The following is an extract from the press release, dated 19/6/2007. Read the full version at the press releases page.

"The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) has been awarded funding by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to complete the digitisation of The National Archives' Calendars of State Papers, a key resource for historians of England in the early modern period.

"The IHR has already been funded by The Andrew W Mellon Foundation to digitise and publish the Calendars of State Papers, Domestic (1547-1704, 1760-75) and those for Scotland and Ireland in British History Online, as 'Premium' subscription content. The award of £414,000 from the AHRC will support the digitisation and publication of the remaining 293 volumes (Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic of Henry VIII; the State Papers, Foreign; the State Papers, Colonial; Treasury books and papers; and papers held in foreign archives) as free content.

"The Calendars of State Papers will be made available through the British History Online digital library alongside other core primary and secondary sources for the early modern period, including the Journals of the Houses of Commons and Lords, Ordnance Survey maps and the substantial part of the Victoria County History."

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