Interpreting The Irish Famine, 1846-1850"This hypertext archive does not purport to provide the definitive collection of research material on the Famine. Such an endeavor is far beyond the scope of a semester-long project. What this archive provides is a series of interpretations of the famine in newspapers, diaries and even novels; there are no official government records, census documents or shipping orders. An electronic archive of primary source material on the Irish Famine could be arranged in a number of ways -- according to topics such as hunger and disease, eviction and homelessness, emigration, etc. As the reader will see, interpretations of the Famine vary drastically according to a source's religion, ethnicity and other factors. With this in mind, the resources in this archive are organized by country, with all sources following in chronological order."