Our Long Reads show how primary sources can be used when researching broad topics. 

Primary sources can expand a research project, uncover new ideas, and produce new conclusions that add to existing materials. In these pieces, we apply our archives to topics to show how they can supplement existing research, become a platform to explore under-researched areas within an overall topic, and provide information that may not be covered in existing secondary sources.

THE BERLIN WALL
Why was the Berlin Wall Built?

We explore the story of the Berlin Wall using Gale Primary Sources. We also look at its influences on popular culture, profiles of important figures in the story, and transcripts from Kennedy and Reagan's iconic speeches (with additional video).
 

THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THE EMPIRE WINDRUSH

During its life, the troopship Empire Windrush would be the first to bring 492 Jamaican immigrants to the UK, the first of the "Windrush Generation". Explore its life and legacy through the pages of Britain's newspapers.
 

THE SPACE RACE
Putting Man on the Moon

To mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landings, we used various archives in Gale Primary Sources to track the story, and take a look at some content that is not usually included in reference works on the subject.
 

WORLD CUP 1996
The Times and Sports Journalism

How did the coverage of England's journey in the 1966 World Cup differ from the modern-day approach to sports journalism? We explore The Times' coverage of England's win in 1966 to see how sports journalism has changed.
 

DUNKIRK AND PARIS
The days before the Nazi Occupation

Read the International Herald Tribune's day-by-day coverage of the first two weeks of June 1940. Reporters describe the harrowing Dunkirk evacuation and relay the mood in Paris as the Nazi army surrounded the city and began to attack the heart of France.
 


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