Launched in 2001, the Media History Digital Library website have announced the launch of Lantern, the MHDL’s search platform, with the availability of the first 20 years of Variety (Dec. 1905- Feb. 1926; post-production on the next 20 years is underway).
The MHDL’s searchable collections now include:
· Business Screen (1938-1973)
· Educational Screen (1922-1962)
· The Film Daily (1918-1948)
· International Photographer (1929-1941)
· International Projectionist (1933-1965)
· Transactions of SMPE and Journal of SMPE (1915-1954)
· Motion Picture Magazine (1914-1941)
· Motography (1909-1918)
· Movie Classic (1931-1937)
· Movie Makers (1926-1953)
· Moving Picture World (1907-1919)
· The New Movie Magazine (1929-1935)
· Photoplay (1914-1943)
· Radio Annual and Television Yearbook (1938-1964)
· Radio Digest (1923-1933)
· Radio Mirror (1934-1963)
· Radio Broadcast (1922-1930)
· Sponsor (1946-1964)
· Talking Machine World (1906-1928)
· Variety (1905-1926)
Lantern and the scanning of Variety were made possible through the support and close cooperation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Communication Arts. Many of the rare magazines in our collection came from the Library of Congress Packard Campus, and you can see the full list of contributing individuals and sponsors on the credits webpage.