List of Latter Day Saint periodicals
Encyclopedia
This article lists periodicals published primarily about institutions, people, or issues of the Latter Day Saint movement
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on June 27, 1844, after which several followers declared themselves his successor and split into various groups.
, and are considered official church publications.
, but are not considered official church publications.
Latter Day Saint movement
The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of independent churches tracing their origin to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 14 million members...
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Early periodicals
The following began publication before Joseph Smith's deathDeath of Joseph Smith, Jr.
The death of Joseph Smith, Jr. on June 27, 1844 marked a turning point for the Latter Day Saint movement, of which Smith was the founder and leader. When he was attacked and killed by a mob, Smith was the mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, and running for President of the United States...
on June 27, 1844, after which several followers declared themselves his successor and split into various groups.
Title | Operation | Format | Purpose | Publisher | Location | Notes |
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The Evening and the Morning Star | 1832–1834 | monthly newspaper | Official organ of the Church | W. W. Phelps | Independence, Missouri Independence, Missouri Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area... |
Press destroyed in 1833. Oliver Cowdery Oliver Cowdery Oliver H. P. Cowdery was, with Joseph Smith, Jr., an important participant in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement between 1829 and 1836, becoming one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's golden plates, one of the first Latter Day Saint apostles, and the Second Elder of... resumed in Kirtland, Ohio Kirtland, Ohio Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, USA. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census. Kirtland is famous for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement.-Origins of Kirtland:... . |
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate | 1834–1837 | monthly newspaper | Official organ of the Church | Oliver Cowdery Oliver Cowdery Oliver H. P. Cowdery was, with Joseph Smith, Jr., an important participant in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement between 1829 and 1836, becoming one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's golden plates, one of the first Latter Day Saint apostles, and the Second Elder of... , editor |
Kirtland, Ohio Kirtland, Ohio Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, USA. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census. Kirtland is famous for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement.-Origins of Kirtland:... |
Replaced Evening and Morning Star Evening and Morning Star The Evening and the Morning Star was an early Latter Day Saint periodical published monthly in Independence, Missouri, from June 1832 to July 1833, and then in Kirtland, Ohio, from December 1833 to September 1834... . Later editors: John Whitmer John Whitmer John Whitmer was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He was one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates... , Warren A. Cowdery Warren A. Cowdery Warren A. Cowdery was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an editor of Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate, an early Latter Day Saint periodical. He was the eldest brother of Oliver Cowdery, who with Joseph Smith, Jr... . |
Elders' Journal Elders' Journal The Elders' Journal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was an early Latter Day Saint periodical edited by Don Carlos Smith. Two issues Vol. 1 No. 1 and Vol. 1. No. 2 were published in Kirtland, Ohio in 1837. The remaining two issues Vol 1. No. 3 and Vol 1. No... |
1837–1838 | monthly newspaper | Official organ of the Church | Don Carlos Smith Don Carlos Smith Don Carlos Smith was the youngest brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. and a leader, missionary, and periodical editor in the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement.... , editor |
Kirtland, Ohio Kirtland, Ohio Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, USA. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census. Kirtland is famous for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement.-Origins of Kirtland:... |
Two issues in Ohio and two more from Far West, Missouri Far West, Missouri Far West, Missouri, was a Latter Day Saint settlement in Caldwell County, Missouri.-Foundation and early history:The town was founded by Missouri Mormon leaders, W. W. Phelps and John Whitmer in August 1836 shortly before the county's creation. The town was platted originally as a square area,... . |
Times and Seasons Times and Seasons Times and Seasons was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint periodical published monthly or twice-monthly at Nauvoo, Illinois, from November 1839 to February 15, 1846... |
1839–1846 | monthly / semi-monthly newspaper | Official organ of the Church | Don Carlos Smith Don Carlos Smith Don Carlos Smith was the youngest brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. and a leader, missionary, and periodical editor in the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement.... , editor |
Nauvoo, Illinois Nauvoo, Illinois Nauvoo is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Although the population was just 1,063 at the 2000 census, and despite being difficult to reach due to its location in a remote corner of Illinois, Nauvoo attracts large numbers of visitors for its historic importance and its... |
