronze, and a very singular mask of ivory. The gold and medals are of the times of the Emperors.” ”

Reading Mercury - Monday 28 June 1830

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000367/18300628/003/0002

Interest in Roman amphitheatres continued as more discoveries were made. In ‘Excavations at Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Capua’, printed in the Hereford Journal - Saturday 22 February 1862 (p.3 col.6), “We learn from a correspondent at Naples that fresh excavations have been made during the last month (January) at Pompeii, in that part of the city (insula) near two theatres. Painting and frescos have been discovered… At Capua the excavations of the amphitheatre are about to re-commence, as well as at Pompeii, which contains the most remarkable circus of antiquity, as regards its state of preservation , especially the underground part, which is of unparalleled interest.”

Hereford Journal - Saturday 22 February 1862

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000398/18620222/014/0003

So, we return to Arles amphitheatre. The Graphic published ‘A day at Arles’ on Saturday 24 June 1882 ( p.13): “The Amphitheatre at Arles is the largest built by the Romans out of Italy, and dates from the time of Caligula. It is 459 feet by 341 feet, has five corridors, and contained about 26,000 spectators. From one of the towers there is a magnificent view of the old town below [this is still true today], of the larger and lesser Rhone winding through the plain and the distant mountains…” http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000057/18820624/022/0013

On page 15 of the same issue, four illustrations are printed of this amphitheatre. The views of the interior and the exterior convey the sense of scale and monumentality that can be viewed today.

The Graphic - Saturday 24 June 1882

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As The Graphic article states in conclusion to ‘A day at Arles’: “No one who can spare the time, especially those who have not been to South Italy, should pass Arles without a visit.”

Ed King

November 2012

Images taken of Arles amphitheatre - © Edmund MB King

USA Presidential Election of 1884 BNA blog#2

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As we approach the end of the 2012 U.S Presidential Election, predictions say there will be a close contest between Obama and Romney. There have been other narrow victories in the past.

There are thousands of newspaper articles for each of the 19^th century U.S. Presidential elections. There was a close race in the presidential election of 1884, between Cleveland (Democrat) and Blaine (Republican). Reuter’s Telegrams were often quoted, as in Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 04 October 1884 (p.5 col. 6): “Governor Cleveland visited Buffalo last night, and, in spite of stormy weather and heavy rain, met with a great ovation. He made a short speech. Reuter’s Telegram.”

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/18841004/021/0005

Ohio was seen as a key state to win, as the report stated, in the London Standard - Wednesday 15 October 1884 (p5. col.5) The statement that Blaine visited forty-eight counties and seventy cities in Ohio, “… to beg for votes” is not a phrase that would appear in newspaper reports today.

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18841015/035/0005?_=1351196669369

Three days later, on the 18 October, the London Standard - Saturday 18 October 1884 (p.5 col.8) reported on the importance of the Irish voters in the New York State election: “…this in turn chiefly depending upon the Irish element, for whose support both parties are, of course, bidding. An an instance of this pandering to Irish sentiment, several journals to-day print nearly a column in Gaelic characters.”

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18841018/045/0005

The campaign was marked by drama, when an assault on Governor Cleveland was reported by the London Standard - Tuesday 21 October 1884 (p.5. col. 5): Mr. Cleveland was struck several times, but was not seriously hurt…” and a party political note was inserted next: “Desperate measures are being resorted to by Mr. Blaine’s supporters to injure Mr. Cleveland’s chances of election to the Presidency, and the latest has been the sending of obscene pamphlets to ladies and others who have been working in his cause.”

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18841021/034/0005

In 1884, as today, the candidates and their supporters tracked each other’s efforts closely, as is very evident in the report in the Western Daily Press - Saturday 25 October 1884 (p.7 col.4). “Mr. Blaine’s managers, regarding his chances of succeeding in New York as critical, have beguna special campaign in Indiana, New Jersey and Connecticut, in order to secure these three states is possible.”

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/18841025/040/0007

Interest intensified as the counting neared its completion. The Shields Daily Gazette - Thursday 06 November 1884 (p.3 col.1) conveyed the atmosphere at the American Exchange with members, “…gathering in little knots to discuss the latest cablegrams.” And: “There was betting on the contest, too, as there has been all along in America; and on the whole, Cleveland had slightly the best of it.”

