An index to pieces written by the writer, activist, journalist, and historianJames G. Spady (1944-2020) in the Philadelphia New Observer newspaper which are present as clippings in the Spady Papers at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn Ms. Coll. 1509). This index was compiled during 2023 and contains more than 1,700 articles written by Spady indexed under several key terms, many of which deal with Philadelphia arts, culture, and African American history. While not an exhaustive list of everything Spady wrote for the Philadelphia New Observer, the index is based on clippings made and selected by Spady and thus offers a particularly valuable insight into Spady's professional work, academic interests, community engagement, and philosophy of life.