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INDEX NAME: Beaumont Enterprise and Journal Index |
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
- BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE Beaumont TX 1926-Current
- BEAUMONT JOURNAL Beaumont TX 1926-Current
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LOCATION or PUBLISHER: |
BEAUMONT PUBLIC LIBRARY 800 Pearl St PO Box 3827 Beaumont TX 77704 Telephone: (713) 838-0812
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AVAILABILITY: This card file index and corresponding newspapers are available for use at the Beaumont Public Library. |
SCOPE OF INDEX: Indexed are the articles on local, county and state government activities plus special attractions such as concerts, plays, theatre and festivals. Obituaries are indexed along with news about prominent citizens and prominent visitors. An attempt is made to include all articles dealing with the history of Beaumont and Jefferson County. Omitted are vital statistics, regular columns, social events and hobbies. |
FORMAT OF INDEX: A 3x5 card file index. The entry includes a brief description of the article. The citation includes the newspaper, month, day, year, section, page and column. A special code indicates that a picture accompanied the article. The letter B,C or S indicates if the news is local (Beaumont), county or state news. Personal names are used as subdivisions of general subject headings like PROMINENT CITIZENS. |
SIZE OF INDEX: 100-150 entries per month are added to the file. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Norma Olin Ireland. LOCAL INDEXES IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES. Faxon, Boston MA, 1947.
2. Anita Cheek Milner. NEWSPAPER INDEXES: A LOCATION & SUBJECT GUIDE FOR RESEARCHERS. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen NJ, 1977.
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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.
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