The eMunch dataset contains correspondence metadata of 8.527 letters to and from the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The dataset is derived from the digital scholarly edition of Edvard Munch's Writings, eMunch.no, edited by Hilde Bøe, The Munch Museum, Oslo.
The eMunch dataset is part of the NorKorr - Norwegian Correspondences project that aims to collect metadata from all correspondences in collections of Norwegian academic and cultural heritage institutions, project website on GitHub.
A Python script was developed to parse the XML files on eMunch.no and supplementary data files (Excel spreadsheet with updated dates, CSV file with GeoNames IDs for places) and extract the following metadata: sender's name, receiver's name, place name, date, and letter ID in the scholarly edition. These metadata were then converted into the Correspondence Metadata Interchange Format (CMIF). The entire dataset has been integrated into the international CorrespSearch search service for scholarly editions of letters hosted by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences—link to the CorrespSearch website.
MXMLM, 2.0.3
Full documentation of Edvard Munch's correspondence collection can be accessed on eMunch.no, https://emunch.no/ABOUTcollection.xhtml.
The dataset comprises metadata of 8.527 letters to/from Edvard Munch in the digital scholarly edition of Munch's writings, eMunch.no.
Transcribed, scholarly annotated, and encoded letters. Standard used is XML TEI P5.
https://www.emunch.no/. Documentation of data and encoding can be accessed at https://emunch.no/english.xhtml. All content is licensed under CC BY 4.0