Let’s talk about vertical files. Vertical files are collections of loose newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets and other ephemera collected by a library or local history organization, grouped by ...

A source located in the Research Center of the Fenton History Center is the Vertical File, sometimes called a clipping file. Newspaper clippings kept by subject are the main contents of these files.

One of my favorite places in the world is in the Mississippi Room of the Lee County Library here in Tupelo. I love the gray file drawers in the back of the room. They hold history - years and years of ...