Everything up to 1985 (I think?) is available to subscribers: http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser There is even OC

Everything up to 1985 (I think?) is available to subscribers: http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser There is even OCR done on the articles so you can do search.