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000286/18841106/003/0003

On Friday 7 Nov 1884, at least twelve reports in different regional and London papers were printed about the Presidential Election with headings such as ‘The Presidential Election; The American Election, The American Presidential Election’: Shields Daily Gazette; Gloucester Citizen, Liverpool Echo, Manchester Evening News, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Dundee Courier, Glasgow Herald, Belfast News-Letter, Nottinghamshire Guardian, Western Daily Press, Derby Daily Telegraph, Western Gazette,

The Nottinghamshire Guardian - Friday 07 November 1884 (p.6 cols. 3-5) excelled with a three column report, which gives state by state results that were ‘certain’ and those that were ‘doubtful’, with the overall result still in doubt, each party claiming success. There were also three portraits of Cleveland, Blaine and Butler.

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000176/18841107/022/0006

What is lucidly conveyed to us today about the 1884 U.S. Presidential Election, is the vibrancy, the passion and the huge geographical scope of this election – all features which prevail in October and November 2012, as the current election reaches its climax very soon.

Ed King

October 2012

Blogs using the British Newspaper Archive Blog#1 Saving seamen’s lives Robert Stevenson

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Saving seamen’s lives – Robert Stevenson

Of those prominent in saving seamen’s lives, Robert Stevenson (172-1850) is a worthy candidate. His death on 12 July 1850 was noted in the Manchester Times - Wednesday 17 July 1850, p.7. col.6. “He was the sole designer and sole executioner of the celebrated Bell Rock Lighthouse.”

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000502/18500720/024/0007

Perhaps the most significant contribution he made to the safety of ships and seamen in Scotland was the construction of the Bell Rock lighthouse, in 1807-1811. Lives at sea had always been lost as a result of storms. That of 1799 off the East Coast of Scotland resulted in seventy vessels lost, with most of their crews. (Caledonian Mercury, Monday 29 June, 1807, and thp.3 col.2.) http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000045/18070629/007/0003 ) After this, renewed energy was made to design and install a lighthouse to prevent such losses; attention focused upon Bell Rock, eleven miles south of Abroath, and one of the most dangerous reefs for ships. Robert Stevenson submitted his proposals to the Commissioners for Northern Lights, and was appointed Assistant Engineer for its construction.

The obstacles to building were daunting: stormy weather was frequent; work could only be undertaken in summer months and at low tide. The story of the work was followed by a number of newspapers, in particular the Caledonian Mercury. Reported in their issue of Saturday 25 August 1810 (p.3 col.4), there was a letter written by “…a gentleman engaged in the undertaking”. It was reported that the lighthouse foundation stone was laid on Sunday 10^th July 1808. The lighthouse was to be 100 feet high and 42 feet in diameter at its base. The writer went on: “… The foundation course is on a level with low water springtides, the sea accordingly, … seldom rises more than 16 feet of the building; yet, in the month of June last [1809] when the lighthouse was 70 feet high, the workmen were actually driven off the walls by the sea spray.”

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000045/18100825/011/0003?_=1349599584053

Despite these difficulties, construction was complete by the end of 1810, and the Commissioners announced that the light from the lighthouse would commence from the 1^st February 1811. (Caledonian Mercury Saturday 5 January 1811 p. 3 col. 4)

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000045/18110105/011/0004

The light would appear: “… alternately of a bright yellow and deep red colour, by means of coloured glass.” It was to be visible for 12 miles out into the German ~Ocean, “… at so great a distance as to assist in preventing the recurrence of such dismal mistakes as have this winter happened in what seafaring people term Berwick Bay.” The article concluded: “We cannot help adding, that it is owing to the laudable zeal of the Commissioners having been duly seconded by the enterprize [sic] and indefatigable perseverance of their engineer, Mr Stevenson, that our Scottish Eddistone Lighthouse has been completed, a whole year sooner than we could possibly have anticipated.”. (Caledonian Mercury Thursday 10 January 1811, p.3 col. 4) http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000045/18110105/011/0004

