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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1048A Previous Report (1047A)  |  Next Report (1049A)
INDEX NAME:  Index to Prince Edwards Island Newspapers
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN Charlottetown PEI 1918-1967;1973-Current
  • THE EASTERN GRAPHIC Montague PEI 1973-Current
  • EVENING PATRIOT Charlottetown PEI 1918-1967;1973-Current
  • THE JOURNAL PIONEER Summerside PEI 1965 (Jul)-1967
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: CONFEDERATION CENTRE LIBRARY
PO Box 7000
Charlottetown PEI C1A 7N9
Canada
Telephone: (902) 892-7932
AVAILABILITY:  Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the Confederation Centre Library.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Indexes important events in the political, cultural, agricultural, fisheries, commercial, forestry, military, sports and communications fields and other newsworthy events taking place in the providence or directly affecting the providence. Includes achievements of Prince Edward Island people at home and abroad. Local church and association anniversaries and histories are noted. Obituary notices for prominent citizens of the province are indexed. Routine births, marriages and obituaries are not indexed. All three counties of the province are covered by the index. The GUARDIAN and the PATRIOT report extensively on activities in Queen's County, THE JOURNAL PIONEER in Prince County and EASTERN GRAPHIC in King's County.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A 3x5 card file index with both subjects and personal names in one alphabetical order. Through 1967 most of the entries (cards) are handwritten. Since 1973 the cards have been typed. Each card consists of one or more entries on the same subject or covering the same story in its continuation. Each entry consists of the headline or brief description of the article, plus the newspaper name, date (mo,dy,yr) and page number where the articles can be found. Accompanying photographs are noted.
SIZE OF INDEX:  Approximately 15,000 entries in total index.
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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.