I thought I’d mark the end of our Digitizing The War Illustrated project by writing a little about the launch of our digitized archive of this World War I era magazine. Thanks to the generosity of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and of National Lottery players, these magazines are now available for all, for free, forever via the Internet Archive.…
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Parking Information for our Free WWI Tea Dance on the 7th of September, 2-5pm, Jarman Building
Just a quick, and hopefully helpful, post about parking for the World War I Tea Dance on the 7th of September. This event will take place from 2-5pm in the Jarman Building at the University of Kent. Parking on campus is free in Pay and Display car parks on weekends, and you can see a map of the Jarman Building…
‘Digitizing The War Illustrated’ Progress Day Roundup
Our Progress Day gave previous participants the chance to extend their research, as well as a few newcomers the opportunity to explore the archive of The War Illustrated. An entirely new topic explored was a popular myth. Very early in the war, in August of 1914, the Battle of Mons occurred. While British troops were outnumbered by German soldiers at…
Third ‘Digitizing The War Illustrated’ Workshop Roundup
While our third workshop covered various areas, I’d like to focus on one specific aspect – our researching of Noel Whittles. We were very pleased that news of our project prompted Noel’s grandson, David Burrows, to contact us. David told us that Noel, who was also an artist, served in the army during World War I. David was interested to…
TWI Tea Dance Launch on 7 September!
We are very excited to announce the date of the official tea-dance themed launch of the digitized The War Illustrated archive. The free launch will take place on Saturday the 7th of September, 2-5pm, in the accessible Jarman building on the University of Kent campus, in Canterbury. Find a map here: https://www.kent.ac.uk/maps/canterbury/canterbury-campus/building/jarman-building/jarman-stud-1 Parking in Pay and Display car parks on…
Second ‘Digitizing The War Illustrated’ Workshop Roundup
Like our first workshop (see the round up here: https://normmanetwork.com/first-digitizing-the-war-illustrated-workshop-roundup/) the second also covered an eclectic array of subjects including: locations, espionage, the use of language, nursing, zeppelins and films and stars. Some of these subjects provided a link to our first workshop as locations were again a popular choice. One of our participants researched their Kentish hometown. Another attendee…
Other British World War I Publications
While the focus of our National Lottery Heritage Funded project is The War Illustrated, I thought it might be useful to provide some context. The above table, and some of the below comment, place The War Illustrated alongside other British war-time publications which were available to the public at the time. Kate Macdonald, previously of the University of Reading, has…
Third Digitizing The War Illustrated Workshop
Our third free Digitizing The War Illustrated Workshop will take place on the 31st of July, 10am-4pm, in Jarman Studio 7 at the University of Kent in Canterbury. During the workshop, we will give volunteers some background information on the important World War I magazine The War Illustrated (August 1914-February 1919). We will help them to familiarise themselves with the…
Second Digitizing The War Illustrated Workshop
Our second free Digitizing The War Illustrated Workshop will take place on the 24th of July, 10am-4pm, in Jarman Studio 7 at the University of Kent in Canterbury. During the workshop, we will give volunteers some background information on the important World War I magazine The War Illustrated (August 1914-February 1919). We will help them to familiarise themselves with the…
Links to The War Illustrated on the Internet Archive
We are very pleased that the National Lottery Heritage Fund has granted us money to digitize the important World War I magazine The War Illustrated (August 1914-February 1919) and make it available forever, for all, for free. Please visit the following links to 6 month sections of the publication which have been uploaded thus far on the Internet Archive. 1914Aug-Dechttps://archive.org/details/TWI1914…