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New York Times Digital Edition

New York Times Archives

The New York Times Digital Access provides the following offerings of archives:

  • The New York Times Article Archive - Partial and full-text digital versions of articles from 1851 to 2006.
  • TimesMachine - A browser-based digital replica of all issues from 1851 to 2002 available to print and digital subscribers.

Additional information about the Archives (what is/is not available, how to search, etc.) can be found at Archives FAQ.

The New York Times Article Archive contains articles dating back to 1851, which can be accessed through archive search. Articles from 1851-1980 are available either in full-text or partial articles. Full-text versions are available for all articles published after 1980.

Full-text archive articles include the entire text of an article. Partial articles include an excerpt of the article and a link to TimesMachine where you can view the entire article in its original form.

 

Search Tips:

When using the basic search bar, the search will pull from article headlines, the full text of the article, author field, date range, and index terms. For best results we recommend the following tips when searching The New York Times Article Archive: 

  • Make your search terms as specific as possible (e.g. just searching for "football" or "Russia" will usually result in too many results to sort through) 
  • To find exact phrases in an article, use quotation marks around the phrase 
  • Narrow your search to a specific date range, section, or type using the filters beneath the search bar 
  • You can also sort your search results by newest or oldest in the top right hand corner

One of the most common searches is for a particular person’s obituary. The most comprehensive way to find an obituary in The New York TImes Article Archive is to search the person's last name and "dies" or "death." For example, for Charlie Chaplin, you would search: Charlie Chaplin dies or Charlie Chaplin death.

Source: https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014772767-Archives

TimesMachine provides searchable, browsable page scans of every issue of The New York Times published between 1851 and 2002.

 

Search Tips:

TimesMachine allows users to search by both keyword and indexing term (the latter will offer suggestions when you start typing in the search bar).  For best results we recommend the following tips when searching TimesMachine: 

  • Specify the date range of your search
  • Sort by relevance: oldest or newest

Once you click into an article, the indexing panel will show you the indexing terms that are assigned to that article. Clicking on one of those terms will show you other results that were tagged with that indexing term.

If you are looking at an issue of the paper in its entirety, the indexing panel will show you what indexing terms were assigned to all the articles in that issue of the paper. Clicking on one of the indexing terms will show you all the articles that term was assigned to.

Source: https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014772767-Archives