Boys’ Life Archives
Scout Life magazine has partnered with Google Books to archive more than 100 years of Boys’ Life magazine. You can view nearly every issue from March 1911 to December 2012 at the following links:
- 1911-1919 issues
- 1920-1929 issues
- 1930-1939 issues
- 1940-1949 issues
- 1950-1959 issues
- 1960-1969 issues
- 1970-1979 issues
- 1980-1989 issues
- 1990-1999 issues
- 2000-2009 issues
- 2010-2012 issues
Once you find the issue you’d like to read, just click on the “Preview this magazine” link. You can also search within a particular issue or across all issues.
What About Issues Since 2012?
Many articles published since 2012 are available here on the Scout Life website. You can also find recent issues of the magazine on the Scout Life app.
we werewondering if the 1963 nov. issue is worth any money? we have it and its in aone condition! please let me know. thank you.
we have several different issues from 1963)64}65.are there any collectors out there?
how much are the issues?
I noticed there are people buying and selling older issues of Boy’s Life on ebay. I’ve bought a couple from there.
I need July 1963 issue with an ad for Mayfair photos showing Mickey Mantle. Got it????
BSA im pretty sure we do. i have them put away i will check tomorrow and let you know!!!!!
id like them
probably about $5
I am definitely interestd in the Nov 1963 Edition. It brings back memories. Please let me know.
Kinda useful
Woww! These old issues are just golden history. It’s great that they are available..
Yes they are!
Danny awesome could you let me know more about theyre worth? thank you.
Us old scouts remember those great black and white illustrated Boy’s Life reprint pamphlets we use to devour as kids.
This site reminds me of what a treasure trove of great stuff is in these back issues….Green Bar Bill, W. Ben Hunt, Whittlin’ Jim’s Slide of the Month.
What a resource that isn’t being tapped by national…get the presses rolling guys!!!
This is kinda boring…..
some parts are, but the ‘think and grin’ and the hitching rack and the comics isn’t.
that’s why I skipped some ywars, and started reading from jan 1947
I hope that BL has the newer issues on the site soon.
Good news! Issues from 2009 were added today.
When do you expect to include the ability to print individual pages? I am working on an article about an event held by the BSA every year from 1920 through at least the mid-1930s and there are about 20 different pages I would like to print out to use as references.
Sorry, it’s going to take some time before we’re able to add the ability to print.
no 2010!
i know
I haven’t seen Boys’Life in years. Going here and pulling up some of the old issues from my youth brought back memories of simpler times. I was a cub acout and then worked my way to the rank of Life as a Boy Scout. Thanks for posting the magazines here.
How do you order a specific issue of a magazine if you have lost an old one and would like a copy? September of 2009 to be specific.
How do i buy an old copy
We have limited numbers of back copies available for purchase, mostly for recent years. Just give us a call at 1-866-584-6589 for more information.
Can u order the first one ever made? im doing a research project and i would like one if possible.