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The World Almanac

The World Almanac is an annual quick-reference work published since the 1800s.

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 copyright renewals are known to exist for volumes of this serial. It is still published today.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1868-1873, 1875-1876, 1891-1905, 1907-1910, 1913-1919: HathiTrust has many early volumes of this almanac scanned from the University of Michigan's holdings. Some later volumes are searchable but not readable online. Some volumes not included in the Michigan set are listed below.
• 1906: HathiTrust has the 1906 volume of this almanac scanned from Princeton University's holdings.
• 1911: The Internet Archive has the 1911 volume of this almanac.
• 1912: HathiTrust has the 1912 volume of this almanac scanned from Princeton University's holdings.
• 1920: The Internet Archive has the 1920 volume of this almanac.
• 1921: The Internet Archive has the 1921 volume of this almanac.
• 1922: The Internet Archive has the 1922 volume of this almanac. Some text may be obscured near where the pages divide.

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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