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INDEX NAME: Rocky Mountain News Index |
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS Denver CO 1865-1885
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LOCATION or PUBLISHER: |
DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY Western History Department 1357 Broadway Denver CO 80203 Telephone: (303) 573-5152
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AVAILABILITY: Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the Denver Public Library. |
SCOPE OF INDEX: Both a personal and corporate name index to the Rocky Mountain News for the period 1859 to approximately 1882, although there may be some items dated as late as 1885. Presents the name exactly as it appeared in the paper, so that a name may appear several ways. There are also a limited number of subject headings used in the index. These include EDUCATION; separate subject divisions for STAGE LINES, CANALS, and DITCHES; TOLL & WAGON ROADS; INDIANS; and RAILROADS. |
FORMAT OF INDEX: A 3x5 card file index arranged in alphabetical order by name or subject. There is one entry per card. Each entry consists of the headline or a brief description of the article, followed by the citation. The citation includes an abbreviation for the newspaper name, the month, day, year, page, and sometimes the column. |
SIZE OF INDEX: A total of 252,000 cards (entries) in the index. |
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. Walter R. Griffin & Jay L. Rasmussen. "A comprehensive guide to the location of published and unpublished newspaper indexes in Colorado repositories". Colorado Magazine, v.49, p.4, Fall 1972.
3. 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.
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