Institute Analysis
Assertion
The supplied Ayer excerpt does not establish a numerical paid-circulation total for Negro Digest; earlier ABC figures remain acquisition leads.
Evidence and limits
Obtain complete title entries, legends and original audit statements. Complimentary copies, paid copies and estimated readers are not interchangeable.
- BEHI-P013-S19 — N. W. Ayer 1946 — supplied directory excerpt
Ayers_1946.pdf; six PDF pages; printed pp. 1206–1207
All six supplied spreads were inventoried. Printed pp. 1206–1207 list Black publications; the Chicago Negro Digest entry refers to the catalog rather than giving a numerical circulation total on this spread. Most supplied pages are statistical context. The complete title entry, catalog and circulation legend are still needed. Neither an Ebony circulation total nor an audited sales series is established by this excerpt.
Repository / source reference - BEHI-P013-S25 — ABC / historical magazine circulation series
Historical magazine circulation research; original audit statements pending
Earlier research points to the Brooks–Hefner circulation project and ABC material. The dataset and original ABC statements were not recovered for reinspection. Separate paid from complimentary copies, issue averages from half-year totals, and geographical reports from publisher claims. Earlier 309,715 and 324,930 figures remain unreconciled and are not presented as verified circulation.
Repository / source reference
This receipt belongs to John H. Johnson — Profile №13. Supplied scans are retained in the research file; this public receipt is a source description, not a redistribution of the entire archival folder.