Later editors: Joseph Smith, Jr., John Taylor and Willard Richards Willard Richards Willard Richards was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to church president Brigham Young in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death.Willard Richards was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to... . |
The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star | 1840–1970 | monthly / semi-monthly / weekly newspaper | Official British LDS periodical | British Mission | Manchester, England Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
Replaced by the Ensign in 1970. |
The Gospel Reflector | 1841–1841 | semi-monthly | Independent LDS religious messages | Benjamin Winchester Benjamin Winchester Benjamin Winchester was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. Winchester was the youngest adult member of Zion's Camp, an original member of the first Quorum of the Seventy, editor of the first independent Mormon periodical, the Gospel Reflector, president of a large branch of the... , editor |
Philadelphia | |
The Wasp The Wasp (newspaper) The Wasp was a weekly newspaper edited and published by Latter Day Saint Apostle William Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States, from April 1842 to April 1843... |
1842–1843 | weekly newspaper | Pro-LDS news | William Smith | Nauvoo, Illinois Nauvoo, Illinois Nauvoo is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Although the population was just 1,063 at the 2000 census, and despite being difficult to reach due to its location in a remote corner of Illinois, Nauvoo attracts large numbers of visitors for its historic importance and its... |
Also referred to as Nauvoo Wasp. Replaced by Nauvoo Neighbor Nauvoo Neighbor The Nauvoo Neighbor was a weekly newspaper edited and published by Latter Day Saint Apostle John Taylor in Nauvoo, Illinois from 1843 to 1845. While it was not an official publication of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Neighbor was consistently pro-Mormon and its primary target... . |
Nauvoo Neighbor Nauvoo Neighbor The Nauvoo Neighbor was a weekly newspaper edited and published by Latter Day Saint Apostle John Taylor in Nauvoo, Illinois from 1843 to 1845. While it was not an official publication of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Neighbor was consistently pro-Mormon and its primary target... |
1843–1845 | weekly newspaper | Pro-LDS news | John Taylor | Nauvoo, Illinois Nauvoo, Illinois Nauvoo is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Although the population was just 1,063 at the 2000 census, and despite being difficult to reach due to its location in a remote corner of Illinois, Nauvoo attracts large numbers of visitors for its historic importance and its... |
Replaced The Wasp The Wasp (newspaper) The Wasp was a weekly newspaper edited and published by Latter Day Saint Apostle William Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States, from April 1842 to April 1843... . Became Hancock Eagle under Dr. W. E. Matlack in 1845, then Nauvoo New Citizen under Samuel Slocum in 1846. |
Gospel Light | 1843–1844 | occasional newspaper | Defense of LDS doctrine | John E. Page John E. Page John Edward Page was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement.Born in 1799 in Trenton, New York, Page was the son of Ebenezer and Rachael Page. He was baptized into the Church of Christ, established by Joseph Smith, Jr., in Brownhelm, Ohio in August 1833 by missionary Emer Harris, brother... |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States... |
Replaced by People's Organ. |
The Prophet The Prophet (newspaper) The Prophet was a local Latter Day Saint newspaper in New York City, New York, USA. The first editor of the paper was William Smith, and the periodical was printed from 1844 to 1845.... |
1844–1845 | weekly newspaper | Official organ of the Church | Parley P. Pratt Parley P. Pratt Parley Parker Pratt, Sr. was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1835 until his murder in 1857. He served in the Quorum with his younger brother, Orson Pratt... |
New York City | First edited by George T. Leach, then William Smith, then Samuel Brannan Samuel Brannan Samuel Brannan was an American settler, businessman, and journalist, who founded the "California Star" newspaper in San Francisco, California... . Replaced by the New-York Messenger during 1845. |
The New-York Messenger | 1845 | weekly newspaper | Official organ of the Church | Parley P. Pratt Parley P. Pratt Parley Parker Pratt, Sr. was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1835 until his murder in 1857. He served in the Quorum with his younger brother, Orson Pratt... |
New York City | Edited by Samuel Brannan Samuel Brannan Samuel Brannan was an American settler, businessman, and journalist, who founded the "California Star" newspaper in San Francisco, California... . Successor to The Prophet during 1845. |
People's Organ | 1844–1844 | biweekly newspaper | LDS-oriented doctrine and news | John E. Page John E. Page John Edward Page was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement.Born in 1799 in Trenton, New York, Page was the son of Ebenezer and Rachael Page. He was baptized into the Church of Christ, established by Joseph Smith, Jr., in Brownhelm, Ohio in August 1833 by missionary Emer Harris, brother... |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States... |
Replaced Gospel Light. |
LDS Church
Compared with other sects in the Latter Day Saint movement, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is by far the largest and has published the most.Official
The following were published by the LDS Church or one of its auxiliariesAuxiliary organization (LDS Church)
An auxiliary organization is a secondary body of church government within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that is "established for moral, educational, and benevolent purposes." As their name suggests, LDS Church auxiliary organizations are ancillary to the governing power of the...
