Guide to the Incomparable New York Times Index
Grant W. Morse, 1980

Explains how to use the index, including charts, pictures and examples of actual citations from the New York Times Index.  Covers the headings, subdivisions, cross references, entries and other miscellaneous information necessary to understand the idiosyncrasies of the Index.

Location: Perkins Reference
Call Number: q071.747  N5611

Personal Name Index to "The New York Times Index"
vol. 1 (1851)-vol. 25 (1979)

Volume 1 (names with "A") does not include references to 1907, 1908 or 1910, with scattered references to 1905, 1909, 1911 and 1912.  Volumes 2-3 omit 1908 and 1910.  Variations of original spelling are usually unchanged, so use ingenuity with spelling variations and with initials.  The references lead you to the proper page in the yearly Times indexes.

Location: Newspaper Index Area - Bostock 1
Call Number: 071.747  N56IC (1851-1974)
                             071.747  N56IC Suppl. (1975-1996)