READEX (www.readex.com) is digitizing its "Early American Newspapers."
It was due "first quarter 2004, " then "second quarter 2004." I was
promised that "second quarter 2004" meant May 31, 2004, but now it
means June 30, 2004. See the e-mail below that I received today.

"Early American Newspapers" has been available for many years in
microfilm form. It has no index and is almost totally useless in that
form.

However, in digital form, it's invaluable. You will be able to check
each American culinary "first"--first "ice cream," first "talk
turkey," first "sandwich," and so on. Early American newspapers
tended to be four page affairs of mainly shipping news and death
notices, but somewhere, somehow, a "sandwich" has gotta slip in.

The most anticipated words are "cocktail" and "jonnycake"/"journey
cake." I'll have access to the database the minute it comes out and
will search a few terms for anyone who e-mails me. If there's an
earth-shattering "sandwich" discovery, I'll post it here immediately.

Barry Popik
New York, NY


Dear Mr. Popik,

Thank you for your email. Currently we anticipate the initial release
date of our Early American Newspapers-Digital Edition to be released
at the end of this month (June). If you would like, when it does
become available I will notify you as I see that the New York Public
Library has indeed purchased access to it.

Please confirm if you would like email notification when it is
available.

Best regards,

Janet

Janet Scullin

Customer Support

Readex - NewsBank

Also of interest, the Secret Life of Sandwiches is coming out on Food TV
this week, with some pretty long-ago origins.

Lis

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READEX (www.readex.com) is digitizing its "Early American Newspapers."
It was due "first quarter 2004, " then "second quarter 2004." I was
promised that "second quarter 2004" meant May 31, 2004, but now it
means June 30, 2004. See the e-mail below that I received today.

"Early American Newspapers" has been available for many years in
microfilm form. It has no index and is almost totally useless in that
form.

However, in digital form, it's invaluable. You will be able to check
each American culinary "first"--first "ice cream," first "talk
turkey," first "sandwich," and so on. Early American newspapers
tended to be four page affairs of mainly shipping news and death
notices, but somewhere, somehow, a "sandwich" has gotta slip in.

The most anticipated words are "cocktail" and "jonnycake"/"journey
cake." I'll have access to the database the minute it comes out and
will search a few terms for anyone who e-mails me. If there's an
earth-shattering "sandwich" discovery, I'll post it here immediately.

Barry Popik
New York, NY


Dear Mr. Popik,

Thank you for your email. Currently we anticipate the initial release
date of our Early American Newspapers-Digital Edition to be released
at the end of this month (June). If you would like, when it does
become available I will notify you as I see that the New York Public
Library has indeed purchased access to it.

Please confirm if you would like email notification when it is
available.

Best regards,

Janet

Janet Scullin

Customer Support

Readex - NewsBank