Press Directory Research Articles

Mitchell’s Newspaper Press Directory and the Late Victorian and Early Twentieth-Century Press

This article focuses on Mitchell’s Newspaper Press Directory at a time when the newspaper press was undergoing a period of adjustment from the world of the Victorian press to the print culture of the mid-twentieth century. It reflects on the ways in which the Directory represented that change between 1900 and 1939. It stresses the value of seeing the Directory as an agent shaping the way the press was imagined and defined, and it asserts the importance of studying directories in their own right as texts articulating the interplay between readers, the state, and a diverse periodical industry.

The Journal "Vanity Fair" and Later Victorian Politics

TH E English periodical Vanity Fair provided some of most incisive, outspoken, and witty commentary on political and diplomatic developments of last third of nineteenth century. Although it is now remembered only for its caricatures of men of day by Ape and Spy and as originator and most successful exponent of society journalism, magazine was then required reading for upper ten thousand who still dominated British politics and society. The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide for 1875 described Vanity Fair as the especial journal and accepted organ of society . . . clever, sparkling, and ably written, . . . making it most desirable and appropriate ornament for drawing room. In opinion of Directory, those who are in society Vanity Fair is indispensable. Deacon's Press Guide for 1881 confirms this evaluation, indicating that Vanity Fair was probably read by a larger number of official and wealthy persons than any other English weekly journal. The views expressed in its pages gained a ready reception among gentlemanly class of Britain. The journal was both a creator of West End London opinion and a barometric indicator of this elite's responses to political changes of time. The recent increase in scholarly interest in Victorian periodicals has focused almost exclusively on fortnightly, monthly, and quarterly reviews. The only attention which weekly Vanity Fair has received has come from scholars interested in history of caricature and cartooning. Eileen Harris's masterful introduction to catalog of National Portrait Gallery's 1976 exhibition of Vanity Fair caricatures is by far best study of subject to date. Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair's most famous and talented cartoonist, Ape, has been studied in a

The History and Collection of Popular American Catholic Periodicals

Popular Catholic periodicals first appeared in the United States in the second decade of the nineteenth century. They developed into a large, complex, and sometimes chaotic, body of literature. For one hundred years librarians and historians have categorized, invcntoried, and analyzed these serials, usually with the admonition that preservation of such significant materials is a necessity. Ninety-five titles of popular periodicals were selected from the Catholic Press Directory and searched in the .OCLC Union Catalog to determine collecting patterns. Results show that these publications are collected at a low rate by few libraries.

Dual Career Couples in R&D Labs

OVERVIEW: Location can affect a firm's ability to recruit and retain professional employees. Location also influences the characteristics of the local labor market from which the firm draws its employees. Location preferences differ among household groups, with dual career couples particularly constrained and attracted to large metropolitan centers. The findings of this study suggest that it is beneficial not only for employees but for employers of professionals to locate in metropolitan areas. Companies that fail to consider the dual career couple as a unique employee group may not recognize the counterproductive nature of their personnel policies and procedures and, as a result, may lose top professionals. Women are going, to work in increasing numbers and now consist of 45.3 percent of the labor force in the United States (1). The increase of women, particularly married women, has resulted in a nay phenomenon--the dual career couple in which both members are engaged in continual professional employment. In 1988, dual career couples accounted for 20.6 percent of all professional households (2). During the past decade, organizations have begun to report increased resistance to relocation from men and women whose spouses have careers of their own (3,4). As dual career couples become more the norm than the exception, they are likely to have an increasing impact on the mobility of the professional labor force and, thus, an corporate personnel policies. This article reports on the impact of dual career couples on the personnel policies of RD laboratories. The study is based on a survey of Z3 U.S. RD rather the careers of both spouses are mutually interdependent (11). Each spouse's decision about location is affected by the other spouse. Thus, dual career couples seek the best joint solution: the location that will offer both members the best career opportunities. This raises two significant questions: which locations will provide dual career couples with the best career opportunities, and does the firm's present location hinder or improve the likelihood of attracting dual career couples? STUDY METHODOLOGY To answer these questions, a nationwide survey was conducted in 1988 of corporate R&D facilities and their professional labor force. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of dual career couples on corporate R&D recruitment and personnel development policies. R&D facilities were identified and selected from the Cattell Press (1987) Directory of American Research and Technology. Questionnaires were sent to the vice president for R&D, the laboratory manager, or a similar executive at 100 R&D facilities located throughout the U.S. One corporate questionnaire and typically 25-to-125 employee questionnaires were distributed to each firm, depending on the size of its professional labor force and the number of employees to whom the firm was willing to distribute questionnaires. …

Newspaper Press Directory 1966

Newspaper Press Directory 1966

The Diplomatic Press Directory of Ghana 1959.

The Diplomatic Press Directory of Ghana 1959.

Book Review: Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers Guide, 1936

Book Review: Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers Guide, 1936

The Newspaper Press Directory, 1915

The Newspaper Press Directory, 1915 Get access Notes and Queries, Volume s11-XI, Issue 273, 20 March 1915, Page 240, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s11-XI.273.240a Published: 20 March 1915

The Newspaper Press Directory

The Newspaper Press Directory

The Newspaper Press Directory

Journal Article The Newspaper Press Directory Get access Notes and Queries, Volume s11-I, Issue 10, 5 March 1910, Page 200, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s11-I.10.200a Published: 05 March 1910

The Newspaper Press Directory

The Newspaper Press Directory

The Newspaper Press Directory

The Newspaper Press Directory

Diamond Jubilee of 'The newspaper press directory'

Diamond Jubilee of 'The newspaper press directory'

Diamond Jubilee of 'The newspaper press directory'

Diamond Jubilee of 'The newspaper press directory' Get access John C. Francis John C. Francis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s10-III, Issue 66, 1 April 1905, Pages 241–242, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s10-III.66.241 Published: 01 April 1905