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| INDEX NAME: Summit Herald Index |
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
- SUMMIT HERALD Summit NJ 1896(May)-Current
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| LOCATION or PUBLISHER: |
SUMMIT PUBLIC LIBRARY
75 Maple St
Summit NJ 07901
Telephone: (201) 273-0350
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| AVAILABILITY: Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the Summit Public Library. Librarian's help may be required in use of the index. |
| SCOPE OF INDEX: The early newspapers (1896-?) are being indexed quite comprehesively. The emphasis is on capturing the history of the City of Summit. Many articles are listed under individual names. Churches, businesses, and schools are listed under those headings, Editorials are selectively indexed. An attempt is made to depict life at the time through the index, so that headings like PRANKS, ANECDOTES, and MUSICAL PROGRAMS appear. Advertisements are not indexed. For the period 1963-1976, the indexing was more selective. Included were articles dealing with city businesses, organizations and citizens. Clubs and associations are listed by name. The subject heading BIOGRAPHY was used for stories about living people. The heading OBITUARIES was used for all death notices. Omitted from the index were editorials, letters to the editor, marriages, births, exhibits, announcements of monthly meetings or regular programs, and advertisements. The current newspapers (1977-DATE) are also indexed selectively, but with some changes. Marriages are now included and entered under the names of both the bride and groom. Only the beginnings and endings of campaigns, fund raising events, sports seasons, and other seasonal or predictable events are indexed. The special BIOGRAPHY and OBITUARY headings have been dropped. Those stories are now filed under the name of the individual. |
| FORMAT OF INDEX: A 3x5 card file index arranged in alphabetical order by subject and/or personal name. There are actually four separate files covering the chronological periods 1896-?; 1963-1970; 1971-1976; and 1977-Current. Consideration is being given to converting the card files to typewritten pages. Entries consist of the headline and/or a brief description of the article, plus the citation. The citation consists of the month, day, year, and page. Accompanying illustrations or portraits are noted. |
| SIZE OF INDEX: May-Oct 1896: About 500 entries. 1963-1970: About 9,000 entries. 1971-1976: About 9,000 entries. 1977-Current: About 80 entries per month are added to the current index. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Anita Cheek Milner. NEWSPAPER INDEXES: A LOCATION & SUBJECT GUIDE FOR RESEARCHERS. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen NJ, 1977.
2. Joseph C. Scorza. NEWSPAPER INDEXING IN NEW JERSEY: SUMMARY RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Reference Section, New Jersey Library Association, New Brunswick NJ, October 1975.
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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.
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