Another [not] suspect quote: Ira Hayes

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Garson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
> > > The version of Proquest I'm accessing claims to have The Boston Globe
> > > from 1872 to 1979, but browsing the issues reveals a gap between 1928
> > > and 1958.
> >
> > The ProQuest website has a page that describes the "ProQuest
> > Historical Newspapers" product.
> >
> > http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/pq-hist-news.shtml
> >
> > The description claims that "The Boston Globe - 1872-1979" is included
> > in the "ProQuest Historical Newspapers".  However, it is also clear
> > that some libraries have a gap in the Boston Globe coverage.
> >
> > There is a link to a PDF brochure about the Boston Globe database. The
> > brochure says "FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER , the in-copyright years of the
> > historic Boston Globe (1872-1979) are being made exclusively available
> > through this collection."
>
> Thanks for that tip, Garson. I'm telling the campus library to switch
> versions, if  possible.

I'm not convinced that there's a version of ProQuest out there that
comprehensively covers the Globe from 1872 to 1979. My impression is
that they just haven't finished digitizing the 1928-1958 gap yet. A
few years ago the gap was larger, from 1923 to 1980:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0611D&L=ADS-L&P=R96

But maybe I'm just missing out on the super-deluxe ProQuest
subscription that has everything.

--bgz

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