Selection Criteria
The periodicals included in Interwar Culture have been selected in close collaboration with academic subject experts, collections specialists at participating libraries and archives and under the guidance of the Editorial Board. To support the recent expansion of scholarly interest in periodicals published during the interwar years, the development of Interwar Culture Modules 1 and 2 was driven by some key aims:
- To bring together a wide range of high profile and lesser known periodicals published between 1919-1939, that reveal aspects of life, society and popular culture during the interwar years.
- To showcase full 20 year runs of these titles (where available), making previously difficult-to-access content widely accessible for the first time through digitisation, and enable fluid and comparative research of this unique historical period.
- To bring together historically important publications across a wide range of themes to provide new opportunities for interdisciplinary research into the social and cultural history of this time period.
- To support this rich content with robust supplementary research and teaching tools that both acknowledge and contextualise the wider periodical landscape and ‘periodical communities’ of the interwar marketplace.
The sources in this resource cover universal themes including fashion, entertainment, literature and technology. We acknowledge that periodicals from this time period, particularly those published by the mainstream press, do not reflect a broad range of experiences and voices, especially those of marginalised and underrepresented groups. To understand more about audiences and readership of periodicals during this time period please see 'Reading Women in Interwar Periodicals: Class, Race and Readership' by Dorothy Berry.
A note on omissions:
Interwar Culture is an extensive resource which includes a large number of periodicals representing a range of key themes. Many key titles are well-represented, and wherever possible, the most complete run within the 20 year period has been sourced.
A lengthy process of discussion between many different archives, libraries and museums has resulted in the five Participating Libraries and Archives that contribute to the resource. Where exclusions have been made, this has largely been due to:
- Copyright and permission considerations
- Volumes missing from within participating institutions' holdings
- The fragile condition of some of the original print volumes, resulting in some small gaps (volumes, issues or pages)
- Existing online resources of periodicals from this time period
Selection Criteria
The periodicals included in Interwar Culture have been selected in close collaboration with academic subject experts, collections specialists at participating libraries and archives and under the guidance of the Editorial Board. To support the recent expansion of scholarly interest in periodicals published during the interwar years, the development of Interwar Culture Modules 1 and 2 was driven by some key aims:
- To bring together a wide range of high profile and lesser known periodicals published between 1919-1939, that reveal aspects of life, society and popular culture during the interwar years.
- To showcase full 20 year runs of these titles (where available), making previously difficult-to-access content widely accessible for the first time through digitisation, and enable fluid and comparative research of this unique historical period.
- To bring together historically important publications across a wide range of themes to provide new opportunities for interdisciplinary research into the social and cultural history of this time period.
- To support this rich content with robust supplementary research and teaching tools that both acknowledge and contextualise the wider periodical landscape and ‘periodical communities’ of the interwar marketplace.
The sources in this resource cover universal themes including fashion, entertainment, literature and technology. We acknowledge that periodicals from this time period, particularly those published by the mainstream press, do not reflect a broad range of experiences and voices, especially those of marginalised and underrepresented groups. To understand more about audiences and readership of periodicals during this time period please see 'Reading Women in Interwar Periodicals: Class, Race and Readership' by Dorothy Berry.
A note on omissions:Interwar Culture is an extensive resource which includes a large number of periodicals representing a range of key themes. Many key titles are well-represented, and wherever possible, the most complete run within the 20 year period has been sourced.
A lengthy process of discussion between many different archives, libraries and museums has resulted in the five Participating Libraries and Archives that contribute to the resource. Where exclusions have been made, this has largely been due to:
- Copyright and permission considerations
- Volumes missing from within participating institutions' holdings
- The fragile condition of some of the original print volumes, resulting in some small gaps (volumes, issues or pages)
- Existing online resources of periodicals from this time period