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).