, and are considered official church publications.
Title | Operation | Format | Purpose | Publisher | Location | Notes |
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Young Woman's Journal Young Woman's Journal Young Woman's Journal was an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1929. It was an official periodical of the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association, then the LDS Church's organization for adolescent females.Young Woman's Journal was founded... |
1897–1929 | monthly | LDS young women | YLMIA Young Women (organization) The Young Women is a youth organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Absorbed into Improvement Era Improvement Era The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.... . |
Improvement Era Improvement Era The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.... |
1897–1970 | monthly magazine | Official LDS Church magazine | LDS Church | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Replaced The Contributor The Contributor (LDS publication) The Contributor was an independent publication associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1879 and 1896. It was a monthly periodical and sought to represent the Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations, the youth organizations of the LDS Church at... . Replaced by the New Era New Era (magazine) New Era is an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First published in January 1971 along with the Ensign and the Friend, the New Era's intended audience has always been the youth of the Church... and the Ensign. |
Conference Report | 1897–current | semi-annual report | Transcripts of the proceedings of LDS Church General Conference General Conference (LDS Church) General Conference is a semiannual world conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held in April and October, where members gather in a series of two-hour sessions to listen to instruction from Church leaders... s |
LDS Church | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Published by Deseret News until 1965. |
Juvenile Instructor Juvenile Instructor The Juvenile Instructor was an official periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1901 and 1930. It was first published in 1866 as a private publication... |
1901–1929 | monthly | LDS youth | Deseret Sunday School Union | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Sunday School Sunday School (LDS Church) Sunday School is an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . All members of the church and any interested nonmembers, age 12 and older, are encouraged to participate in Sunday School.-Purpose:... organization took over from George Q. Cannon George Q. Cannon George Quayle Cannon was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and served in the First Presidency under four successive presidents of the church: Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow... . Replaced by The Instructor The Instructor The Instructor was an official periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1930 and 1970, during which It was the official organ of the LDS Church's Sunday School auxiliary.... . |
The Children's Friend | 1902–1970 | monthly magazine | Official Primary children's magazine | Primary Association | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Replaced by The Friend The Friend (LDS magazine) The Friend is the monthly English language children's magazine published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It is aimed at those of Primary age , approximately ages 3 through 12... |
Relief Society Magazine Relief Society Magazine Relief Society Magazine was the official publication of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1915 to 1970. It succeeded the earlier Woman's Exponent, which was begun in 1872. The magazine was an important publishing outlet for Utah women, and was run by women... |
1915–1970 | monthly magazine | Official organ of the Relief Society Relief Society The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA and has approximately 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories... |
Relief Society Relief Society The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA and has approximately 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories... |
Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Replaced the Woman's Exponent Woman's Exponent Woman's Exponent was a newspaper published from 1872 until 1914 in Salt Lake City. Its purposes were to uplift and strengthen women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to educate those not of the Mormon faith about the women of Mormonism... . Replaced by the Ensign. |
The Instructor The Instructor The Instructor was an official periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1930 and 1970, during which It was the official organ of the LDS Church's Sunday School auxiliary.... |
1930–1970 | monthly magazine | Official Sunday School Sunday School (LDS Church) Sunday School is an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . All members of the church and any interested nonmembers, age 12 and older, are encouraged to participate in Sunday School.-Purpose:... periodical |
Deseret Sunday School Union | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Replaced the Juvenile Instructor Juvenile Instructor The Juvenile Instructor was an official periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1901 and 1930. It was first published in 1866 as a private publication... . Replaced by the Ensign and the New Era New Era (magazine) New Era is an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First published in January 1971 along with the Ensign and the Friend, the New Era's intended audience has always been the youth of the Church... . |
Ensign | 1971–current | monthly magazine | Official LDS Church magazine | LDS Church | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Replaced several LDS periodicals. |
New Era New Era (magazine) New Era is an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First published in January 1971 along with the Ensign and the Friend, the New Era's intended audience has always been the youth of the Church... |
1971–current | monthly magazine | Official LDS Church youth magazine | LDS Church | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
With the Ensign, replaced the Improvement Era Improvement Era The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.... . |
The Friend The Friend (LDS magazine) The Friend is the monthly English language children's magazine published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It is aimed at those of Primary age , approximately ages 3 through 12... |
1971–current | monthly magazine | Official LDS Church children's magazine | LDS Church | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Replaced The Children's Friend |
Liahona Liahona (magazine) Liahona is the official international magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is named after the word Liahona from the Book of Mormon. The Liahona is published in 51 different languages from one to twelve times per year depending on the language... |
1977–current | annual-monthly magazine | Official LDS Church international magazine | LDS Church | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Originally entitled Tambuli until 1995. Available in many languages. |
Affiliated
The following were published under the sponsorship of the LDS Church or a Church-owned institution or informally adopted by a church auxiliaryAuxiliary organization (LDS Church)
An auxiliary organization is a secondary body of church government within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that is "established for moral, educational, and benevolent purposes." As their name suggests, LDS Church auxiliary organizations are ancillary to the governing power of the...