Robert Stevenson wrote and published his work: An account of Bell Rock light-house with a circumstantial detail of the operations carried on during the progress of its erection, in 1824. An advertisement placed (probably by the publisher A. Constable) in the Leeds Intelligencer of 27 May 1824, p.1 states: “Embellished with numerous engravings and a frontispiece from a drawing by Turner… As only 240 copies of this work are printed for sale, early application for copies will be necessary.” http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000193/18240527/021/0001?_=1350902812224

As engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board from 1808 to 1843, Robert Stevenson designed and constructed at least eighteen lighthouses. Reports of these appear regularly in newspapers : progress on the Isle of May lighthouse (Caledonian Mercury Thursday 1 February 1816 p.3 col. 2) http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000045/18160201/008/0003 ;

And the Dunnet Head Lighthouse – “Notice to Mariners” ( Belfast Newsletter Tuesday 30 August 1831 p.3. col. 4.) http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/18310830/007/0003

Robert Stevenson’s sons – Alan, David, and Thomas all worked in the family business. The endeavour to improve the safety of seamen and of their ships continued. David and Thomas were also engineers to the Northern Lighthouse Board in the years 1855-1882. They designed some 28 beacons and 30 lighthouses. What of Thomas’s only son? He was none other than Robert Louis Stevenson, who inherited his father’s talent for writing. By 1871, Robert Louis gave up his early training in engineering, and, partly as a result of poor health, he rejected any further interest in the family engineering enterprise, going on to write famous novels as Kidnapped and the Strange case of Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde, both published in 1886. Amongst his many poems, the Light-Keeper evokes memories of his early training in lights and lighthouses:

The clear bell chimes: the clockworks strain:
    The turning lenses flash and pass,
Frame turning within glittering frame
    With frosty gleam of moving glass:
Unseen by me, each dusky hour
The sea-waves welter up the tower
    Or in the ebb subside again;
And ever and anon all night,
Drawn from afar by charm of light,
    A sea-bird beats against the pane.

Ed King

October 2012

Friday, 11 October 2024

Else Delaunay In Memoriam

Else Delaunay in memoriam

Else Delaunay (1933–2024), here in Mozhaisk (Russia) 2008, at the IFLA Newspaper Conference

Else Delaunay passed away almost unnoticed in July 2024, after communication with her had been interrupted since around 2020. Whether it was an accident or COVID, she could no longer be reached by mail, telephone or electronically. Even friends and contacts in Paris had no knowledge of her whereabouts.

Else Margrethe Dahl was born in Denmark. Her father, Svend Dahl (1887–1963), was the renowned Danish national librarian from 1943 until his retirement in 1952. (Endnote 1) It is apparent that she received a good education, spoke English, French and German, and it came as no surprise that she developed an interest in the library profession. She was particularly attracted to France, where she soon felt at home. She married the physician Albert Delaunay (1910–1993), who worked as Chef du Service de Pathologie expérimentale for the Institut Louis Pasteur and who already had a family from a previous marriage. He wrote a history of the Institut (Endnote 2) and a history of biology that was translated into other languages.

Else worked as a cataloguer in the serials department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Endnote 3), where she later took over the Preservation and Microfilming section (1989–1998) and became responsible for newspapers in particular. (Endnote 4) It was the 1987 London conference (First International Symposium on Newspaper Preservation and Access) that sparked a broader professional interest in newspapers and also made a lasting impression on Else. (Endnote 5) Subsequently, the Working Group for Newspapers within the Serials Section of IFLA gained a degree of autonomy as a round table, and the newspaper work picked up speed, thanks to the commitment of highly motivated and energetic international members such as Henry Snyder, Geoffrey Hamilton, Else Delaunay, Ed King and Majlis Bremer-Laamanen. Else's Guidelines for the preservation microfilming of newspapers (1996) is particularly worthy of mention here.

It soon became clear that, however energetic the small group was, it lacked the time and infrastructure to work on projects seriously. So the focus was placed more on events, international cooperation and the exchange of experience. Since this could not be achieved within the two-hour time slot allotted during the IFLA annual conference, a series of 2 to 3-day mid-term meetings at different locations was set up, which allowed us to target an audience which hardly ever attended IFLA conferences (if only for cost reasons). It also made it possible for the special situation of the country or region to be highlighted, information about newspaper holdings to be provided and the importance of newspapers as a medium to be emphasized. The most important contributions presented at these conferences in places like Santiago de Chile, Salt Lake City, Moscow, Stockholm, Cape Town, Canberra and Shanghai were published in ten volumes of proceedings. It goes without saying that a colleague as experienced as Else Delaunay played an important role, both as a lecturer and as a co-organizer.

