Are archives of The Harvard Crimson available online?

Yes.  Crimson articles back to 1873 are available through the Crimson site's search page.

The Harvard University Archives in Pusey Library has the Crimson in paper back to 1891, call number HUK 305.  There are some missing issues. The current year is kept on-site, unbound; earlier volumes are stored at the Harvard Depository and must be requested through the Archives.

Widener has the Crimson back to 1891 on Microfilm, call number Film NC 2431, in Widener's Newspaper Microfilm collection, accessible from the first level of the stacks. 

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