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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1110A Previous Report (1109A)  |  Next Report (1111A)
INDEX NAME:  Kalamazoo Gazette Index
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • KALAMAZOO GAZETTE Kalamazoo MI 1972-Current
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: KALAMAZOO PUBLIC LIBRARY
315 S. Rose St
Kalamazoo MI 49006
Telephone: (616) 342-9837
AVAILABILITY:  A published index. The current year is available on a subscription basis and consists of 11 monthly issues plus an annual cumulation. Annual volumes back through 1972 are also available. Write for prices.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  News of the state and of the southwest region of Michigan is indexed, with special emphasis on the greater Kalamazoo area. Among the subjects treated are schools; business and industry; state and local government issues; feature stories on local athletes and teams; cultural events, including locally reviewed films, plays, art exhibits, and concerts; significant news of local clubs and organizations; wedding anniversaries; obituaries; significant church events; people in the news; letters to the editor; and editorials on local subjects. Omitted from the index are national and international news stories, unless of local significance; most advertising; birth, death, marriage, and divorce notices; engagements and weddings; announcements of routine events and meetings; social calenders; routine sports events; non-news items, such as household hints, recipes, personal advice columns, and travel.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A book-form index, with two columns per page, consisting of photo reduced computer printout. The index is divided into two sections: SUBJECT INDEX and PERSONAL NAME INDEX. Within each section, the entries are arranged in alphabetical order by subject or name and then in chronological order. Each entry is complete on a single line and consists of the headline or a brief annotation, followed by the citation. The citation consists of the date (mo/dy/yr), the section, page and column. An asterisk (*) preceding the citation indicates that a photo or diagram accompanies the article.
SIZE OF INDEX:  The 1977 annual index consisted of 82 pages of subject entries and 27 pages of personal name entries. This represents approximately 14000 subject entries and 6500 personal name entries.
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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.