In addition, Else worked tirelessly on the volumes of the French Press Bibliography, for which she recorded six French administrative departments. During her retirement, she continued to work in the library as a "conservateur honoraire".

As Else had already stated in her article "How I became a member..." (p. 27), "We became a kind of family!" The hard core of the Round Table had the idea of meeting annually even after retirement, now as a kind of family reunion, which also took place, at different locations. Since there are no records of this, they are mentioned here:

2014 Berlin

2015 St. Albans

2016 France

2017 Mikkeli

2018 Edinburgh

2019 Halle

2020 Norwich (dropped because of COVID)

2023 Norwich

2024 Porvoo

Else attended these meetings until Halle, it was only thereafter that contact with her was lost, almost certainly for health reasons. During a random internet search, a notification was found that she had died on July 11, 2024.

While Else was characterized as a pillar of support in the committee work, it should be added that she had a warm personality, was open to ideas and plans, kind, helpful and generous, and endowed with a contagious humor. It is indeed not only a knowledgeable and hardworking colleague who has left us, but a lovable member of our family!

Eve Johansson (formerly of the British Library Newspaper Library) who knew Else longer than most of us kindly contributed two anecdotes which round off Else’s picture:

“When Else was a student, working in the old Salle Ovale at the BN in rue

Richelieu, someone told the then Director “You know whose daughter you

have in the reading room, don’t you?”

I don’t know if that was how she was recruited.

She told me once that when she was at school during World War II, the students knitted themselves berets in red, white and blue, the colours of the RAF, and there was nothing the German forces could do about it.”

Else’s Publications

Bibliothèque nationale. France : Catalogue général des périodiques (1987)

Note : Reproduction sur microfiches du fichier manuel pour les périodiques français et étrangers de la Bibliothèque nationale des origines à 1959

Guide de l'utilisateur du Catalogue général des périodiques de la Bibliothèque nationale, des origines à 1959.

Paris: Chadwyck-Healey 1988. 33 leaves.

The Impact of Storage and Housing on Preservation of Serial Publications.

Managing the preservation of serial literature; sponsored by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and the Library of Congress. Ed. by Merrily A. Smith. München 1992, p. 38-

Various Restoration Processes of Periodicals with regard to Experiences of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

Bestandssicherung und Bestandsrestaurierung; Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut. Hrsg. von Susan Aramayo ... Berlin 1992, p. 54-

(with Jean-Marie Arnoult): Serials Preservation in Western Europe: The French Example.

Guidelines for the preservation microfilming of newspapers.

IFLA Professional Reports 49 (1996)

Le devenir des papiers modernes 1: Quelle politique pour quelle mémoire ? (Reproduction numérisée) journée du 16 décembre 1997 / Pierre-Marc de Biasi, Louise Merzeau, éd., présent.; Else Delaunay... [et al.], participants.

Description matérielle : 4 disques compacts enregistrables (49 min 59 s, 35 min 12 s, 1 h 03 min 19 s, 31 min 27 s)

Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France 2000. Auteur du texte : Else Delaunay

Bilan de programmes de sauvegarde lancées à travers le monde: succès et échecs. II. Amérique du Nord, Europe.

Proceedings of the IFLA Symposium Managing the Preservation of Periodicals and Newspapers. München: Saur 2002, 84

Bibliographie de la presse française politique et d'information générale des origines à 1944. 43: Haute-Loire. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale (2003). 60 p.

Bibliografia gazet: filozofia, strategia i metodologia w świetle kilku konkretnych przykładów.

Gazety. Zasoby. Opracowanie. Ochrona. Digitalizacja. Promocja / Informacja – newspapers, resources, processing, preservation, digitization, promotion, information. Poznań: Universitet im. Adama Mickiewicza 2006, 281–288

Newspaper bibliography: philosophy, strategy, and methodology by the light of some precise samples.

