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The Atlantic Joins Free Movement (Sort of)
January 24, 2008

Like the September, 2007, opening of most of the New York Times archive for free access (sort of),  The Atlantic is joining the ranks of print publications offering free online access (sort of). An Editor's Note announced the opening of the site's content including full access to issues going back to 1995. In addition, the magazine is providing Flashbacks with highlights from coverage of certain topics going back to 1857. These flashback collections provide great pathfinders for exploring the archives, but are not full archival access. Full access still costs.

One example is an article that was opened, however, was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne (later to be the author of The Scarlet Letter) offering a first hand look at life during the Civil War from 1862. Another interesting free item from the archives is the Classic Reviews section that presents some original reviews of classic works of literature. Here is a link to the 1886 review of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. I think there are the makings of a pretty cool book display in there somewhere =)

Posted by Chris Harris on January 24, 2008 | Comments (0)