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NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
- THE DAILY BULLETIN Bloomington IL 1858-1903
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COMPILER: Works Progress Administration (WPA) |
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: |
MCLEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 201 E. Grove St. Bloomington IL 61701 Telephone: (309) 827-0428
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AVAILABILITY: Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the library of the McLean County Historical Society. |
SCOPE OF INDEX: The index is composed of lead lines on news articles of local and county interest. There is also contained vital statistics, advertisements, sales of real estate and agriculture. |
FORMAT OF INDEX: A 3x5 card file index arranged in alphabetical order by subject and personal name. Entries consist of the citation in the upper right hand corner of the card followed by the lead line and brief description of the article. The citation consists of the name of paper (abbreviated), month, day, year, page and column. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Herbert O. Brayer. "Preliminary guide to indexed newspapers in the United States, 1850-1900". Mississippi Valley Historical Review, v.33, #2, Sept. 2, 1946.
2. 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.
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