Developments of French newspaper publishing: a general view.

International newspaper librarianship for the 21st century. München: Saur 2006, 97

Newspaper digitisation in France: present developments.

Newspapers of the world online. München: Saur 2006, 49

(with Isabelle Rollet): Newspaper access and preservation in France.

International newspaper librarianship for the 21st century. München: Saur 2006, 235

Bibliographie de la presse française politique et d'information générale, des origines à 1944. 3: Allier. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale (2007). 133 p.

Digital ingest of current newspapers by the Bibliothèque nationale de France: The situation end 2007/ beginning 2008.

The impact of digital technology on contemporary and historic newspapers. München: Saur 2008, 93

La digitalización de periódicos en Francia: avances y estrategias.

Newspapers collection management: printed and digital challenges. München: Saur 2008, 229

Utilidad y uso de bibliografías de periódicos al trabajar en la creación de proyectos de reproducción.

Newspapers collection management: printed and digital challenges. München: Saur 2008, 289

Utility and use of newspaper bibliographies when working out and setting up reproduction projects.

Newspapers collection management: printed and digital challenges. München: Saur 2008, 281

Newspaper digitization in France: development and strategies.

Newspapers collection management: printed and digital challenges. München: Saur 2008, 223

(avec Philippe Vallas) Bibliographie de la presse française politique et d'information générale, des origines à 1944. 44: Loire-Atlantique. (anciennement Loire-inférieure). Paris: Bibliothèque nationale (2009). 155 p.

Bibliothèque nationale de France: legal deposit of electronic files yielded for printing of newspaper issues: the situation spring 2009.

Newspapers old and new: international perspectives. Legal deposit and research in the digital era. München: W. de Gruyter 2009, 183

Национальная библиотека Франции: Объязательные экземпляры электронных файлов для типографской печати газетных выпусков.

Newspapers old and new: international perspectives. Legal deposit and research in the digital era. München: W. de Gruyter 2009, 191

(avec Patrice Caillot et Laurence Varret) Bibliographie de la presse française politique et d'information générale, des origines à 1944. 8: Ardennes. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale (2010). 87 p.

Physical preservation of newspaper resources (hardcopies archives, microfilm archives): the practice at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (The French National Library).

Digital preservation and access to news and views. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts 2010, 1

Bibliographie de la presse française politique et d'information générale, des origines à 1944. 24: Dordogne. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale (2013). 115 p.

(avec Valérie Gressel et Julien Schuh) Bibliographie de la presse française politique et d'information générale des origines à 1944. 10: Aube. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale (2015). 126 p.

How I became a member of the IFLA RTN.

Newspapers on the mind – around the world. The IFLA Round Table on Newspapers (RTN) 1989–2009.

Norderstedt: BoD 2017, 25–27

Hartmut Walravens

Else and former members of the RTN (from left to right):

G. Hamilton, Majlis Bremer-Laamanen, C. Bell, H. Walravens

Endnotes

1. Palle Birkeland: Svend Dahl. Libri 1964:3/4, 157–160.

2. L'Institut Pasteur des origines à aujourd'hui. Paris: France-Empire 1962. 367 p.

3. She was involved in the compilation of the Catalogue général des périodiques (1987).

4. Else Delaunay: How I became a member of the IFLA Round Table on Newspapers, 25.

5. The conference was organized by Eve Johansson and Stephen Green as part of the IFLA Working Group for Newspapers.

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Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Blogs using the British Newspaper Archive Blog #3 Roman amphitheatres

USA Presidential Election of 1884 BNA blog#2

Blogs using the British Newspaper Archive Blog#1 Saving seamen’s lives Robert Stevenson

Of those prominent in saving seamen’s lives, Robert Stevenson (172-1850) is a worthy candidate. His death on 12 July 1850 was noted in the Manchester Times - Wednesday 17 July 1850, p.7. col.6. “He was the sole designer and sole executioner of the celebrated Bell Rock Lighthouse.”

Friday, 11 October 2024

Else Delaunay In Memoriam

Various Restoration Processes of Periodicals with regard to Experiences of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

(with Jean-Marie Arnoult): Serials Preservation in Western Europe: The French Example.

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