A fantastic resource for all things 20th century!
Researchers can now look beyond the reporting from the not-for-profit news cooperative, Associated Press, and uncover its context, backstory, and logistics over the past seven decades. This fantastic resource for all things twentieth century provides rare access to an array of internal AP publications dating from the turn of the century and offers valuable insight into the AP, its staff, and the history of news coverage.
Relive the news as it happened with Associated Press Collections Online, releasing in three ground-breaking collections. The firs two collections are now available for your Gale Artemis: Primary Sources collection.
| • | AP: News Features & Internal Communications – includes news analysis, human interest stories, and entertainment and sports reporting from the 1940s forward. This collection also provides rare access to an array of internal AP publications dating from the turn of the century. |
| • | AP: U.S. City Bureaus Collection – offers access to records from the AP’s Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco bureaus, dating from 1932 to 2004. Records include news stories in various stages of production, correspondence, meeting notes, and more. |
| • | AP: Washington D.C. Bureau Collection – provides access to full-image bureau records (1938-2009). The collection contains an extensive trove of wire copy documenting the administrations of seven U.S. presidents: Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan. Files include coverage of press conferences, travel, speeches, campaigns, and messages to Congress. |
