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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1211B Previous Report (1211A)  |  Next Report (1211C)
INDEX NAME:  Washington subject file (Business and economics).
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • SEATTLE DAILY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Seattle WA 1954-Current
  • SEATTLE TIMES Seattle WA 1948-Current
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Science and Business Department
1000 4th Ave
Seattle WA 98104
Telephone: 9206) 625-4971
AVAILABILITY:  Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the Seattle Public Library.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Subject information on Washington business and economic conditions (as opposed to company information, which is filed by company name in the Washington Companies File). Government documents and periodical articles, as well as newspaper articles, are indexed into this file. Quotes from the Spokane Stock Exchange are included in this file.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A 3x5 card file index arranged in alphabetical order by subject. Each card contains one or more entries consisting of the headline, code for newspaper, month, day, and year. Many of the indexed articles are clipped and placed into a vertical file which presently occupies 175 folders. Within the folders, the articles are arranged in chronological order.
SIZE OF INDEX:  About 50 newspaper articles per month are added to this file which currently occupies 6 drawers.
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.