, but are not considered official church publications.
Title | Operation | Format | Purpose | Publisher | Location | Notes |
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The Frontier Guardian | 1849–1852 | biweekly newspaper | Pro-LDS news | Orson Hyde Orson Hyde Orson Hyde was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles... |
Kanesville, Iowa | Was the LDS Church's only periodical in the U.S. for over a year. |
Deseret News | 1850–current | weekly / semi-weekly / daily newspaper | Voice of the State of Deseret State of Deseret The State of Deseret was a proposed state of the United States, propositioned in 1849 by Latter-day Saint settlers in Salt Lake City. The provisional state existed for slightly over two years and was never recognized by the United States government... |
LDS Church | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Other names include Deseret Evening News and Deseret Morning News. |
Deseret Almanac | 1851–1866 | annual almanac | General almanac with LDS religious and cultural articles | W. W. Phelps | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Entitled Almanac from 1859–1864. |
The Seer The Seer (periodical) The Seer was an official periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which first appeared in 1853 and was published throughout 1854.-History of publication:... |
1853–1854 | monthly magazine | Periodical defending the LDS Church | Orson Pratt Orson Pratt Orson Pratt, Sr. was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles... |
Washington, D.C. | |
Zion's Watchman | 1853–1856 | monthly | Augustus Farnham | Sydney, Australia | ||
The Mormon | 1854–1857 | weekly newspaper | Defending the LDS Church | John Taylor | New York City | |
Journal of Discourses Journal of Discourses The Journal of Discourses is a 26-volume collection of public sermons by early leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . The first editions of the Journal were published in England by George D. Watt, the stenographer of Brigham Young... |
1854–1886 | sixteen-page semi-monthly | Sermons of LDS leaders | George D. Watt George D. Watt George Darling Watt was the first convert to Mormonism baptized in the British Isles. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , Watt was a secretary to Brigham Young, the primary editor of the Journal of Discourses and the primary inventor of the Deseret Alphabet.Watt was... |
Liverpool, England Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... |
Watt was succeeded by David W. Evans, then George W. Gibbs. |
St. Louis Luminary | 1854–1855 | weekly newspaper | LDS Church events, emigration news | Erastus Snow Erastus Snow Erastus Fairbanks Snow , born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1849 to 1888. Snow was also a leading figure in Mormon colonization of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.Snow Canyon State Park Erastus... , editor |
St. Louis | |
Western Standard | 1856–1857 | weekly newspaper | Defense of LDS Church | George Q. Cannon George Q. Cannon George Quayle Cannon was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and served in the First Presidency under four successive presidents of the church: Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow... |
San Francisco | |
Juvenile Instructor Juvenile Instructor The Juvenile Instructor was an official periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1901 and 1930. It was first published in 1866 as a private publication... |
1866–1900 | monthly | LDS youth | George Q. Cannon George Q. Cannon George Quayle Cannon was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and served in the First Presidency under four successive presidents of the church: Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow... |
Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Became an official Sunday School Sunday School (LDS Church) Sunday School is an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . All members of the church and any interested nonmembers, age 12 and older, are encouraged to participate in Sunday School.-Purpose:... publication in 1901. |
Woman's Exponent Woman's Exponent Woman's Exponent was a newspaper published from 1872 until 1914 in Salt Lake City. Its purposes were to uplift and strengthen women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to educate those not of the Mormon faith about the women of Mormonism... |
1872–1914 | monthly newspaper | Independent voice for LDS women | Lula Greene Richards Lula Greene Richards Louisa Lula Greene Richards was a poet and was the first female periodical editor in Utah Territory, USA. Richards's work was published under a variety of names, including Louisa L. Greene, Louise L. Green, Lula Green, and Lula G. Richards.Lousia Lula Greene was born in Kanesville, Iowa. Lula's... |
Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Emmeline B. Wells Emmeline B. Wells Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris Whitney Wells was an American journalist, editor, poet, women's rights advocate and diarist... was editor in 1872–1914. |
The Contributor The Contributor (LDS publication) The Contributor was an independent publication associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1879 and 1896. It was a monthly periodical and sought to represent the Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations, the youth organizations of the LDS Church at... |
1879–1896 | monthly | Independent periodical for LDS youth | Junius F. Wells Junius F. Wells Junius Free Wells was the first head of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, an organization which is today the Young Men organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Replaced by Improvement Era Improvement Era The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.... . |
