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Dear Caroline: After only a few minutes exploring the map, and not being intimately knowledgeable about London, but knowing my way around somewhat, I have to say that I find the map and the comparison modern map to be very well done. The quality of the imaging is superb. Even at the closest magnification text details are very clear. I have done some studying of Victorian London, from the vantage point of women's roles in public works. This map(s) demonstrates very clearly the areas the upper class women ventured into to do their 'good works' with the poor. It also shows how close by to each other the upper and lower class neighborhoods were. Hence one can understand the dismay the upper class men had about their 'fragile' womenfolk venturing into these dangerous areas. BRAVO! It would be interesting to be able to know what neighborhoods specialized in what crafts or were inhabited by what nationalities. Sincerely, Ralph Salomon WorldView Maps 113 Todd Rd. Katonah, NY 10536, USA Tel: 914-232-6142 Fax: 914-232-9008 E-mail: [log in to unmask] www.worldviewmaps.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Millea" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 6:46 AM Subject: ONLINE: Charles Booth's Maps Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-9 9 <fwd> > Folks, > > This might be of interest. > > Nick > > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:29:48 -0000 > From: "Shaw,CS" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: ONLINE: Charles Booth's Maps Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-9 > 9 > Sender: This is a closed list to facilitate communication both between > the RSLP Pro <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > Reply-To: This is a closed list to facilitate communication both between > the RSLP Pro <[log in to unmask]> > Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> > > > You may be interested to know that the Online Guide to the Papers of Charles > Booth, an archive project based at the London School of Economics, has just > put a digital version of the Booth Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, > 1898-99 online for pre-launch testing. > > Users can zoom, scroll, and use a thumbnail map to navigate round the map. > We have put a modern digital map online too, which can be viewed in parallel > with the Booth map. > > If you have a few minutes to spare, please visit the site at > http://www.lse.ac.uk/booth/ , click on the link at the top of the page, and > take a look at what we have been doing. We are keen to get as much feedback > as possible before the site launches in April 2001, so please feel free to > let us know what you think. > > Over the next few weeks we will be adding search boxes to the map to allow > searching by modern street name, post code, area and parish name, and > landmarks. We are also beginning the process of making other material from > Booth's survey into life and labour in London available online: these will > include the full catalogue of the Booth collection at the LSE and digital > images of the police notebooks from the survey, as well as material from the > Booth collection at the University of London Library. > > Many thanks > Caroline Shaw > > Project Manager > Online Guide to the Papers of Charles Booth > London School of Economics Library > 25 Southampton Buildings > London WC2A 1PH > > Tel: 020 7955 6933 > Fax: 020 7955 7454 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > http://www.lse.ac.uk/booth/ > --- End Forwarded Message --- > > > ________________________________________________________ > > Nick Millea > Map Librarian, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG > tel : 01865 277013 > fax : 01865 277139 > email : [log in to unmask] > > homepage: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/ > ________________________________________________________ >