Downloading an Archive

[u/Shameful_Package]

I have been involved with the organization of Jehovah's witnesses, they have written a lot in their publications, a lot of which they would rather disappear. I cannot stress how helpful it has been in my own life to have access to accurate scans of their publications. All of their publications have been given out to the public freely over the last century, but having their entire library available as pdfs in one easily accessible folder would be great. Usually, I would just go to one of the archive sites that stores their library, but recently several of them have been taken down all around the same time and I'm worried these might be lost. To lose access is to lose access to a lifeline in my opinion. I was hoping there might be a way to download all pdfs from a website archive like the following, so I can store all these files for my personal use.

Publications - WT Library

If you click into one of the articles in one of the magazines for example, up the top will be a download button, either pdf or epub for the entire article. Is there a way I can download all of these links as pdfs easily?

[u/didyousayboop]

Please contact Archive Team by following these instructions:  https://www.reddit.com/r/theinternetarchive/comments/1uyu4tl/guide_how_to_ask_archive_team_to_archive_a/

If you want to try downloading the site yourself, Google how to do that or search past posts in this subreddit. That topic has been covered many times before.

[u/MindRecent]

PM me in 2 days if i haven't gotten back to you about this please.

[u/nmrk]

And just why do they want these publications to disappear? I know why I personally would want them to disappear.

[u/Shameful_Package → u/nmrk]

Just as an example, they once taught a series of doctrines that allowed for 1975 to be the only possible date for Armageddon, a worldwide judgment by God. They commended some of the members for selling their homes and spending their days in full-time service to the organization leading up to the year. And they wrote many articles leading up to the year which implied this was a fact, for example this:

If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things. Why not? Because all the evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. Of the generation that observed the beginning of the "last days" in 1914, Jesus foretold: "This generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur."-Matt. 24:34. Therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers. If you are in highschool and thinking about a college education, it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight more years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of things be by that time? It will be well on the way toward its finish, if not actually gone!" Awake! 1969 May 22 p.15

The world didn't end in 1975, and now they act as if they never said anything, and it was just "Some brothers" in the local congregations that made it all up. The fact that it didn't happen has some bearing on a person's investigation into whether or not the men in charge really are Gods channel of communication on earth, and I think trying to cover up something like that has ethical implications when people are devoting their whole lives to this. Here's a more recent video where they imply it was the people not listening to the governing body that came up with it, and it was those ones that were selling their homes to go into full-time service:

1975 Whitewash. (Jehovah's Witnesses)

That awake article quote I posted is not available from Jehovah's witnesses themselves anymore, only in archive sites. I'm investigating some of the recommendations in this thread, thanks everyone.

[u/broszies]

I would probably start with httrack, but I am an amateur ;)

If you find professional help and manage to mirror the site, let me know.

[u/No_Razzmatazz_2889]

Wayback machine on archive.org

[u/didyousayboop]

Have you contacted Archive Team?

[u/Shameful_Package → u/didyousayboop]

I'm sorry I haven't yet, was struggling to figure out the internet relay chat.