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The New York Times Article Archive includes images of than 15 million articles from Sept. 1851 to Dec. 1980. All articles prior to 1923 are now free in PDF format, Adobe Acrobat Reader required. The files are actually pictures of the original articles; you can read and retype the text, but you cannot cut and paste it with your PC clipboard.     Articles from 1923 onward may be purchased. The NYT Article Archive is hosted by . The purchase prices for NYT archive articles are reasonable (e.g., $30 for 25 articles over 90 days). However, the full text of the same articles can be accessed via ProQuest absolutely free at many public libraries, often online via the individual library websites.     search The New York Times Article Archive: find this: in: NYT Archive Since 1981 NYT Archive 1851-1980 NYT Blogs Multimedia NYC Guide Answers.com/Reference sort by: oldest first   newest first   closest match The date range is September 18, 1851 to December 31, 1980 by default. You can select a narrower range below, but you must reset the range to regain a full width search. from January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 1866 1865 1864 1863 1862 1861 1860 1859 1858 1857 1856 1855 1854 1853 1852 1851   to January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 1866 1865 1864 1863 1862 1861 1860 1859 1858 1857 1856 1855 1854 1853 1852 1851 optional   headline   author     Via ProQuest, possibly for free at your library or your library's website, you can obtain NYT full-page images not available via the Times own interface.     Other ProQuest newspaper archives you can access online: Hartford Courant 1764-1984 Chicago Tribune 1849-1985 Atlanta Constitution 1868-1925 Boston Globe 1872-1922     Washington Post 1877- Los Angeles Times 1881-1985 Wall Street Journal 1889-1989 Christian Science Monitor 1908-     The Times of London from 1785-1985 is also available in a digital archive, from another company, that can be accessed only via libraries (as of this writing, you can't get there from The Times website).     The TIME Magazine Online Archive, now available free, includes over 321,000 articles and over 4,400 covers from every issue of TIME, beginning with the first issue published: March 3, 1923. find this:   in: articles covers sort by: oldest first newest first   all covers - 215 covers by Boris Artzybasheff - 413 covers by Boris Chaliapin St. Petersburg Times (9/30/2001 circulation: 312,695) differs from almost every major newspaper in that they offer free search and recall of all stories from the print edition of the paper (text only), including AP, Reuters, and local stories, dating back to January 1, 1987. find this: in stories from: the last 2 years January 1987 to present dates from: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 to: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 in: National Business Sports City & State Metro & State Tampa Tampa & State Editorial All Sections Google News archive search indexes multiple historical archives, both free and paid, including TIME Magazine, newspapers covered by ProQuest and NewsBank, and more. Google News archive search can also create timelines showing selected results from relevant time periods. Before you pay for archived articles, check your public library, you can often access the same articles there (or via your library on the Internet) for free. advanced news archive search - archive search help find this: (optional) dates from: to: Heritage Microfilm's Newspaper Archive, a subscription service, as of this writing, holds 74.3 million page images from 239 newspapers covering 699 cities and dating back 239 years. The rates range from $20 for a 7-day pass to $96 for one year. The wide range of titles includes The Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica), The Edinburgh Advertiser (Scotland), The Sunday Times (Johannesburg, South Africa), The Abilene Daily Reporter (Texas), etc. Newpaper Archive pages are included in the results of Google's News Archive search (the form is above).     Newspaper Archive also provides free collections of thousands of full page images on specific topics including: Historic Front Pages College Basketball Pro Baseball Winter Olympics Historic Sports Pages Space Exploration San Antonio, TX The Titanic     Outlaws The FBI Terrorism World Trade Center Abraham Lincoln ML King, Jr. JF Kennedy Assasination The Holocaust     Global Warming Hurricanes Tornadoes Earthquakes Ronald Regan Pearl Harbor Asbestos Chocolate, and more. Cornell University's Making of America has clear, legible page images from many issues of 22 journals and magazines from 1815 to 1901, including issues of Scientific American, Manufacturer and Builder, Harpers, Putnams, Scribners, The Century, The Galaxy, and more, plus many good old books up to 1926, free and searchable. find this:   in issues from: 1815 1820 1825 1830 1835 1840 1845 1850 1855 1860 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1926 to 1926 1905 1900 1895 1890 1885 1880 1875 1870 1865 1860 1855 1850 1845 1840 1835 1830 1825 1820 1815 in: books & journals journals books To search variations or the plural of a word, you must include an asterisk * at the end of the word. For example, war*, will look for wars, warrior, warm and so forth. The simple term war will look only for the word war. Oxford University's Internet Library of Early Journals includes free, searchable (OCR-indexed) and browsable page images of leading 18th and 19th century journals. Click on a title to browse, or use the form to search: Gentleman's Magazine 1731-1750 search subject index only Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 1757-1777     search full text, or subjects or authors The Annual Register 1758-1778 browse only Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 1843-1863 search full text, titles, or authors The Builder 1843-1852 browse only Notes and Queries 1849-1869 search full text, or subject index find: in the: full text subject index title index author index AND OR optional find: in the: full text subject index title index author index of: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (full text, titles or authors) Gentleman's Magazine (subject index only) Notes and Queries (full text, or subjects) Philosophical Transactions (full text, subjects or authors) Also online: 30 issues of Chambers's Edinburgh Journal from 1852.     Emory U has text and pic excerpts from The Illustrated London News coverage of the US Civil War. Another site has images (unfortunately mostly photos rather than scans) from a private collection of 3000 issues of The Illustrated London News starting with the 1st issue in 1842. BBC News "Refined" Search: searches the millions of stories published online by the BBC since November, 1997. -- You can enter keywords, but you will get better results by entering longer free text in double quotes, e.g., "The night of the first Nato bombings of Serbia". -- You can use Boolean search terms AND, OR, NEAR, and NOT. They must be in uppercase. -- Use * as a wildcard. Alger* will find stories about Algeria, Algerians etc. find this: in: all topics World UK UK Politics Business Sci/Tech Health Education Entertainment FOO Correspondent in this date range: last week only stories from: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 to: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 CNN.com keeps news stories (including AP and Reuters) on their site dating back to 1996. In 2008, CNN switched their site search provider to Google; strangely, this seems to have made it more difficult to locate some old stories. They do not have an "advanced" search form with a date range selector, but if you include the date in quotes in the search terms, (e.g., "May 16, 1999") you will get results that are primarily from that date. You can also browse CNN.com archives 1996-1998 at the Open Directory, which keeps an archive of links to 15,149 CNN stories from these 3 years, sorted by year, month, and category, headline-searchable. find this:

