THE GUARDIAN INDEX

Using the Index

It has already been noted that The Guardian Index is an alphabetic index, incorporating subjects, places and persons into a single sequence.

Subject Headings include terms such as:

AGRICULTURE

STRIKES, LOCK OUTS
COAL

TRADE: GENERAL
CRIME: SUICIDE

TRADE UNIONS
DEFENCE: EMPIRE

UNIVERSITIES
ECONOMICS

WAR: FOOD PROBLEM
FOOTBALL

WOMEN’S PAGE
SIGNED ARTICLES

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

Places include entries for relevant countries according to the following general structure.

AFRICA, SOUTH: CRIME
FINANCE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
GENERAL
LABOUR
POLITICAL
TARIFFS
TRADE

Headings for Persons includes people who feature heavily in the news of the time. For instance:

DE GAULLE, Charles
GANDI, M
GEORGE, David Lloyd
NIXON, Richard M
WILSON, Harold

However, it would be advisable when chasing up stories, to also look under relevant Subject and Place headings (e.g. for Gandhi, one should also look under India: Political).

There are also major ‘feature’ heading such as:

APPOINTMENTS (Colonial, General, Legal, Political)
ARTICLES (Artifex, Back Page, General, by Author, Special)
BOOKS (Literary, PEN Club, Reviews - Anon, Reviews - Christmas, Reviews - General,
Reviews - A - Z - giving Author and Title)
CINEMA/KINEMA (General, Reviews by UK Release Title)
ELECTIONS (General, Municipal and By-Elections)
ILLUSTRATIONS (Cartoons, A - Z of all Photos, Maps)
LEADERS (Giving the subject heads of each day’s Leader Column)
LECTURES (Giving Speaker, Title/Subject of Lecture)
MARRIAGES (General, Royal and A - Z)
MEETINGS (General, Company - alphabetically by name)
MUSIC (General, Festivals, Reviews, Performances) (see also CONCERTS and OPERA)
OBITUARIES (A - Z and for special individuals)
PARLIAMENT (Bills, General, House of Commons/House of Lords Committees, Debates, General)
PLAYS (Censorship of, General, Reviews)
SPEECHES (Giving Speaker, Title/Subject of Lecture)
WILLS

The cards have been organised alphabetically by year and eye-readable headers on each fiche make it easy to locate the desired fiche. Three cards have been filmed to each frame and the beginning of terms for a new letter of the alphabet are indicated by eye-readable targets (A, B, C, etc).

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