Heinrich Simon Papers added to Manchester Digital Collections

01 Jun 2023

The digital collections and associated digital edition chronicle the life and achievements of August Heinrich Simon (1805-60), the Prussian lawyer, civil servant, independent legal author, reformer and revolutionary of 1848 through archives held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library and the Cadbury Research Library (University of Birmingham)

This month, Manchester Digital Collections (MDC) publishes a major new digital edition of the Heinrich Simon Papers as part of a Leverhulme-funded research project: ‘Heinrich Simon: Prussian Double Agent’.  

Ultra-high-quality images of the collection, expertly photographed by Library Photographer Jo Castle are displayed alongside detailed bibliographic metadata (led by Ourania Karapasia, Digital Metadata Specialist) and underpinned with transcribed and translated text produced as part of the project team’s research.  Enhanced functionality to visualise, explore and interrogate the collection at scale has been developed by Senior Software Developer Tom Higgins.

• View the Digital Edition of the Heinrich Simon Papers 
• For more insight into the digitisation of Heinrich Simon Papers, visit The John Rylands Library Special Collections blog