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INDEX NAME: Medford Daily Mercury Index |
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
- MEDFORD DAILY MERCURY Medford MA 1880-Current
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LOCATION or PUBLISHER: |
MEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY Reference Department 111 High St Medford MA 02155 Telephone: (617) 395-7950
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AVAILABILITY: Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the Medford Public Library. |
SCOPE OF INDEX: The index covers only news items of local interest, including local government, crime, accidents, road construction, etc. At the end of the year, the newspaper publishes a list of important residents who have died during the past year. These are the only obituaries which are indexed. Sports and social news are excluded. |
FORMAT OF INDEX: A 3x5 card file index, with both subjects and personal names interfiled in the same alphabetical file. Entries consist of the headline, date, page, and column. |
SIZE OF INDEX: Over 9000 cards in 10 catalog drawers. |
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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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