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INDEX NAME: Youngstown Vindicator Index |
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
- YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR Youngstown OH 1933-1938
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COMPILER: Works Progress Administration (WPA) |
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: |
YOUNGSTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY General Reference Department 305 Wick Ave Youngstown OH 44503 Telephone: (216) 744-8636
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AVAILABILITY: These six years of the WPA indexing project in Youngstown were compiled, edited, and published in book form. They are available for public use in the Youngstown Public Library (Youngstown OH) and in the Ohio Historical Society (I-71 and 17th Ave, Columbus OH 43211). |
SCOPE OF INDEX: This is a selective index of Ohio news and opinion. Material that has been omitted from the index includes national and foreign news, advertisements, announcements of routine organization meetings and sports events, commercial and promotional publicity, features or columns of non-news items, vital statistics, incorporations, radio programs schedules, time table, theater schedules, stock and bond quotations, non-news items (recipes, menus, household hints, etc.), and touring maps and information. |
FORMAT OF INDEX: A book form index, typeset and printed on 8x10 inch pages. A total of six volumes, one for each year. Entries are arranged in alphabetical order by subject or personal name. Entries consist of a brief description of the article, followed by the month, day, section, page, and column. Accompanying photos and editorials were noted. |
SIZE OF INDEX: A total of 199,374 entries in six annual volumes. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Herbert O. Brayer. "Preliminary guide to indexed newspapers in the United States, 1850-1900". Mississippi Valley Historical Review, v.33, #2, Sept. 2, 1946.
2. Anita Cheek Milner. NEWSPAPER INDEXES: A LOCATION & SUBJECT GUIDE FOR RESEARCHERS. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen NJ, 1977.
3. LOCALLY PREPARED INDEXES IN OHIO LIBRARIES. Ohio Library Association, 1973.
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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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