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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1018A Previous Report (1017A)  |  Next Report (1019A)
INDEX NAME:  Berea Citizen Index
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • BEREA CITIZEN Berea KY 1899-Current
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: BEREA COLLEGE
Hutchins Library
Berea KY 40404
Telephone: (606) 986-9341 (ext. 289)
AVAILABILITY:  This card file index and corresponding newspapers must be used in the Hutchins Library.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  The index covers news of Berea and the surrounding area. Many of the entries concern Berea College and its departments, organizations and functions. Births, deaths and marriages are included. Omitted from the index are state and national news, columns, letters and routine club meetings. Indexing for the last five years is very incomplete and the content of the index has varied over the years. Revisions to the index are being consitered currently.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  This is a 3x5 card file index. Each card has only one entry. The card shows the subject heading, brief description of the article and the citation (month, day, year, page and column). Accompanying photographs are noted. Some of the early entries are still in handwritten form, but will eventually be typed.
SIZE OF INDEX:  The total number of entries is estimated at 50,000. About 1800 new entries are added each year.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Norma Olin Ireland. LOCAL INDEXES IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES. Faxon, Boston MA, 1947.
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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.