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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1146A Previous Report (1145B)  |  Next Report (1146B)
INDEX NAME:  The Beatrice Express, April 1871-April 1877
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • BEATRICE EXPRESS Beatrice NE 1871(Apr)-1877(Apr)
COMPILER:  EDITOR: Raymond E. Dale
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1500 R.St.
Lincoln NE 68508
Telephone: (402) 432-2793
AVAILABILITY:  Only two copies of this book form index exist. They must be used in the Nebraska State Historical Society. Photocopies of the index could be provided at the prevailing rate.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  The index is a name and subject index to persons, organizations and subjects appearing in the Beatrice Express. An effort was made to index the name of every adult each time it appeared. In some cases, where only initials of the person's name are used, there may be multiple entries for the same person.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A book form index typewritten on 8½x11 inch pages. Both subjects and personal names are interfiled in the same alphabetical order. Personal name entries often have only one or more citations following the name. Occasionally, there is a brief description of the contents of the article. The citation consists of the year, month, day, page, and column.
SIZE OF INDEX:  About 50,000 entries in total. There are 2,488 pages in the entire index, bound into 6 volumes.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Guide to the Newspaper Collection at the Nebraska State Historical Society, 1977. Published by the Society.
2. Herbert O. Brayer. "Preliminary guide to indexed newspapers in the United States, 1850-1900". Mississippi Valley Historical Review, v.33, #2, Sept. 2, 1946.
3. 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.