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Forthcoming in 2009

Putting the Calendars of State Papers online

Last updated: February 11th, 2008

The Arts and Humanities Research Council has funded British History Online to digitise and publish The National Archives' Calendars of State Papers online over the course of 2008-9. Some volumes of the State Papers, Colonial, and State Papers, Foreign, have already gone live, and the completed project will make around 400 volumes freely available online in the following series:

Series From To
Letters & Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII 1509 1547
State Papers, Foreign - Edward VI 1547 1553
State Papers, Foreign - Mary 1553 1558
State Papers, Foreign - Elizabeth I 1558 1596
Colonial Records - State Papers, Colonial 1513 1739
Colonial Records - Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations 1704 1782
Treasury Books and Papers - Treasury Papers 1557 1728
Treasury Books and Papers - Treasury Books 1660 1718
Treasury Books and Papers - Treasury Books and Papers 1729 1745
France - Documents Preserved in France 918 1206
Spain - Letters, Despatches, State Papers: Negotiations Between England and Spain 1525 1558
Spain - Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs 1558 1603
Italy - Papal Letters 1198 1492
Italy - Petitions to the Pope 1342 1419
Italy - State Papers Relating to English Affairs (Vatican) 1558 1578
Italy - Report to the Master of the Rolls on Documents in Venice 1530 1715
Italy - State Papers and Manuscripts Relating to English Affairs (Venice) 1202 1674
Italy - State Papers and Manuscripts (Milan) 1385 1618
Rymer's Foedera 1066 1654

A central part of the project is the creation of an 'annotation feature' and discussion area for the digitised resources. Scholars will be able to add their commentaries to the calendars, focusing them at the level of an individual entry - adding or correcting information – and will be able to discuss topics more generally on a thread. The annotation and discussion tools will be available to all users with logins from Autumn 2008.