Unlocking the Secrets of the Past: Text Mining for Historical Documents (WS 2011/12)

Data (English)

1. British Cabinet Papers (National Archives), 1915-1978
   http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/
2. The National Archives (links to various British/English archives)
   http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm
3. Scottish Archive Network
   http://www.scan.org.uk
4. National Archives of Scotland
   http://www.nas.gov.uk/
5. A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation (US Congress, English), 1774-1875
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/
6. American Civil War Collection (various documents, English)
   http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/civilwar/
7. Castro Speech Database
   http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/castro.html
8. South Seas. Voyaging and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Pacific (Travel logs, 1760-1800, English)
   http://southseas.nla.gov.au/
9. Historical Directories, digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, 1750 to 1919 (pdfs of digital images available)
   http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/
10. The Word on the Street. Broadsides at the National Library of Scotland. (newspapers, 1650-1910, English)
    http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/
    

Data (German)

1. Regesten zur Geschichte der Stadt Saarbrücken (bis 1545), Verlag universaar, intern verfügbar
2. Interessante Kriminal-Prozesse (Interesting court cases, German), 1910-1920, CD Dept. History
3. Kabinettsprotokolle der Bundesregierung (Government protocols, German), 1949-1964
   http://www.bundesarchiv.de/cocoon/barch/0000/index.html
4. Johann Georg Krünitz: Oekonomische Encyklopädie (Economic Encyclopedia, German), 1773-1858
   http://www.kruenitz1.uni-trier.de/
5. Meyers Konversationslexikon und Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon (Encyclopedia, German), 1885-1892 / 1894-1896
   http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/index.html
6. Kochschule und Ratgeber für Familie und Haus (lexicon for household and family, German) 1903-1905
   http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/index.html
7. Digitalarchiv des Beethoven-Hauses Bonn (Digital Beethoven Archive, German)
   http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms/detail.php/portal_en
8. Amtspresse Preußens (newspapers, German), 1863-1894
   http://amtspresse.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/
9. ANNO - Austrian Newspapers Online (Historische Österreichische Zeitungen online)
   http://anno.onb.ac.at/
10. Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin: Linksammlung "Historische Zeitungen"
    http://linksammlungen.zlb.de/1.2.4.2.10.html