[78-L] Stewart Banjo & Guitar Mag Online

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Thanks.
Sheesh, I must be slipping -
I never thought of UH and I do consulting for them regularly!
Mal

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fnarf at comcast.net wrote:
> Here you go: the University of Hawaii at Manoa has what looks like complete runs of the Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle on microfilm. I didn't search for the others; they might have them. First floor of Hamilton Library. Warning: staring at microfilm all day will destroy your mind!
>
> --
> Steve.
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: fnarf at comcast.net
>   
>> You might try your local university library to see if they have any of these on 
>> microfilm. The University of Washington here in Seattle has runs of several 
>> major papers.
>>
>> You also might ask a librarian there if they permit non-students to use 
>> interlibrary loan, whereby you can get film of just about anything. Or try your 
>> main branch of the public library -- most libraries won't let their film out of 
>> the building, which means it has to be big enough to have microfilm readers on 
>> the premises.
>>
>> --
>> Steve.
>>
>>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>
>>     
>>> Gary -
>>> For years I've been wanting to get into the "dead" files of the Oakland 
>>> Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Examiner, Chicago Tribune, St. 
>>> Louis Post-Dispatch, etc. to no avail (short of going to these 
>>> respective cities and their local libraries to do paper research, just 
>>> as I do with the Honolulu papers).
>>> I realize that many of the old paper records have not been re-formatted 
>>> digitally, and that there are services online that are working on this 
>>> (mostly small town dailies & weeklies) such as 
>>> http://newspaperarchive.com , of which I am a member, but they don't 
>>> seem to cover the larger dailies.
>>> Do you have any sources, including possibly pay sites, that cover the 
>>> larger US publications from c. 1900 onward?
>>> I shall surely check out the Australian site you sent me. Thanks!
>>> Best,
>>> Malcolm
>>>
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>>>
>>> maceo wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Malcolm,
>>>>
>>>> There is also a beta site at our National Library website that allows 
>>>> grep searches on newspapers, though it it still being developed, able to 
>>>> find some terrific source
>>>> material.  It is at :
>>>>
>>>> http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home
>>>>
>>>> might want to try hawaiian :-)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>>>> Great stuff! Thanks for the link.
>>>>> I'm currently enjoying the Sept. 1884 issue.
>>>>> Tremendous!
>>>>> Mal
>>>>>
>>>>> *******
>>>>>
>>>>> maceo wrote:
>>>>>   
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>>>>>           
>>>>>> I know I maybe the last to find this resource, however for those like me 
>>>>>> that didn't realize the S.S. Stewart magazine was available online, some 
>>>>>> issues
>>>>>> can be read online at :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://urresearch.rochester.edu/handle/1802/2586
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some nice articles on specific musicians of the period.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   
>>>>>>     
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