Yale Alumni Magazine Archives
The Yale Alumni Magazine was founded as the Yale Alumni Weekly in 1891 by the student editors of the Yale Daily News. In the first issue, its founders declared that the publication was to be “run exclusively for the benefit of the graduates.” It was to “serve as an organ for the expression of graduate opinion upon topics concerning the welfare and interest of Yale” and to “act as a bond between the Alumni themselves and between the Alumni and the University.”
After a few years, the Daily News sold the new publication to two alumni, who ran it privately until 1909. In that year, the Yale Publishing Association was founded as publisher of the Weekly, governed by a nonprofit corporation “formed to hold [the YPA] in trust for the Yale graduates at large.” In 1937, the Alumni Board of Yale incorporated the nonprofit Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., to take over publication of what was soon renamed the Yale Alumni Magazine. In July 2015, Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., and Yale University agreed that the magazine would become a department of Yale. Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., was dissolved in 2021. An Editorial Advisory Board that includes journalists, faculty, alumni, and Yale administrators provides advice and oversight to the magazine's staff.
This archive provides a comprehensive collection of past issues, offering a fascinating glimpse into Yale’s evolving history and traditions. Whether you’re looking for a nostalgic trip through past decades, researching key moments in Yale's history, or simply enjoying the voices and perspectives of Yalies across generations, this site strives to be a valuable resource to help you find what you're looking for. Explore the archive to rediscover the ideas, debates, and milestones that have shaped Yale and its global community for more than a century.