Newspaper as Artifact: Depression Era Newspaper

Recovered at Rabbithole Springs

Sena M. Loyd

Rabbithole Springs

Table 2: Paper Source

Paper Source Fragments Percent Unknown 427 68.9 Calendar 161 26.0 Other 11 1.8 Montgomery Ward Catalog 7 1.1 Automotive Digest 5 0.8 Sears Catalog 5 0.8 San Francisco Chronicle 4 0.6

Total 620 100

Jay Allen

Jay Allen

Richard Hottelet

Jimmie Fidler

Unknown Calendar

Juanita Rose

Sears Catalog

Montgomery Wards

Catalog

Newspaper Editions

Stars = Editions

Warren Lerude; University of Nevada, Reno Journalism Professor

Paper used as insulation

Conclusions

References Allen, Jay and Richard C. Hottelet.

ca.1941 San Francisco Chronicle. Catalog number 01.1004.1, University of Nevada Department of Anthropology, Reno, NV.

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Blanchard, Morgan 2007. Interpreting Newspaper as Artifacts in the Archaeological Record: An Example from Colonial Alaska. Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Alaska Anthropology Association.

Fidler, Jimmie. ca. 1941 San Francisco Chronicle. Catalog number 10.1006.2,10.1016.6, University of Nevada Department of Anthropology, Reno, NV.

Hitchcock, Richard. 1995. Lead type and printer’s devils: newspapers in nineteenth century California. In The Written and the Wrought: Complementary Sources in Historical Anthropology, ed. Mary Ellin D’Agostino. Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers, 79, (Berkeley, CA: Kroeber Anthropological Society, 1995), 193.

References Imlay, Nev. R.L. Burch. Catalog number 10.1009, University of Nevada

Department of Anthropology, Reno, NV.

The Modesto Bee and News-Herald 1941. Man Spurned By Foster Daughter Commits Suicide. 5 August. Newspaperarchive.com. 5 November 2007

Mrozowski, Stephen A. 1993. For gentlemen of capacity and leisure: the archaeology of colonial newspapers. In Documentary Archaeology in the New World. Mary C. Beaudry ed.

Oakland Tribune 1941. Pre-Suicide Troth Revealed by Girl. 5 August. Newspaperarchive.com. 5 November 2007

References San Francisco Chronicle 1941a Allen. August. North American Newspaper Alliance. Microfilm. Bay

Microfilm Inc., 1869-1973. University of Nevada, Reno Main Library.

1941b Allen. August. North American Newspaper Alliance. Microfilm. Bay Microfilm Inc.,1869-1973. University of Nevada, Reno Main Library.1941c

1941d Allen. August. North American Newspaper Alliance. Microfilm. Bay Microfilm Inc.,1869-1973. University of Nevada, Reno Main Library.

1941e Allen. August. North American Newspaper Alliance. Microfilm. Bay Microfilm Inc.,1869-1973. University of Nevada, Reno Main Library.

1941f Allen. August. North American Newspaper Alliance. Microfilm. Bay Microfilm Inc.,1869-1973. University of Nevada, Reno Main Library.

1941g Fidler. 3 August. Syndicated Column. Microfilm. Bay Microfilm Inc.,1869-1973. University of Nevada, Reno Main Library.

1941h Hottelet. 3 August. United Press. Microfilm. Bay Microfilm Inc.,1869-1973. University of Nevada, Reno Main Library.

Time 1941a Outward Bound. 28 July. Time.com. 1 Novembers 2007 1941b Exchanged Prisoners. 11 August. Time.com. 1 November 2007