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The World Almanac

The World Almanac is an annual quick-reference work published since the 1800s. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

The World Almanac was begun in 1868 by the New York World newspaper. Publication was suspended in 1876 and resumed in 1886. The title has varied slightly; full titles have included "The World Almanac and Encyclopedia" and "The World Almanac and Book of Facts". No issue or contribution copyright renewals were found for this serial. It is still published today.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1868-1873, 1875-1876, 1886-1888, 1891-1905, 1907-1920, 1924-1928: HathiTrust has many early volumes of this almanac scanned from holdings at the University of Michigan and elsewhere. Some later volumes are searchable but not readable online.
• 1868-1869: The Internet Archive has the 1868 and 1869 volumes, bound together.
• 1872-1873: The Internet Archive has the 1872 and 1873 volumes, bound together.
• 1874: HathiTrust has the 1874 volume.
• 1876: The Internet Archive has the 1876 volume.
• 1886: The Internet Archive has the 1886 volume.
• 1890: The Internet Archive has the 1890 volume.
• 1891: The Internet Archive has the 1891 volume.
• 1892: The Internet Archive has the 1892 volume.
• 1893: The Internet Archive has the 1893 volume.
• 1894: The Internet Archive has the 1894 volume.
• 1895: The Internet Archive has the 1895 volume.
• 1896: The Internet Archive has the 1896 volume.
• 1897: The Internet Archive has the 1897 volume.
• 1898: The Internet Archive has the 1898 volume.
• 1899: The Internet Archive has the 1899 volume, including "History of the Spanish-American War".
• 1900: The Internet Archive has the 1900 volume.
• 1901: The Internet Archive has the 1901 volume.
• 1902: The Internet Archive has the 1902 volume.
• 1903: The Internet Archive has the 1903 volume.
• 1904: The Internet Archive has the 1904 volume.
• 1905: The Internet Archive has the 1905 volume.
• 1906: The Internet Archive has the 1906 volume, scanned from the Boston Public Library's holdings.
• 1906: HathiTrust has the 1906 volume of this almanac scanned from Princeton University's holdings.
• 1907: The Internet Archive has the 1907 volume.
• 1908: The Internet Archive has the 1908 volume.
• 1909: The Internet Archive has the 1909 volume.
• 1910: The Internet Archive has the 1910 volume.
• 1911: The Internet Archive has the 1911 volume.
• 1912: The Internet Archive has the 1912 volume, scanned from the Boston Public Library's holdings.
• 1912: HathiTrust has the 1912 volume, scanned from Princeton University's holdings.
• 1913: The Internet Archive has the 1913 volume.
• 1914: The Internet Archive has the 1914 volume.
• 1915: The Internet Archive has the 1915 volume.
• 1916: The Internet Archive has the 1916 volume.
• 1917: The Internet Archive has the 1917 volume.
• 1918: The Internet Archive has the 1918 volume, a "war information edition".
• 1919: The Internet Archive has the 1919 volume.
• 1920: The Internet Archive has the 1920 volume.
• 1921: The Internet Archive has the 1921 volume.
• 1922: The Internet Archive has the 1922 volume. Some text may be obscured near where the pages divide.
• 1922: The Internet Archive has the 1922 volume, which also has close gutters.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has the 1923 volume.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has the 1924 volume.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has the 1925 volume.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has the 1926 volume.

Official Site / Current Material

• The official World Almanac site has information on ordering print and electronic copies, and a small selection of free facts and links.

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