Akron Beacon Journal Subject Indexes (1841-1939)

Only partial indexes exist for some years prior to 1890. Obituaries may be found under the heading for "deaths" or under the last name of the individual. Murders, accidents or other deaths by violence are indexed under the person’s name; divorces are generally found under the names of the parties involved. To request a copy of an article cited in the indexes, please contact us.

For obituary citations after 1939, see our Akron Beacon Journal Obituary Indexes, 1937-present, as well as the Hayes Research Library’s Ohio Obituary Index , which allows you to search across all years.

Text-only versions of articles 1984-present are available with an ASCPL library card through NewsBank .  You may search the Akron Beacon Journal 1872-present  through Newspapers.com, but you must have a private subscription to view articles. The Library of Congress’ Chronicling America Chronicling America project provides free access to many issues of Akron Daily Democrat May 1, 1899-December 31, 1902 .

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Year	PDF
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875

Year	PDF
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907

Year	PDF
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939