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Newsweek’s first issue was published in February 1933, and it became one of the most popular weekly news magazines in the U.S. for much of the 20th century. It was owned by the Washington Post newspaper from 1961 to 2010.
The top row of links at each year (below) lead to color images of print versions of the U.S. edition of Newsweek Magazine. They are in 2-month and 3-month groups because they were bound that way by the donor library. Several of these groups of issues could not be found online. The resolution of these color scans is good, but the edges of pages were cut off during scanning, making some words hard to read.
Links with ‘B&W‘. These are scans of black and white microfilm versions of Newsweek. The resolution is lower than the color scans. Text is readable, but images are poor. The B&W links on this page come from two archives of microfilm images: 1933-1961 U.S. edition, and; 1973-1996 International Atlantic edition. The International edition devotes more space to news around the world.
Newsweek Subject indexes are here for each 6-month volume. You’ll normally find them at the beginning of a 2-month or 3-month binder in the color versions. There is also an index at each B&W volume link.
Newsweek Magazine Archive 1930s
1933 (Vols 1-2) –
Feb 17-Dec (B&W)
Index Vol 1 – (Feb 17-Jul) –
Index Vol 2 – (Aug-Dec)
Note: Vol 2 consists of issues from Aug-Dec, but the metadata mislabels them as Vol 1.
1934 (Vols 3-4) –
Jan-Jun (B&W) – Jul-Dec (B&W)
Index Vol 3 – (Jan-Jun) –
Index Vol 4 – (Jul-Dec)
1935 (Vols 5-6) –
Jan-Jun (B&W) – Jul-Dec (B&W)
Index Vol 5 – (Jan-Jun) –
Index Vol 6 – (Jul-Dec)
1936 (Vols 7-8) –
Jan-Mar –
Apr-Jun –
Jul-Sep –
Oct-Dec
Vol 7 (B&W) –
Vol 8 (B&W)
1937 (Vols 9-10) –
Jan-Mar –
Apr-Jun –
Jul-Sep –
Oct-Dec
Vol 9 (B&W) –
Vol 10 (B&W)
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1938 (Vols 11-12) –
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Oct-Dec
Vol 11 (B&W) –
Vol 12 (B&W)
1939 (Vols 13-14) –
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Oct-Dec
Vol 13 (B&W) –
Vol 14 (B&W)
Newsweek Magazine Archive 1940s
1940 (Vols 15-16) –
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Oct-Dec
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Vol 16 (B&W)
1941 (Vols 17-18) –
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Vol 18 (B&W)
1942 (Vols 19-20) –
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Vol 19 (B&W) –
Vol 20 (B&W)
1943 (Vols 21-22) –
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Vol 22 (B&W)
1944 (Vols 23-24) –
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Vol 24 (B&W)
1945 (Vols 25-26) –
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Vol 26 (B&W)
1946 (Vols 27-28) –
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Jul-Sep
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Vol 28 (B&W)
1947 (Vols 29-30) –
Apr-Jun –
Jul-Sep
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Vol 30 (B&W)
1948 (Vols 31-32) –
Vol 31 (B&W) –
Vol 32 (B&W)
1949 (Vols 33-34) –
Jul-Sep –
Oct-Dec
Vol 33 (B&W) –
Vol 34 (B&W)
Newsweek Magazine Archives 1950s
1950 (Vols 35-36) –
Jan-Mar –
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Oct-Dec
Vol 35 (B&W) –
Vol 36 (B&W)
1951 (Vols 37-38) –
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Vol 38 (B&W)
1952 (Vols 39-40) –
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Vol 40 (B&W)
1953 (Vols 41-42) –
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1954 (Vols 43-44) –
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Vol 44 (B&W)
1955 (Vols 45-46) –
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Vol 45 (B&W) –
Vol 46 (B&W)
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1956 (Vols 47-48) –
Jan-Mar –
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Oct-Dec
Vol 47 (B&W) –
Vol 48 (B&W)
1957 (Vols 49-50) –
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Jul-Sep
Vol 49 (B&W) –
Vol 50 (B&W)
1958 (Vols 51-52) –
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Vol 52 (B&W)
1959 (Vols 53-54) –
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Oct-Dec
Vol 53 (B&W) –
Vol 54 (B&W)
Newsweek Magazines PDF 1960s
1960 (Vols 55-56) –
Jan-Mar –
Apr-Jun –
Jul-Sep
Vol 55 (B&W) –
Vol 56 (B&W)
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1961 (Vols 57-58) –
Jan-Mar –
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Jul-Sep –
Oct-Dec
Vol 57 (B&W) –
Vol 58 (B&W)
1962 (Vols 59-60) – Jan-Mar – Apr-Jun – Jul-Sep – Oct-Dec
1963 (Vols 61-62) – Jan-Mar – Jul-Sep – Oct-Dec
1964 (Vols 63-64) – Jan-Mar – Apr-Jun – Jul-Sep – Oct-Dec
1965 (Vols 65-66) – Jan-Mar – Apr-Jun
1966 (Vols 67-68) – Jan-Mar – Jul-Sep – Oct-Dec
1967 (Vols 69-70) – Jan-Mar – Apr-Jun – Jul-Sep – Oct-Dec
1968 (Vols 71-72) – Jan-Mar – Jan-Mar – Jul-Sep – Oct-Dec
1969 (Vols 73-74) – Apr-Jun – Jul-Dec – Oct-Dec
Newsweek Archives 1970s
1970 (Vols 75-76) – Jan-Mar – Apr-Jun – Jul-Sep – Oct-Dec
1971 (Vols 77-78) – Jan-Feb – Mar-Apr – May-Jun – Jul-Aug – Sep-Oct – Nov-Dec
1972 (Vols 79-80) – Jan-Feb – Mar-Apr – May-Jun – Jul-Aug – Sep-Oct – Nov-Dec
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