[Genealib] Atlanta Journal & Constitution

[David Walters]

Has she tried the news archive on Google using the name of family member and Atlanta newspapers. In 1925 the Atlanta constitution and the Atlanta journal where separate newspapers.

David
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Overbeck, James 
  To: Librarians Serving Genealogists 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:55 PM
  Subject: RE: [Genealib] Atlanta Journal & Constitution


  Tracy: Your question is not a long shot if you are wondering about who in Atlanta might respond to your request. We are here in the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, and like all of us, we get these kinds of questions all the time. "It was in the paper, but I don't really know when." As far as I know there is not index to the Atlanta papers from about 1925 to 1985. We have in our Special Collections a hand made subject and name index on a million 8X6 cards for the AJC from 1939-1979. As far as I know this is the only index that exists for the AJC for these years. It is not particularly easy to use or to maintain. And it often produces no results what so ever. With all that said, I will search for Edward Hicks in it and see what happens. If it turns up some results, I will contact you directly. 

   

  And of course, if the patron can offer any more clues about the editorial, such as a subject, that might provide other avenues of approach.

   

  Jim Overbeck

   

  James A. Overbeck, Assistant 

  Manager and Curator of the Margaret Mitchell Collection 

  Special Collections Department

  Atlanta-Fulton Public Library 

  One Margaret Mitchell Square NW 

  Atlanta, GA 30303-1089

  Phone: (404)-730-1898

  Fax: (404)-730-1895

  Email: James.Overbeck at FultonCountyGA.Gov 

   

   

   

   


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  From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu [mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Tracy Luscombe
  Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 6:29 PM
  To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
  Subject: [Genealib] Atlanta Journal & Constitution

   

  I have a patron who wants to try to find a letter to the editor of the Atlanta Journal & Constitution that his father wrote in the 1950s. He does not know any more about the date but says it was printed in the paper and "caused quite a stir". The writer was named Edward (Ed) Hicks. I tried the online archives searching by Edward Hicks and Ed Hicks but without a paid subscription I couldn't access much. Does anyone have a fuller access than I do and might be able to do a search? I know it's a long shot but thought I would throw it out there. 

   

  Tracy E. Luscombe

  Genealogy Librarian

  McKinney Memorial Public Library

  101 E. Hunt Street

  McKinney, TX 75069

  972-547-7343

  tluscombe at mckinneytexas.org

   

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