Most of the 300+ articles shown above are permanently located on appropriate pages at quickfound.net. Over 100 are on the nation and city pages at news.quickfound.net, many more are at: coffee.quickfound.net - jewelry.quickfound.net wine.quickfound.net - chocolate.quickfound.net electronics.quickfound.net - phones.quickfound.net Get The New York Times  Home Delivery at 50% off the regular subscription price. See also: QuickShop: Bookstores QuickShop: Magazines Links to 30+ Free News Archives History News, Search, Links Biography Search, Links, & News Current News Search Newsgroups Search Reference Search & Links Photo & Image Search Engines Online Video Search Map Search & Links Government & Military Search Science Search Biomed News & Search   News History News   Free Sci-Tech News Archives Many issues of Scientific American from 1845 to 1879 are available free online, as well 60 issues of the Scientific American Supplement between 1881 and 1898. Also see Scientific American from 1846-1869 at the Cornell University MOA, searchable via the form in the left column of this page. Science News Online Archive Free access to the full text of articles that are available online (18 percent of all articles published in Science News), bibliographic references and sources for all articles published in Science News, and online-only features, since April 25, 1996. Browse or search. The Scientist has an archive that covers biosciences news from January, 1999 to present. The SLAB, ABC Science is an archive of Australian Broadcasting Corp. online science stories since 1997. CNET News.com archives 1997-1998 the Open Directory has an archive of links to 14,264 CNET News.com computer technology stories from these 2 years, sorted by year and month, headline-searchable. Wired news archives 1996-1999 the Open Directory has an archive of links to 10,665 Wired computer technology stories from these 4 years, sorted by year and category, headline-searchable.   Related Archive Links The Internet Moving Images Archive contains 1254 films from the Prelinger Archives on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century. There are educational films, industrial films, newsreels, and movie trailers. Typical titles include A is for Atom (1953) and The Woodworker (1940). The films are full-length and can be viewed online or downloaded in MPEG-2, DiVX 4.11, or VCD format.     The Internet Archive also includes 601 free public domain Universal Newsreels from made for theatrical display from 1929 to 1967. The Open Video Project is "a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities." You can search or browse through over 3,900 free downloadable videos there, most of which are in MPEG format. The collection includes, for example, 101 NASA videos. The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most available, extensive and complete archive of television news. Since 1968, the Archive has consistently recorded, indexed, and preserved network television news for research, review, and study. Copies of complete broadcasts may be borrowed from the Archive. Finding Usenet Newsgroup Archives   Paid Online News Archives News Library manages archives for numerous major daily papers selling old stories. Newscan sells stories from the archives of many Canadian papers. It seems impossible to find free archives of Canadian news, unfortunately. Augusta Chronicle paid archive pages contain every article, every ad, and every photo in this paper from 1821-2000. British Pathe has 3500 hours in their digital newsreel archive, which covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970. Low-res previews are free. ABEbooks, the Advanced Book Exchange, provides access to over 30 million used, rare, and out-of-print books, from thousands of used, secondhand, rare, and out-of-print booksellers around the world. find this: Title Author Keyword Publisher

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The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis offers a Consumer Price Index Calculator to compare prices and see inflation rates from 1913-present. You can also track estimated inflation rates all the way back to 1800 ($1 in 1850 was about $23.31 in 2005).

