How are they different from the printed directories available in traditional libraries?
These directories could be considered to be new, digital, abridged additions. Not all sections of all directories are offered, nor all all included sections accessible to the same level. Page images of advertisements, for example, are included for reference, but the text on these pages cannot be searched, only read while browsing. These digital directories are also arranged in a way we think Charles Stimpson, George Adams and the other original publishers would have approved of whole-heartedly. While the alphabetical divisions have been replicated, we have used current technology to transcend the “page” limitations of organizing information and instead offer a second level of division by last name (or the first “word” of each entry).
