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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1131E Previous Report (1131D)  |  Next Report (1131F)
INDEX NAME:  Index to THE WESTERN EMIGRANT, THE EMIGRANT, THE MICHIGAN EMIGRANT, THE MICHIGAN WHIG and THE MICHIGAN WHIG & WASHTENAW DEMOCRAT, Nov 18 1829-Sept 3 1835
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • THE WESTERN EMIGRANT (title varies) Ann Arbor MI 1829(Nov 18)-1835(Sep 3)
COMPILER:  Louis W. Doll
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: MICHIGAN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
1150 Beal Ave
Ann Arbor MI 48109
Telephone: (313) 764-3482
AVAILABILITY:  One copy of this book-form index is available for public use in the Michigan Historical Collections library. A second copy is available in the Michigan State Library (Lansing MI)
SCOPE OF INDEX:  "...in the main only local items have been indexed. Laws of Michigan, excerpts and essays from magazines and newspapers, stories, and editorials against masonry of no special interest have not been indexed. Local items from lands to the west and south (Jackson and Lenawee counties especially) for which the EMIGRANT was the outlet have been indexed. Particular attention has been given to personal names and to names of places; advertisements, owing to their special importance, have been fully indexed. Sub-indexes have not been used, but in their place is an appendix where the names of firms and professions have been brought together. Another appendix gives the locations and dates of the extant issues in the several depositories." (from the PREFACE).
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A book-form index typewritten on 8½x11 inch pages. Includes appendices for special information (see SCOPE note). The index is arranged in alphabetical order by subject and personal name, followed by a brief description fo the article and ending with the citation (Month-Day-Year).
SIZE OF INDEX:  114 pages
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.