More of Cornwall’s history is to be revealed with a digitisation project at The Royal Cornwall Museum’s Courtney Library, considered one of the UK’s most important research libraries for Cornish history.

The Courtney Library holds some of the most important collections of Cornish manuscripts anywhere in the world. It includes steam engine inventor and engineer Richard Trevithick’s original correspondence, and Poldark author Winston Graham’s original manuscripts written in long-hand.

The digitisation of archive photography available at www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk is designed to support one of the Courtney Library’s core purposes, to work with local and international partners to advance knowledge and mutual understanding of Cornish culture, past and present.