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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1136C Previous Report (1136B)  |  Next Report (1137A)
INDEX NAME:  Index of the Minneapolis JOurnal
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL Minneapolis MN 1899-1914
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTER
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis MN 55401
Telephone: (613) 372-6500
AVAILABILITY:  Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the History and Travel Department of the Minneapolis Public Library & Information Center.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Includes items about Minnesota persons and events, occasional editorials on national questions of interest and more rarely, editorials on foreign problems. Minneapolis, St. Paul and Hennepin County news has been indexed in more detail than that of other cities or counties. All photographs of adult Minnesota persons have been indexed. Omitted from the index are vital statistics lists, non-fatal accidents, minor crimes and fires, sale of small firms, local and district meetings of associations, minor political gossip, speeches for which there is no digest, most social events, and items about children under ten years of age.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A 3x5 card file index divided into three chronological periods: 1899-1904; 1905-1910; and 1911-1914. Within each section subjects and personal names are interfiled in one alphabet. Certain general subjects such as SCHOOLS, ELECTIONS, CHURCHES,... may appear as subdivision of a town, as well as being subdivided by a city or county. The names of businesses and other corporate bodies may appear under their own name or as subdivisions of towns. The introduction to the index should be carefully read by any user of the index. Entries consist of a brief annotation followed by the citation. The citation consists of the month, day, year, section, page and column. Codes indicate the presence of illustrations or portraits. The length of the article in lines or inches is also noted.
SIZE OF INDEX:  Approximately 38,400 entries in the total index.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Herbert O. Brayer. "Preliminary guide to indexed newspapers in the United States, 1850-1900". Mississippi Valley Historical Review, v.33, #2, Sept. 2, 1946.
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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.