Southern Star | 1898–1900 | weekly newspaper | LDS news and doctrine | Southern States Mission | Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County... |
Replaced Dixie Messenger. |
The Elders' Journal | 1903–1907 | monthly / semi-monthly magazine | LDS news, doctrine and reprints | Southern States Mission | Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... |
Moved to Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County... in 1904. Replaced by Liahona, the Elders' Journal. |
The Liahona | 1907–1907 | weekly newspaper | LDS news and doctrine | Missions of the LDS Church | Independence, Missouri Independence, Missouri Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area... |
Replaced by Liahona, the Elders' Journal. |
Liahona, the Elders' Journal | 1907–1942 | weekly newspaper | LDS news, doctrine and reprints | Missions of the LDS Church | Independence, Missouri Independence, Missouri Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area... |
Consolidated The Elders' Journal (1903) and The Liahona (1907). |
Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine | 1910–1940 | quarterly magazine | Genealogical instruction and data; historical and doctrinal articles | Genealogical Society of Utah Genealogical Society of Utah The Genealogical Society of Utah , established in 1894, does business as FamilySearch International, which is the genealogical arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
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Church News Church News The Church News is a weekly tabloid-sized supplement to the Deseret News and the MormonTimes , a Salt Lake City, Utah newspaper owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
1931–current | weekly tabloid | General LDS news | Deseret News | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Available in Utah with Deseret News subscription and via mail elsewhere. |
Speeches of the Year | 1953–current | annual report | Compilation of mostly religious speeches given throughout the academic year at BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... |
Brigham Young University Press Brigham Young University Press Brigham Young University Press is the university press of Brigham Young University .-History:Brigham Young University Press was formed in 1967 through the consolidation of BYU's various publishing activities into one central organization.... |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
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BYU Studies BYU Studies BYU Studies is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing articles on a broad array of topics related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
1959–current | biannual / quarterly journal | Multidisciplinary LDS articles | Brigham Young University Brigham Young University Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students... |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
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Church Almanac | 1974–current | annual / biennial | Facts and statistics of the LDS Church | Deseret News | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Biennial issues from 1984–2002. |
Insights | 1980–current | semi-annual / tri-annual / quarterly / bi-monthly / monthly newsletter | Updates on LDS-related scholarly research by FARMS | FARMS Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies is an informal collaboration of academics devoted to Latter-day Saint historical scholarship. The group is formally part of the Neal A... |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Has carried the subtitles "An Ancient Window" and "A Window on the Ancient World". |
The restored Gospel and applied Christianity | 1987–current | annual | Student essays in honor of President David O. McKay | Center for the study of Christian Values in Literature and the Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University | Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Initially entitled The Restoration of the Gospel and applied Christianity. |
Mormon Studies Review | 1989–current | annual / semi-annual journal | Reviews by believing LDS scholars | FARMS Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies is an informal collaboration of academics devoted to Latter-day Saint historical scholarship. The group is formally part of the Neal A... |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Was titled Review of Books on the Book of Mormon (1989–1995), then FARMS Review of Books (1996–2002), then FARMS Review (2003–2010). |
Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture | 1992–current | annual / semi-annual journal | Research by believing LDS scholars | FARMS Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies is an informal collaboration of academics devoted to Latter-day Saint historical scholarship. The group is formally part of the Neal A... |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Was originally Journal of Book of Mormon Studies until 2008. |
Religious Educator | 2000–current | semi-annual / tri-annual journal | LDS gospel teaching | BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... Religious Studies Center Religious Studies Center The Religious Studies Center is the research and publishing arm of the Religious Education program at Brigham Young University , sponsoring scholarship on Latter-day Saint culture, history, scripture, and doctrine.-History:... |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
