Winter Games Newspaper Archive Launched
NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the company that provides newspaper images and data to Ancestry.com, announced today that it has just released a new archive collection called WinterGamesArchive.com.
From the Games' debut in Chamonix, France, in 1924 to Salt Lake City in 2002, Winter Games Archive provides historic newspaper articles about timeless heroes like skater Peggy Fleming and lesser known athletes such as speed skater Charles Jewtraw. The site is the latest in a series of free archives containing thousands of original newspapers that include AbrahamLincolnArchive.com and MartinLutherKingJrArchive.com.
Some of the greatest athletic stories ever told can be found in the history of the Winter Olympics, including the "Miracle" victory of the 1980 U.S. Men's Hockey Team and the triumph of speed skater Dan Jansen. Yet, stories of deceit, greed and jealousy, as in the case of ice skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, are also detailed in the historic newspaper collection.
Along with the archive, the website contains a brief timeline on the Winter Games that is told through newspaper accounts. For example, an article from April 24, 1940, tells of Finland's announcement to cancel the 1940 Winter Games due to World War II.
Researchers interested in finding more information about the Winter Games can also go to NewspaperARCHIVE.com where there are more than 250,000 newspaper pages about the Winter Olympics. NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest newspaper database available online, is owned by Heritage Microfilm and began in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1999.
From the Games' debut in Chamonix, France, in 1924 to Salt Lake City in 2002, Winter Games Archive provides historic newspaper articles about timeless heroes like skater Peggy Fleming and lesser known athletes such as speed skater Charles Jewtraw. The site is the latest in a series of free archives containing thousands of original newspapers that include AbrahamLincolnArchive.com and MartinLutherKingJrArchive.com.
Some of the greatest athletic stories ever told can be found in the history of the Winter Olympics, including the "Miracle" victory of the 1980 U.S. Men's Hockey Team and the triumph of speed skater Dan Jansen. Yet, stories of deceit, greed and jealousy, as in the case of ice skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, are also detailed in the historic newspaper collection.
Along with the archive, the website contains a brief timeline on the Winter Games that is told through newspaper accounts. For example, an article from April 24, 1940, tells of Finland's announcement to cancel the 1940 Winter Games due to World War II.
Researchers interested in finding more information about the Winter Games can also go to NewspaperARCHIVE.com where there are more than 250,000 newspaper pages about the Winter Olympics. NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest newspaper database available online, is owned by Heritage Microfilm and began in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1999.
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