Datasets

The development of female servants’ work in Copenhagen 1852—1862

The purpose of the dataset is to investigate the development of female servants’ working habits. The data originates from Copenhagen newspapers in the middle of the nineteenth century, when 80,1% of servants were women.¹ Women either sought out “fæstemænd” to act as middlemen or submitted personal advertisements to the newspapers.² Our data is collected from the oldest advertisements-newspaper in Copenhagen in the respective years of 1852, 1857 and 1862. During this period, the newspaper changed its name from “Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger” to “Kjøbenhavns Adressecomptoirs Efterretninger”, however the content remained the same.…

Maja Sjørslev Petersen, Sofie Fog and Ida Møldrup Clausen

Runaway advertisement, St Croix 1770–1810

This dataset were created by students at Aalborg University. The advertisements until 1779 were collected by Pernille Wolff-Tæstensen as part of her MA-thesis. The later articles were created by Alexander Jochims Johnsen, Frederik Tange Holmberg Holst, Sarah Lydia Blok Kloster and Sophie Sine Brøndum as part of their BA-thesis.

Pernille Wolff-Tæstensen, Alexander Jochims Johnsen, Frederik Tange Holmberg Holst, Sarah Lydia Blok Kloster, Sophie Sine Brøndum

Statements on inmates in Copenhagen’s prison workhouse 1769-1789

This dataset consists in a series of statements given by the prison warden at the prison workhouse at…

Emilie Luther Valentin

Book of convict appearances, Copenhagen 1807–1832

The dataset is a digitised version of a book of convict appearances kept at the prison “Stokhusslaveriet” in nineteenth-century Copenhagen. From 1807 onwards, the appearances of convicts were recorded at their entry in order to advertise them if they escaped. Until 1820, however, the book was not kept continuously. The book was organised in a…

Frederik Aastradsen Bagger, Louise Bundgaard, Mie Dodensig, Annesofie Ebbesen, Jonas Foldager, Iben Landbo Gregersen, Thomas Haaber, Jamison Isabeau Helstrup, Malthe Gammelmark Jürgensen, Steffan Klockmann, Sofie Othilia Knudsen, Kamilla Matthiassen, Niklas Lolholm Monhof, Eva Rosalie Buch Nielsen, Tobias Aske Heltborg Nielsen, Albert Mellergaard Olsen, Fiona Gesine Otten, Anne Katrine Holm Pedersen, Patrick Alexander Skov, Tania Sini Vorbeck, Louise Willingsøe and Johan Heinsen