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Religious Education Review | 2008–current | semi-annual magazine | Updates on the activities of Religious Education at BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... |
BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... Religious Studies Center Religious Studies Center The Religious Studies Center is the research and publishing arm of the Religious Education program at Brigham Young University , sponsoring scholarship on Latter-day Saint culture, history, scripture, and doctrine.-History:... |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Replaced the RSC Newsletter, which had been published since 1986. |
Studies in the Bible and Antiquity | 2009–current | annual journal | LDS research on the Bible and ancient religion | Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship | Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Other Latter Day Saint sects
The following were published by religious groups in the Latter Day Saint movement, excluding the LDS Church.Title | Operation | Format | Purpose | Publisher | Location | Notes |
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Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate | 1844–1846 | monthly / semi-monthly newspaper | Rigdonite Rigdonite Rigdonite is a name given to members of the Latter Day Saint movement who accept Sidney Rigdon as the successor in the church presidency to movement founder, Joseph Smith, Jr. The early history of the Rigdonite movement is shared with the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, but as of the... Church of Christ messages |
Ebenezer Robinson | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States... |
Named after the 1834 paper. Became Messenger and Advocate of the Church of Christ in 1845. |
Voree Herald | January–November 1846 | monthly newspaper | Organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with around three hundred members as of 1998... |
James J. Strang | Voree, Wisconsin Voree, Wisconsin Voree is an unincorporated community on the outskirts of present-day Burlington, in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States, in the town limits of Spring Prairie. It is best known as the historic and current headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , a denomination of the... |
Replaced by Zion's Reveille. |
Zion's Reveille | December 1846–September 16, 1847 | monthly, later weekly newspaper | Organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with around three hundred members as of 1998... |
James J. Strang | Voree, Wisconsin Voree, Wisconsin Voree is an unincorporated community on the outskirts of present-day Burlington, in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States, in the town limits of Spring Prairie. It is best known as the historic and current headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , a denomination of the... |
Replaced Voree Herald and was replaced by Gospel Herald. |
Gospel Herald | September 23, 1847–June 6, 1850 | weekly newspaper | Organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with around three hundred members as of 1998... |
James J. Strang | Voree, Wisconsin Voree, Wisconsin Voree is an unincorporated community on the outskirts of present-day Burlington, in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States, in the town limits of Spring Prairie. It is best known as the historic and current headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , a denomination of the... |
Replaced Zion's Reveille and was replaced by The Northern Islander when church headquarters relocated to Beaver Island Beaver Island Beaver Island may refer to:In Canada:*Beaver Island an island in the North Channel of Lake Huron*Beaver Island an island in Lake Temagami, Ontario... in Lake Michigan Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron... . |
Zion's Standard: A Voice from the Smith Family | March 12, 1848 | one issue only | Organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Williamite) | William B. Smith | Palestine Grove, Illinois (near Amboy, Illinois Amboy, Illinois Amboy is a city in Lee County, Illinois, along the Green River. The population was 2,561 at the 2000 census. The chain of Carson Pirie Scott & Co. began in Amboy when Samuel Carson opened his first dry goods store there in 1854... |
Smith organized his own church after breaking with James J. Strang. Replaced by the Melchisedek & Aaronic Herald. |
Melchisedek & Aaronic Herald | February 1, 1849–1850 | monthly newspaper | Organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Williamite) | Isaac Sheen | Covington, Kentucky Covington, Kentucky -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile... |
Initially named Aaronic Herald, the paper ended when Isaac Sheen fell out of communion with William B. Smith. Sheen was later editor of the True Latter Day Saints Herald. |
Northern Islander | December 12, 1850–June 20, 1856 | weekly, later daily newspaper | Organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with around three hundred members as of 1998... and general newspaper for Beaver Island and vicinity |
Cooper & Chidester | St. James, Michigan | Replaced Gospel Herald when church headquarters relocated to Beaver Island Beaver Island Beaver Island may refer to:In Canada:*Beaver Island an island in the North Channel of Lake Huron*Beaver Island an island in Lake Temagami, Ontario... in Lake Michigan Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron... . |
Zion's Messenger | 1854–1854 | Gladdenite messages | Gladden Bishop Gladden Bishop Francis Gladden Bishop was a minor leader in the Latter Day Saint movement after the 1844 succession crisis. Bishop claimed to be the rightful successor to Joseph Smith, Jr.; from the 1850s until his death, Bishop led a succession of small groups of Latter Day Saints and converts... |
Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs, known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowathe historic starting point of the Mormon Trail and eventual northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trailsis a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River across... |
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Herald Herald (Community of Christ) The True Latter Day Saints' Herald was first published in January 1860, shortly after the organization of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was the official newspaper of the RLDS Church. The first edition was published in Cincinnati, Ohio; its editor was Isaac Sheen... |
1860–current | newspaper / magazine | Official RLDS Community of Christ The Community of Christ, known from 1872 to 2001 as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , is an American-based international Christian church established in April 1830 that claims as its mission "to proclaim Jesus Christ and promote communities of joy, hope, love, and peace"... periodical |
Herald House Herald House Herald House or Herald Publishing House is the publishing division of the Community of Christ in Independence, Missouri. It publishes books, periodicals and other materials at the direction of the First Presidency. Its history dates back to the publication of a church periodical called the True... |
Cincinnati (1860) | Was True Latter Day Saints' Herald until 1876 and Saints' Herald until 2001. Published from Cincinnati, Plano, IL Plano, Illinois Plano is a city in Kendall County, Illinois, United States near Aurora, with a population of 5,633 at the 2000 census. The city is rapidly growing with new subdivisions such as Lakewood Springs completed and several other developments under construction or in the planning stages. Former Speaker... (1863), Lamoni, IA Lamoni, Iowa -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,444 people, 818 households, and 428 families residing in the city. The population density was 761.1 people per square mile . There were 904 housing units at an average density of 281.5 per square mile... (1881), Independence, MO Independence, Missouri Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area... (1921). |
Truth | 1935–1956 | monthly magazine | Organ of the FLDS movement | Truth Publishing Company | Salt Lake City | Founded by FLDS leader Lorin C. Woolley. |
Messenger | 1991–2006 | quarterly magazine | Mormon fundamentalism | Birmingham, England Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
Until 1997 was Truth Seeker Magazine. Moved to USA in 2003 and became bi-monthly. |
Independent
The following were not published by a Latter Day Saint church or official religious group, but were independently operated and controlled.Title | Operation | Format | Purpose | Publisher | Location | Notes |
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Keepapitchinin(Keep-A-Pitchinin) | 1867–1871 | occasional / semi-weekly newspaper | humor | George J. Taylor, editor | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Editors were sons of Apostles John Taylor, Charles C. Rich Charles C. Rich Charles Coulson Rich was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .... , and Willard Richards Willard Richards Willard Richards was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to church president Brigham Young in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death.Willard Richards was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to... . Orson Pratt Orson Pratt Orson Pratt, Sr. was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles... contributed occasionally. |
Historical Record | 1882–1890 | monthly | Mormon history. | Andrew Jenson Andrew Jenson Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the early-twentieth century... |
Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Continuation in English of Danish-language Morgenstjernen. |
Pioneer | 1936–current | quarterly journal | Mormon pioneer genealogy and history. | National Society, Sons of Utah Pioneers | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Titled SUP news from 1955 to 1965. |
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is an independent quarterly journal of "Mormon thought" that addresses a wide range of issues on Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint Movement.... |
1966–current | quarterly journal | Independent scholarship on Mormonism Mormonism Mormonism is the religion practiced by Mormons, and is the predominant religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement. This movement was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. beginning in the 1820s as a form of Christian primitivism. During the 1830s and 1840s, Mormonism gradually distinguished itself... |
Dialogue Foundation | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Begun at Stanford University Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... . |
Courage: A Journal of History, Thought and Action | 1970–1973 | quarterly journal | Independent scholarship on Latter Day Saint thought | Venture Foundation | Lamoni, Iowa Lamoni, Iowa -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,444 people, 818 households, and 428 families residing in the city. The population density was 761.1 people per square mile . There were 904 housing units at an average density of 281.5 per square mile... |
Similar to Dialogue, but primarily by RLDS Church members. |
