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by Bethany Qualls · Published 12/08/2025 · Last modified 11/09/2025
The Victorians are (in)famous for their love of classification, so it’s really no surprise that categorizing and organizing has been a huge part of figuring out the structure for our Punch’s Pocket Book Archive beta site. Keyword metadata allows topics...
findings: deep dive / photo essay
by Bethany Qualls · Published 30/06/2025 · Last modified 21/09/2025
***Editor’s note: In an example of archival serendipity, I wrote up this analysis of the Punch’s Pocket Books advertising materials for the right around when fellow team member Clare Horrocks was preparing her presentation, “Visions of Pocket Technology: Punch‘s Pocket...
We are pleased to announce the provisional programme for “Pictorial Punch – Treasures from the Archive,” a study day that will take place at the British Library on 7 November 2025. Organised by the Punch’s Pocket Book Archive team with the support of the Archives and...
It’s almost time for the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) annual conference, held this year in Chicago from 10 to 12 July. The Punch Pocket Book Archive team will be presenting at both a Pre-Conference Digital Event (on 20...
On Wednesday April 2nd, Manchester Metropolitan University hosted the engaging hybrid research seminar “Transnational Popular Print in the Long Nineteenth Century.” Drawing together scholars from across the university and beyond, the event explored the international networks, subversive aesthetics and marginalised voices...
The Punch’s Pocket Book Archive team with the support of the Archives and Manuscripts Department at the British Library hopes you’ll consider proposing a paper for our upcoming study day at the British Library, London, on 7 November 2025: “Pictorial...
The Long Nineteenth-Century Network at Manchester Metropolitan University, one of our Punch’s Pocket Book Archive partners, will be hosting a hybrid seminar 2 April 2025 you might find of interest: Transnational Popular Print in the Long Nineteenth Century: Hybrid Seminar...
findings: deep dive / project news
by clhorrocks
by clhorrocks · Published 26/02/2025 · Last modified 10/03/2025
Given that I have dedicated over a dozen years to the study of Punch Contributors, since being awarded the Curran Fellowship for the pilot of the project in 2009, it is no surprise that when the Punch’s Pocket Book Archive...
by Bethany Qualls · Published 22/01/2025 · Last modified 23/01/2025
As discussed in the earlier post about the “We are Amused”: Victorian Humour in the Digital Age conference, Regency fashion influencer Beau Brummell is buried in Caen, France. However, we couldn’t find his gravestone at the time, so I promised...
findings: deep dive / photo essay
by PPBkA Team
by PPBkA Team · Published 20/12/2024 · Last modified 17/12/2024
As we close out the year, we wanted to share some holiday-related findings from the 3 volumes of Punch’s Pocket Book we’ve been working through to create our project’s pilot website. From the shifting of calendar layout to satirical holiday...
Graduate student field notes from “We are Amused”: Victorian Humour in the Digital Age I attended the “We Are Amused” conference on the 7th and 8th of November. This conference offered both unique perspectives and a refreshing dose of humour!...
Pictorial Punch – Treasures from the Archive, British Library Study Day
Équipe de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la Grande-Bretagne, l'Irlande et l'Amérique du nord
The Long Nineteenth-Century Network
The Women of Punch
The Curran Index to Nineteenth-Century Periodicals
"We are Amused" Victorian Humour in the Digital Age Conference
