WOMEN'S LANGUAGE & EXPERIENCE, 1500-1940
Women's Diaries and Related Sources

Part 3: Sources from Suffolk County Record Office and Cambridge University Library

TECHNICAL NOTE

Our microform publications are prepared and produced in accordance with recommended and established guide-lines for the production of microform of superior quality. These conform to the recommendations of the standard guides to good microforming and micropublishing practice.

Attention should be drawn to the nature of the original material. This comprises volumes of diaries, diaries compiled on letter paper, some correspondence, commonplace books and pocket journals, including some illustrative material such as sketches, drawings, postcards and photographs. Most of the volumes are quite small in size and we have used a reduction ratio of either 8X, 10X or 12X throughout. Most of the original material is in excellent condition. However, there are a small number of items which pose a few minor problems. As with all manuscript sources the inking is variable. In a very few cases, sections are barely legible in the original. Volumes written entirely in pencil pose some problems and we have darkened the film where appropriate to make these items more legible. A very small number of pages are torn, crumpled or cropped. Sometimes the original paper is quite thin and this results in show-through which can make the manuscript difficult to read. Most items penned in ink are in excellent condition. One or two bound volumes are rather tightly bound and this leads to some minor text loss or distortion in the central gutter when these volumes are filmed. Some volumes include material filmed in reverso when the filmer has turned the volume to capture text which starts from the rear of a volume. Clear A4 identification targets are provided in front of every new item.

Every effort has been made to minimise any difficulties encountered, but nevertheless the original characteristics of the material do present difficulties of image and contrast which stringent tests and variations of density cannot entirely overcome.

The most responsible care has been exercised in the filming of this unique collection and every effort has been made to ensure that this microform publication meets the standards established by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and all current European standards.

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