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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1303A Previous Report (1302A)  |  Next Report (1304A)
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • Bedford newspapers Bedford IA ?
  • Blockton newspapers Blockton IA 1898-1916
  • Clarinda newspapers Clarinda IA 1859-1916;1950-1978
  • Hopkins newspapers Hopkins IA 1881
  • New Market newspapers New Market IA 1917-1919;1923;1925
  • Shennandoah newspapers Shennandoah IA 1897-1921
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: PATTI COMBS O'DELL
Rt 1, Box 79
New Market IA 51646
Telephone: (712) 585-3431
AVAILABILITY:  Only one copy of this index exists. It is on slips of paper in the home of the compiler, Patti O'Dell.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Primarily a genealogical index. It has birth, death, marriage, and divorce entries. It also indexes articles about particular people (i.e. telling about their hobbies, a series about senior citizens, etc). The emphasis of the index is on people who lived in the area. However, articles concerning the history of the community may also be included such as a history of a church, building of a new airport, discovery of Indian artifacts, etc.).
FORMAT OF INDEX:  The index is compiled on 2x3 inch paper slips in handwritten form. The entries are arranged in order using the "soundex" system. Each entry contains the soundex code, the name of the individual, a brief description of the article, the name of the newspaper, and the date (month, day, year). The slips are kept in one of two sections: PERSONAL NAMES or LOCAL HISTORY.
SIZE OF INDEX:  Approximately 75,000 entries.
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.