{"id":224,"date":"2015-10-16T11:30:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T11:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/?p=224"},"modified":"2020-03-23T15:04:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:04:20","slug":"ideas-for-your-dissertation-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2015\/10\/16\/ideas-for-your-dissertation-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas For Your Dissertation! #5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <span style=\"color: red;font-size: medium\">Idea #5 Cowen (Joseph) Tracts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subjects:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; History \/ Politics<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_225\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/COW-COWEN-67-19-A-VOICE-FROM-THE-COAL-MINES-PAGE-36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\" wp-image-225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/COW-COWEN-67-19-A-VOICE-FROM-THE-COAL-MINES-PAGE-36-606x1024.jpg\" alt=\"COWEN 67 (19)-A VOICE FROM THE COAL MINES-PAGE 36\" width=\"207\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/COW-COWEN-67-19-A-VOICE-FROM-THE-COAL-MINES-PAGE-36-606x1024.jpg 606w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/COW-COWEN-67-19-A-VOICE-FROM-THE-COAL-MINES-PAGE-36-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/COW-COWEN-67-19-A-VOICE-FROM-THE-COAL-MINES-PAGE-36.jpg 1455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COWEN 67 (19)-A VOICE FROM THE COAL MINES-PAGE 36<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Cowen Tracts are almost two thousand pamphlets which were formerly owned by local (radical) M.P. Joseph Cowen (1829-1900). The tracts date mostly from the mid- to late-Nineteenth Century and reflect Cowen&#8217;s interest in the social, educational, political and economic issues of the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date Range of Material<\/strong><br \/>\n19<sup>th<\/sup> Century<\/p>\n<p><strong>Size of Collection<\/strong><br \/>\n8 linear metres<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collection Reference Code<\/strong><br \/>\nCowen Tracts<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Order Items From This Collection<\/strong><br \/>\n# First, use the library catalogue link below to see a list of the individual pamphlets we have within this collection.<br \/>\n# If you find a pamphlet you would like to consult in the Special Collections reading room, click on the item, which will take you to the Request section of the catalogue. Then simply hit the \u2018Request to consult in Special Collections\u2019 button, complete the order form, and the pamphlet(s) will be brought out of the stores for you. You will receive an email from us as soon as they are ready for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Library Catalogue Link<\/strong><br \/>\nThe catalogue for the Cowen (Joseph) Tracts is available via the <a href=\"http:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/dlSearch.do?vid=NCL_V1&amp;institution=NCL&amp;query=lsr02,contains,cowen&amp;indx=1&amp;bulkSize=10\">Library Catalogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Handy Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/c.php?g=332771\">Guide to finding and using Archives and Rare Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/c.php?g=130150&amp;p=2365360\">More Archives and Special Collections for History, Classics and Archaeology students<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/politics\/archives\">More Archives and Special Collections for Politics students<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idea #5 Cowen (Joseph) Tracts Subjects:&nbsp;&nbsp; History \/ Politics The Cowen Tracts are almost two thousand pamphlets which were formerly owned by local (radical) M.P. Joseph Cowen (1829-1900). The tracts date mostly from the mid- to late-Nineteenth Century and reflect &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2015\/10\/16\/ideas-for-your-dissertation-5\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2081,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/2081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}