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Special Collections and Rare Books: Related Electronic Collections

Burney Collection of 17th & 18th-century Newspapers

The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.

Access to Ulster University students and staff only.

John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera

This database gives access to a wide array of different types of printed document, including posters and handbills for theatrical and non-theatrical entertainments, broadsides relating to murders and executions, book and journal prospectuses, popular topographical prints, and a wealth of different kinds of printed advertising material.

Access is for Ulster University students and staff only.