New York Times Archives

Our New York Times archive search helps you find an original newspaper from a date of your choice, letting you discover what one of America’s top 3 newspapers reported on at the time and order a rare physical copy. Filled with fascinating stories and forgotten events, New York Times back issues make thoughtful gifts for any occasion, and we have thousands of copies available. Particularly for avid readers of the newspaper, our New York Times newspaper archives helps you give a gift that connects your loved one to the past.

Search our archive of original old newspapers

Let our archivist don their specs and rifle through the stacks, to retrieve the exact newspaper you’re after.

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New York Times Newspapers

While based in New York City, the New York Times has a worldwide influence and readership, ranking 18th in the world by circulation, and 3rd in the United States. It was founded in 1851 and has won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper. It has long been regarded within the industry as a national “newspaper of record” and since the mid-1970s has expanded its layout to include weekly sections on various topics.

For other New York papers from any date since 1900 please view:

New York Daily News archives

New York Herald Tribune Archives

New York Post archives

Our passion for history shows

3 million old newspapers in the archive.

100s of newspaper titles.

Authentic, original papers. Not copies.

History in your hands

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A gift they won’t be expecting

Forget flowers. Sidestep the sock aisle. An original newspaper to commemorate a date from your recipient’s past is a memory that’ll last.

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CHOOSE a deluxe gift box to protect this incredible gift for years to come.

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PRESERVED IN THE WORLD’S LARGEST PRIVATE ARCHIVE

Your newspaper will come from the echoing halls of the Historic Newspapers archive in Western Scotland, overseen by our team of ten archivists.

SELECTED AND RESTORED BY HAND

After you make your order, an archivist examines your paper, page by page. The paper is pressed flat and any flaws are rectified with archival repair tape.

PERSONALISED, PRESENTED AND DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR

Choose a gift box, and if you wish, add a bottle of the recipient’s favourite drink. However you choose to personalise your gift, it’ll be delivered within five days.

insights from our archivist

These aren’t replicas. They’re the actual newspapers that sat on newsstands up to 125 years ago. The one you buy could be the last copy in existence.

Prices can vary for several reasons, like popularity of a specific day, whether the paper is local or national, the paper’s age, and the number of copies left.

Missing papers give us a window into history. If a paper isn’t available for the date you’re after, it could be because that newspaper was on strike during the period.

FLYING OFF THE NEWSSTANDS

Bestsellers leave public ‘clamouring for copies’, reports suggest.