Hear from Seth Cayley, Director of Research Publishing at Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, as he discusses the historic media coverage of familiar and little known events, cultural phenomena, and everyday life found in 19th and early 20th century newspapers. Learn how historical newspapers can support faculty research, drive inquiry and critical thinking among students, and stimulate classroom debate.

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Discovering History Through Digital
Newspaper Collections
February 5, 2016
Seth Cayley
Director of Research Publishing
Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
Seth.Cayley@cengage.com

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3. Historical Newspapers
"Mothersills Sea-Sick Remedy."
Illustrated London News [London,
England] 19 Apr. 1913: 542
Fenwick-Miller, Mrs. "The Ladies' Column." Illustrated
London News [London, England] 22 Aug. 1891: 260.

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Search…

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Sort and Filter Results…

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…and View Historic Documents

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Go in Unexpected Directions…

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…and Reveal “Lost” Stories from History

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Gale’s Historical Newspaper Collections
 Times Digital Archive 1785-2010
 Sunday Times Digital Archive 1822-2006
 Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2010
 The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2012
 Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003
 Picture Post Historical Archive 1938-1957
 The (BBC) Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991
 Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive 1902-2011
 Liberty Magazine Archive 1924-1950
 Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2004
 Independent Digital Archive 1986-2012
 Punch Historical Archive 1841-1992
 The Telegraph Historical Archive 1855-2000 (releasing March)
 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection
 17th and 18th Century Nichols Newspapers Collection (in 2017)
 19th Century British Library Newspapers, Parts 1-5
 19th Century UK Periodicals, Parts 1 & 2
 19th Century U.S. Newspapers

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Why Study Primary Sources?
Wikipedia article on Israel
(Accessed 18 November 2015)
Wikipedia is a secondary source, written long after the events. It tells you that
Britain “found itself in intense conflict with the Jewish community”…and
that one analyst has described the 1946 King David Hotel bombing” as “one
of the most lethal terrorist incidents of the 20th century”
…but was this the case? What is the supporting evidence for these statements?

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Because Primary Sources are History as it’s Written
Gallagher, O'dowd, Daily Mail Special Correspondent. "Gang Phones Cunningham 'your Turn next'." Daily
Mail [London] 24 July 1946: [1].
http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/qwWF0

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Study Major Moments in Global History
“No 5,062”,
Daily Telegraph, 13 Jan 1942

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Explore the Pop Culture of the Past
"Boz in New York." New York Herald [New York, NY] 22 Feb. 1842. Nineteenth Century
U.S. Newspapers.
http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/32TcN4
"Dinner to Charles Dickens, Esq." New-England Weekly Review [Hartford, CT]
29 Jan. 1842. Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers.
http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/32TgP
"Boz." New York Herald [New York, NY] 26 Jan. 1842. Nineteenth Century U.S.
Newspapers.
http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/32Tfs7

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The Importance of Multiple Perspectives
Sambourne, Linley. "Leap-Year." Punch [London, England] 1 Jan. 1908:
"Suffragettes in Parliament." Daily Mail [London] 24 Oct.
1906: 7. Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004.
http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/32TWh4

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Follow the Story of World-Leading Companies
"When We Invented the Apple, We Created a New Kind
of Bicycle." Financial Times 21 Jan. 1981: 11. The
Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2010.
http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/32TQs1
"Growing up." Economist 16 Apr. 1983: 76+. The Economist Historical
Archive, 1843-2011.
http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/32TQg6

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A Way to Engage Students
Picture Post [London, England]
18 Mar. 1939
Picture Post Historical Archive
People thought differently in
the past…studying the
advertisements and culture of
past decades can be a
revelation to students.

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Beyond “Search and Retrieve”
Increasingly, scholars want to do more than just search and view special
collections. They want to analyse them in large numbers using computer
programmes, to find undiscovered patterns, and to ask new questions.
Dr Adam Crymble (University of Hertfordshire) is a pioneer of
this. He is interested in issues around how immigrants have been
treated in Britain historically.

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"U.S. ban on Beatles over
religion." Times [London] 5 Aug. 1966:
8. The Times Digital Archive.
http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/ktw9X
Were the Beatles Bigger than Jesus?
John Lennon, 1966

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1964
Lennon Was Wrong…Almost

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A More Scholarly Example…
When mapping the word “trial” with “Irish”, we
see a strong correlation, showing how Irish
people were generally written about in relation
to crimes

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Thank You!
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