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Introduction:
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER PROJECT
WPA PROJECT #14066
In the ANNALS OF CLEVELAND, an attempt is made to answer a need long
felt by scholars; that of preserving and making readily accessible the detail­
ed record of a city's life and culture as contained in its newspapers. The
Annals are to be a set of at least one volume per year covering the years
1818 - 1935 and including an abstract of every newspaper story that has re­
corded a local event or expressed a local opinion. The material is arranged
alphabetically in topical divisions. The abstracts are numbered consecutive­
ly as thus arranged. A chronological index brings together by number all ab­
stracts from the newspaper of a given date, and a proper names and subject
heading index offers an additional check.
The editors have sought to preserve and arrange 1n this series infurmation
that is nowhere else orderp.d and readily subject to control. To avoid du­
plication they have concentrated their efforts on one major newspaper file -
the principal one for the period. This method of work leaves out of account
the diversities of opinion expressed by other newspapers. In the hope that the
other files may be covered in respect of opinions there expressed the present
volume is numbered as Part 1. Part II, when and as produced, wi 11 complete the
presentation of opinions from other sources.
The fi Ie of the Cleveland LEADER has been used in the preparation of
this volume. Until June 10 of this year James C. Medi 11 edited the LEADER.
From this date unti 1 November the LEADER was edi ted by J. R. French. The
editor for the remainder of the year was E. C. Howard. The policies of the
LEADER were Republ ican.
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