Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
The Island Lantern
Date(s)
- 1939 - 1980 (Creation)
Extent
3 boxes
(2.3 cubic feet)
Missing:
Vol 06, No. 01 - 04: January - April, 1944.
Vol 07, No. 01 - 02: January - February 1945.
Vol 08, No. 03 - 08: March - August 1946.
Vol 08, No. 12: December 1946.
Vol 09, No. 01: January 1947.
Vol 11, No. 07 - 08: July - August 1949.
Vol 13, No. 09 - 10: September - October 1951.
Vol 14. No. 04: April 1952.
Vol 22, No. 10 - 12: October - December 1960.
Vol 23, No. 10: October 1961.
Vol 27, No. 11 - Vol 33, No. 08: November 1965 - August 1971.
Vol 33, No. 11 - Vol 34, No. 04: November 1971 - April 1972.
Vol 34, No. 09 - 10: September - October 1972.
Vol 35, No. 09 - 12: September - December 1973.
Vol 36, No. 07 - 12: July - December 1974.
Vol 37, No. 07 - 08: July - August 1975.
Vol 37, No. 11 - 12: November - December 1975.
Vol 38, No. 01- 08: January - August 1976.
Vol 54, No. 03 - Vol 55, No. 01: April 1978 - July 1979.
Vol 55, No. 03 - 05.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Island Lantern (originally called "The Monthly Island Lantern") was a publication that ran from April 1, 1924 through March 1980. As proclaimed at the start of nearly every issue it is "published .. by and for the men of the U. S. Penitentiary. McNeil Island, Washington ... The purpose of this publication is to give inmates opportunities for self-expression: to provide a medium for discussion of public problems: to foster better understanding between inmates and the public and to be constructively informative."