Introducing the Punch’s Pocket Book Archive Project Blog

Welcome to In Punch’s Pocket Book: Archiving an Archive, a blog covering the Punch’s Pocket Book Archive Project. This ongoing, international digital project will ultimately create a fully searchable, open-access archive from a complete collection of Punch’s Pocket Book (1843–1881)—some thirty-nine volumes representing approximately 5,000 pages in total. Who or what is Punch? Punch, or the London Charivari (1841–2002) is one of the best-known, long-running British periodicals. Launched in Ju...