The Yale Daily News Historical Archive
The Yale Daily News (YDN) is the nation’s oldest college daily newspaper founded on January 28, 1878. The newspaper’s historical archive contains digitized copies of printed issues of the paper that are available to the world. The Yale Daily News Historical Archive includes articles from YDN’s print publication as well as its website from the first year of its existence, including the online version of the newspaper.
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