From Mailchi · · 1m 10s
Your Assistance Is Required
The Onion seeks help recovering missing 270-year-old newspaper archives from readers.
In brief
The Onion seeks help recovering missing 270-year-old newspaper archives from readers. The Onion needs readers to return pre-2012 newspaper issues to complete its 270-year archive. Originally reported by Mailchi.
Your Assistance Is Required
The Onion prides itself on being a self-sufficient entity, even making pens from interns' blood.
Missing Issues
Certain issues of The Onion newspaper are mysteriously missing from its 270-year archive.
Specific Issues Needed
The Onion needs all of Vol. 14 (1988) through Vol. 49 (2013) to complete its archive.
Vol. 14 to Vol. 49
The Onion lists specific issues, including Vol. 14 (1988) and Vol. 49 (2013), as missing from its archive.
Purchase Offer
Readers who have the missing issues can sell them to The Onion for archiving.
How to Help
Complete the form to submit missing issues for potential purchase by The Onion.
Instructions
Detailed instructions for identifying missing issues are available online.
Contact
The Onion Membership Team contacts readers who may have the missing issues.
Copyright
The Onion is a Chicago-based company with a 270-year archive and a 2026 copyright.
The bottom line
The Onion needs readers to return pre-2012 newspaper issues to complete its 270-year archive.
