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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: San Jose Mercury News Collection
    Dates: 1868-1985
    Collection Number: 2013-67
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: 51 filing cabinets, 89 bound newspaper volumes
    Repository: History San Jose Research Library
    San Jose, California 95110
    Abstract: San Jose Mercury News clippings file and bound volumes of the Daily Mercury and Weekly Mercury
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Open to the public for research by appointment with the Curator of Library & Archives

    Publication Rights

    Joint copyright is held by History San Jose and California Newspaper Partnership. Permission must be granted by copyright holder for reproduction or publication.

    Preferred Citation

    San Jose Mercury News Collection. History San Jose Research Library

    Acquisition Information

    Donated to History San Jose by the California Newspaper Partnership in 2013; transferred to History San Jose in 2014.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    San Jose Mercury News clippings file and bound volumes of the Daily Mercury and Weekly Mercury. Clippings file is comprised of 45 filing cabinets of biographical clippings, 4 cabinets of Mercury News reporter bylines, and 2 cabinets of subject clippings. Bound volumes are Daily Mercury (1869-1899) and Weekly Mercury (1868-1872, 1880-1900, incomplete).