For an unknown amount of time while the Chicago Tribune works on a “Beta” version of its archive, you can access all of the Chicago Tribune archives for FREE. See the paper from the day you were born! If you look on their archive FAQ page …
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What do you mean by “beta”?
The archives are a work in progress, but we wanted to make them public so you could start exploring. The piece you’re most likely to notice as not being quite finished is search, which is still in the process of compiling results. This is an ongoing process, however, so don’t be discouraged—if you don’t get many results for your search term one day, try again a day or two later and you might be surprised by what you find!
Occasionally you may notice incorrect highlighting on articles; this is an artifact of the digitization process and not something we can fix at present.
See anything else that looks wrong? Email us at archives@tribune.com—we appreciate your feedback.
Let us know if you make any neat finds! Eventually, the archive will require a subscription to access.
