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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1078A Previous Report (1077B)  |  Next Report (1079A)
INDEX NAME:  Galesburg Register-Mail Index
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL Galesburg IL 1965-1966;1970-Current
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: GALESBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY
40 E. Simmons St
Galesburg IL 61401
Telephone: (309) 343-6118
AVAILABILITY:  Only 2 copies of this book-form index exist. They must be used in the Galesburg Public Library.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Indexing is limited to local news or local ramifications of state and national news. Includes obituaries and (after 1974) includes weddings and births. Attempt is made to include areas of business and industry, civic affairs, school administration news, cultural life, social services, agriculture, health, local history, feature articles and politics. The intent is to make available access to events of lasting significance to the growth and development of Galesburg. Excluded from the index is most sports coverage, club meetings and school affairs.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A book-form index, handwritten on 8½x11 inch sheets and arranged in alphabetical order by subject in 3 ring binders. Each year of the index is in a separate binder. At the top of each sheet is typed the subject heading and the year. Entries are then handwritten in chronological order down the sheet. Each entry begins with a "keyword" which is printed in a darker or heavier style, followed by the headline and the citation. The citation consists of the month, day and page number. The vital statistics entries (births, deaths and weddings) are typed onto sheets once per year and placed into the binder. A list of subject headings used during the year is placed at the front of each binder. Cross references are included in this list.
SIZE OF INDEX:  Approximately 500 entries per month are added to the index (exclusive of births, deaths and weddings).
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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.