Book2CD Newsletter 2 (May 2004) 

After publication of the Apeldoorn Ericas on CD, Apeldoorn can be pleased with a new series about the pearl of the Veluwe:
"Kroniek van Apeldoorn".
Book2CD received 4 editions at their disposal from CODA (the former Apeldoorn Archive). These contain the history of the years 1872 till 1899.
This describes the life in Apeldoorn at that time, for which among others the Apeldoorn Courant, council reports and commemoration books were consulted 
Subjects are among others the fire department, trade and industries, the Royal family and Het Loo, politics, city development, markets and society life.
The paper version is still for sale at CODA. Book2CD can offer you the 4 editions on one CD for the price of $14,95

The cooperation with the national Archive of Noord-Holland is a fact! We have started scanning the first books.
The first CD made by Book2CD will be about the city of Haarlem. It contains a series of 4 books about the history of Haarlem in its earliest days (ca. the 11th century) until the end of the 19th century. It does not only discuss politics, but also social development, economy and town planning. Much attention is paid to individuals and Haarlem families. It contains a separate index of family names.
The books are illustrated with photos and some maps.

From a privately owned collection we received a series of almanacs about the province of Groningen. The series includes 41 books, from the period between 1837until 1928.
The Groninger people almanacs are yearbooks about history, linguistics and literature. They give information of a general interest, such as calendars, market dates,  time tables of mail coaches and trading barches, postal rates, opening times of city gates and information about musea and libraries.
Further more it contains short stories and poetry about Groningens history. Maybe a nice read with the coming royal visit.
The 1893 almanac tells about (both) the queens visit to Groningen on june 21 1892:

“aanschouwt die trotsche eerebogen, die slanke eerezuilen..”  
“daar golft de mare der nadering door de menigte” “aller blikken zijn gevestigd op een punt, de koets, waarin de hoogstgeplaatsten uit den lande, eene moeder met haar kind zijn gezeten” 
 “En toch!…Geen vorstelijke praal, geen gouden met diamanten versierde kroon, geen koninklijk hermelijn, geen schitterende uniform om het oog te verblinden! 
Twee vrouwen in eenvoudige kleedij, eene moeder in het stemmig zwart, eene dochter in het kinderlijk wit.” 

If you have any historical books in your possession from which you think they will be interesting to others and you are willing to lend them to Book2CD, you will receive a free CD of these books. Please contact us through our contact form 
If you have no historical books in your possession and still want to support our work, you can join our Friends club and pick a free CD from our collection and purchase other Book2CD publications with a discount.
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