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This report is extracted from the 1000 Section (Confirmed Newspaper Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.   Either a compiler, publisher or repository had confirmed the existance of this index and supplied information for the report. See the INTRODUCTION for the methodology used in compiling the LATHROP REPORT.
REPORT NO:  1016A Previous Report (1015A)  |  Next Report (1017A)
INDEX NAME:  Bay City Times Index
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • BAY CITY TIMES Bay City MI 1952-Current
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: BAY COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Bay City Branch Library
708 Center
Bay City MI 48706
Telephone: (517) 893-9566
AVAILABILITY:  Five typed copies of each annual index are produced in book form. One copy of the current year (work in progress) is kept on 3x5 cards. Index must be used in the Bay City Branch Library.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Articles indexed must pertain to Bay City and Bay County only. Included are some editorials, music and art events and some Michigan news. Omitted are obituaries, sports, advertising and routine club activities.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  The entries are arranged in chronological order under one or more broad subject headings. There are about 150 such headings per annual index. Extensive use of cross references guides the user to the correct subject area. Each entry consists of the headline, plus the month, day, page and column where the article will be found. The code "(PIC)" indicates that an illustration accompanies the article. Each index is typed on 8½x11-inch paper, reproduced in five copies and bound. Prior to typing, the index is kept on 3x5 cards, only one copy of which exists.
SIZE OF INDEX:  Estimated 25,000 entries per annual index.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Grace D. Parch. DIRECTORY OF NEWSPAPER LIBRARIES IN THE U.S. AND CANADA. Newspaper Division, Special Libraries Association, 1976.
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LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES. 1979-1980 Edition. Copyright © 1979 by Norman Lathrop Enterprises. ISBN 0-910868-10-7. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior expressed permission of Norman Lathrop Enterprises, except as permitted by law.   Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of the report at the time of publication.   However, it is imperative that the user contact the organization cited in a report for the current status of the index, especially if planning to visit the institution and do research using the index.