  Free Online US News Archives links updated May, 2007

Papers with AP and local news online: Seattle Times WA (228,372) since Jan 1, 1990 Seattle Post-Intelligencer WA (164,190) since 7/1999; '86-99 (staff, no AP)     also special report archive - photo gallery archive Augusta Chronicle GA (83,385) since 1998, also browse since 10/96 Topeka Capital-Journal KS (56,234) since 1999, free reg req Lubbock Avalanche-Journal TX (54,111) search 1998-;     browse 10/1996-; free reg req Billings Gazette MT (47,599) from 6/1998 to 9/2000 by section only;     browse headlines since 2002; also .jpg pics of historic front pages 1898- New Bedford Standard-Times MA (35,862) search or browse since 5/1995 Athens Daily News/Banner Herald GA (28,456) since 1998 Papers with searchable photo archives: Las Vegas Sun NV (33,690) since 1996, news or photos San Francisco Chronicle CA (474,788) stories (no AP) since 1/1/1995,     day in pictures and through the lens since 1995

The Palo Alto Daily News (California) archives no longer exist, but many front pages (only), from 2003 and 2004 are available via the Internet Archive. Free Online Non-US News Archives: Independent.co.uk since 2000 Canberra Times (Australia) since Nov. 6, 2000,    also Mar. 16, 1999 to Nov. 6, 2000 Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 10/2001;     Also browse the Foreign Correspondent archive 1996- Montreal Mirror (weekly) browse since Feb. 1997 People's Daily (China) browse since Jan. 1998 full list of free news archives links also updated May, 2007

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    Note: Some onsite search engines do not work well. Also, if you search for news at sites selling archived stories, you may have to pay for the same stories you can find for free by searching for them with Google. Don't pay for old AP or Reuters stories you can find online for free. And don't give up if a particular site's search engine does not work well. Try a search with Google first, including the syntax "site:" with your search.
    For example, CBS News has stories back to at least 1997, but unfortunately their site search engine just doesn't work right. If you search for "kournikova" with their site search (powered by Yahoo!), as of this writing, you get 23 results. A search via Google produces 86 results. If you want to search CBS News, Sportsline, or MarketWatch, the use of Google (below) is recommended. Put "site:cbsnews.com" after your keywords. For CBS Sportsline, add "site:sportsline.com" instead, etc. You might also try putting the date (in quotes, e.g., "January 28, 1996", or perhaps simply the month and year) of the story you are looking for in your search terms.

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TIME Magazine, May 30, 1949, p. 69: THE PRESS: Busier & Busier     Busy Editor Gardner Cowles of Look (circ. 2,912,689) thought that U.S. readers were getting "busier & busier" all the time. What they needed in the way of a weekly news report, he decided, was something brief and handy to snatch up in their spare moments "on the bus or in the beauty parlor." Last week "Mike" Cowles gave them a new, 64-page magazine of "news, pictures [19 pages] and predictions" no bigger than a man's hand. Name: Quick. Price: 10¢.     The first issue of Mike Cowles tiny (4 by 6 in.) magazine had a picture of Ingrid Bergman on the yellow-and-black cover, as she might appear through a telescope focused on Stromboli. The longest story in the magazine was five sentences; most were told in one sentence that was merely a paraphrase of a headline. There were 25 departments (Science, Sports, Male & Female, Fashions, etc.). Among the biggest departments (four pages) was "Quick Predicts," a kind of Kiplinger letter in monosyllables.     Quick's 20,000-copy test run went on sale on newsstands in eight cities from Philadelphia to Tacoma--but not in Manhattan, where Editor & Publisher Cowles had dreamed it up. With Look's staff "and of course Fleur" (Mrs. Cowles), he had knocked the first issue together in four months. If the first issues caught on, Quick would probably go on a national distribution basis next month, get its own staff. Without ads, Cowles figured the new magazine would need 300,000 readers to break even. The trick for Quick was to find that number of busy people who would be satisfied to get their news of the world in the tiniest capsules ever dealt to them by any magazine.

see also: Quick End, April 27, 1953