{"id":4030,"date":"2011-04-29T17:06:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T21:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2011-04-29T17:11:22","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T21:11:22","slug":"the-times-digital-archive-1785-1985-april-database-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/the-times-digital-archive-1785-1985-april-database-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 – May Database of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Times Digital Archive<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/a>is an online, full-text facsimile of 200 years of The Times<\/em> (London), one of the most highly regarded resources for the 19th \u2013 20th-century history. The entire newspaper from 1785 to 1985 is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations\/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.\u00a0 This archive is a good resource for teachers, students and researchers of\u00a0 Irish history, politics, social and cultural history, law, genealogy and criminology.<\/p>\n

Why search the Times Digital Archive?<\/p>\n

People & Places
\n\u2022 Read the obituaries of the rich and famous
\n\u2022 Use the law reports and news coverage of trials to delve into crimes from across the ages<\/p>\n

Achievements
\n\u2022 104 winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature since 1901
\n\u2022 The first photographs taken on Everest and reports on the doomed attempts to reach the summit before Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953
\n\u2022 Follow Dr David Livingstone\u2019s exploration of Africa<\/p>\n

War & Conflict
\n\u2022 Learn about the Crimean War of 1854 and why both region and religion contributed to the conflict
\n\u2022 Chart the history of the Northern Irish conflict throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the violence and the attempts at resolution
\n\u2022 Research the events and politics leading up to WWI and WWII and the effects of these wars on all countries involved<\/p>\n

Opinions & Debate
\n\u2022 Discover how the National Vegetarian Societies\u2019 perceived food rationing during periods of war
\n\u2022 The perception of world leaders such as John. F. Kennedy
\n\u2022 Readers\u2019 letters illustrate the popular view: debating the virtues and downfalls in Margaret Thatcher\u2019s policies in the 1980s<\/p>\n

Transport & Living
\n\u2022 Chart how fashions have changed from the bustle to the mini skirt
\n\u2022 Bicycles to bullet trains, sails to spaceships, stagecoaches to steam trains: discover how people used to travel
\n\u2022 Return to 1932 where you could buy a house in Hampstead for \u00a31,375<\/p>\n

Entertainment & Leisure
\n\u2022 Follow the emergence of Hollywood, the growth of the cinema and the icons that emerged such as Marilyn Monroe and James Dean
\n\u2022 Learn about the Impressionist movement, who were the key players and what reaction did society have to this new type of art
\n\u2022 Examine how leisure activities and pastimes have changed<\/p>\n

Advertising & Crosswords
\n\u2022 Browse through the classified ads to see people selling teeth and wanting servants through to the day\u2019s cinema and theatre listings
\n\u2022 Find a range of Guinness adverts from 1930s where Guinness is recommended on health grounds by doctors
\n\u2022 Discover that Colgate used to be famous for their shaving foam not their toothpaste<\/p>\n

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