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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1165A Previous Report (1164A)  |  Next Report (1166A)
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • CENTRAL RECORD Rochester MN 1871-1872
  • FEDERAL UNION Rochester MN 1866-1874
  • OLMSTEAD COUNTY DEMOCRAT Rochester MN 1888-1912
  • POST & RECORD Rochester MN 1899-1912
  • RECORD & UNION Rochester MN 1874-1899
  • ROCHESTER CITY POST Rochester MN 1859-1866
  • ROCHESTER NEWS Rochester MN 1859-1860
  • ROCHESTER POST Rochester MN 1866-1899
  • ROCHESTER REPUBLICAN Rochester MN 1860-1865
COMPILER:  Works Progress Administration (WPA)
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: OLMSTEAD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
County Road 122
Box 6411
Rochester MN 55901
Telephone: (507) 282-9447
AVAILABILITY:  Only one copy of this card file index exists. The index is located in the Olmstead County Historical Society. The index is not available to the public. The user must ask the librarian to perform the actual search through the files. Photocopies of located cards will be made at prevailing rates, if desired.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Subjects include businesses, schools, government, townships, hotels, hospitals, ... etc. The personal name section supposedly includes the important name(s) mentioned in every newspaper article.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A 3x5 card file index in two sections: SUBJECTS and PERSONAL NAMES. The subject cards are usually handwritten and the personal name cards are typewritten. There is usually more than one entry per card. Entries consist of a brief description of the article followed by the citation. The citation consists of the name of the paper, the date (mo-dy-yr) and the page and column.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Les Mattison. NEWSPAPER INDEXING IN MINNESOTA; A FEASIBILITY STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE MINNESOTA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Bemidji State College Library, July 1970.
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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.