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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1075A Previous Report (1074A)  |  Next Report (1076A)
INDEX NAME:  New Bedford Newspaper Card Index.
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • EVENING STANDARD New Bedford MA 1856-1932
  • NEW BEDFORD MERCURY New Bedford MA 1856-1942
  • NEW BEDFORD TIMES New Bedford MA 1902-1932
  • NEW BEDFORD STANDARD-TIMES New Bedford MA 1932-Current
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Box C-902
New Bedford MA 02741
Telephone: (617) 999-6291
AVAILABILITY:  Only One copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the Genealogy Room of the Free Public Library.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Emphasis is on local news, obituaries and historical features. Only limited state news is indexed. Excluded is national news, international news, society and club news.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A 3x5 card file index arranged in alphabetical order by subject and personal name. There is one entry per card consisting of the headline or a brief description of the article, the name of the paper, the date (mo-dy-yr) and the page number where the article will be found. The occurance of a portrait is also noted.
SIZE OF INDEX:  About 500 entries per month are added to the current index.
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.