Widening the range of our digital resources: expanding our magazine archive collections
The Library has recently secured online access to a significant archival collection of American-based general magazines.
These magazines hold significant historical value, having shaped culture, lifestyle, and current events over the years.
Renowned for their high-quality photography, impeccable production, and trend-setting design and editorial styles, many became influential in their respective fields.
They also served as platforms for prominent writers, photographers, and artists, contributing to the formation of public opinion and capturing the societal shifts of their time.
How to access the collection
Accessible on , their consolidation on EBSCO, through which researchers already have access to the archives, provides an even greater benefit, allowing users to trace the coverage of specific issues over time.
Researchers can now easily compare and contrast how different publications from the American popular press addressed the same social and political topics, offering a more nuanced view of historical narratives and public discourse.
Items in the collection
The seven new collections comprise:
- (1857 - 2014): Researchers can access primary source material on alternative journalism, addressing activism, the arts, economy, environment and politics.
- (1945 - 2014): The most influential African American general interest magazine, articles cover African American culture, business, Civil rights, and entertainment.
- (1933 - 2014): Valuable to researchers looking at 20th-Century current events, gender issues, politics and advertising, Esquire also published work by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, fostered the development of the 鈥楴ew Journalism鈥� in the 1960s, and provided early support for the 鈥榙irty realism鈥� literary movement of the 1980s.
- (1936 - 2000): This iconic US magazine chronicled the major events of the 20th century and largely defined photojournalism.
- (1954 - 2000): These archives chronicle the evolving role of sports in US culture, from polo and boating to American football and basketball.
- (1865 - 2020): America鈥檚 oldest weekly magazine was sponsored by Emerson, Longfellow, and Beecher Stowe, its roots stretching back to the Abolitionist movement.
- (1919-1936; 1983-2000): Access has been extended to the publication's literary interwar years. The magazine鈥檚 later years are valuable to researchers in fashion and marketing, as well as complementing our existing and archives on the
These collections are highlighted on relevant for American Studies, Fashion Business and Technology; History; Sociology; and English Literature and Creative Writing.