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Peterson, Virgil V.

Early Mormon Journalism

Mississippi Valley Historical Review

March 1949

35

1949

627-38

Three phases of early Mormon journalism: migration, missionary activity and colonization. Early church publications, including the Book of Mormon, various newspapers, Book of Commandments/D & C, Hymn Book, etc. Process and problems of printers on the frontier. Utah publications and language barrier with immigrants. Peterson overviews Mormon periodicals and newspapers: where published, by whom, and for how long.

Publications (Mormon)
Journalism

Almon W. Babbitt, Joseph E. Johnson, and the Western Bugle : An LDS Frontier
Newspaper at Kanesville
An Interpretive Study of Mormon Millennialism during the Nineteenth Century with Emphasis on Millennial Developments in Utah
Mormon History