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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1211A Previous Report (1210A)  |  Next Report (1211B)
INDEX NAME:  Washington Companies File
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • SEATTLE DAILY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Seattle WA 1950-Current
  • SEATTLE TIMES Seattle WA 1950-Current
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Science and Business Department
1000 4th Ave
Seattle WA 98104
Telephone: (206) 625-4971
AVAILABILITY:  Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the Seattle Public Library.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  The Washington Companies file indexes newspaper articles that contain economic, financial and organizational information on Washington companies and companies doing business in Washington. Contracts under $100,000 awarded to companies are not indexed unless they contain information about the company. Non-profit corporations are excluded.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A 3x5 card file index arranged in alphabetical order by name of company. Each card contains one or more entries consisting of a brief description of the article, a code for the newspaper, and the date (month, day, and year). Most of the articles indexed are also clipped and placed in a vertical file which currently occupies about 1400 folders.
SIZE OF INDEX:  235 drawers of card entries.
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.