Journal of Mormon History | 1974–current | annual / semi-annual / tri-annual / quarterly journal | Independent scholarly LDS history | Mormon History Association Mormon History Association The Mormon History Association is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history to promote understanding, scholarly research, and publication in the field... |
Orem, Utah Orem, Utah Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and... |
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Exponent II | 1974–2006 2010–current |
quarterly newspaper / magazine | Independent feminist LDS women | Exponent II, Inc. | Arlington, Massachusetts Arlington, Massachusetts Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, six miles northwest of Boston. The population was 42,844 at the 2010 census.-History:... |
Named in honor of Woman's Exponent Woman's Exponent Woman's Exponent was a newspaper published from 1872 until 1914 in Salt Lake City. Its purposes were to uplift and strengthen women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to educate those not of the Mormon faith about the women of Mormonism... . |
Sunstone Magazine Sunstone Magazine Sunstone is a magazine published by the Sunstone Education Foundation, Inc., a 501 nonprofit corporation, that discusses Mormonism through scholarship, art, short fiction, and poetry. The foundation began the publication in 1974 and considers it a vehicle for free and frank exchange in The Church... |
1975–current | occasional magazine | Independent discussions of Mormonism Mormonism Mormonism is the religion practiced by Mormons, and is the predominant religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement. This movement was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. beginning in the 1820s as a form of Christian primitivism. During the 1830s and 1840s, Mormonism gradually distinguished itself... |
Sunstone Education Foundation | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Begun at UC Berkley University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA... . |
AMCAP Journal | 1975–current | annual | Counseling and Psychotherapy of Mormons | Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
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Beehive Standard Weekly Beehive Standard Weekly The Beehive Standard Weekly is a conservative political and cultural news service for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for those curious about the Mormon culture.-History:... |
1975–2006 | weekly newspaper | Conservative news for Latter-day Saints | Rob Graham | Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... |
The Beehive paper became Nevada Beehive, then Beehive Weekly Standard. |
The Beehive | 1975–current | quarterly newspaper | LDS news and community in Arizona | Amie Taylor, editor | Mesa, Arizona Mesa, Arizona According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%... |
The Beehive paper became Arizona Beehive, then renamed back to The Beehive. |
AML Annual | 1978–current | annual | Academic literary journal | Association for Mormon Letters Association for Mormon Letters The Association for Mormon Letters is a nonprofit founded in 1976 to promote quality writing "by, for, and about Mormons." The broadness of this definition of Mormon literature has led the AML to focus on a wide variety of work that has sometimes been neglected in the Mormon community... |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
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This People | 1979–1998 | bi-monthly / quarterly magazine | Independent LDS lifestyle magazine | Utah Alliance Publishing | Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Editors include Sheri L. Dew Sheri L. Dew Sheri L. Dew is an American author and publisher, currently acting as president and chief executive officer of Deseret Book, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dew has also been a religious leader within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , an inspirational speaker, writer, and acted as a... , Scot and Maurine Proctor Scot and Maurine Proctor Scot and Maurine Proctor are the founders of the Latter-day Saint oriented website Meridian Magazine. They have also issued a revised edition of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith; it has been criticized by scholars such as Janiece Johnson who criticized the book for merging various... , Jim Bell. |
Restoration Studies | 1980–current | annual | academic journal publishing theology and religious and cultural studies in the Latter Day Saint movement | John Whitmer Historical Association John Whitmer Historical Association The John Whitmer Historical Association "is an independent scholarly society composed of individuals of various religious faiths who share a lively interest in ...... |
Independence, Missouri Independence, Missouri Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area... |
Until 2009 published by the Community of Christ Temple School. |
Affinity | 1980–current | monthly newsletter | Gay and lesbian LDS news and issues | Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons is an international organization for gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, and intersex people who identify as members or ex-members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
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John Whitmer Historical Association Journal | 1981–current | annual journal | Latter Day Saint movement Latter Day Saint movement The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of independent churches tracing their origin to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 14 million members... historical articles |
John Whitmer Historical Association John Whitmer Historical Association The John Whitmer Historical Association "is an independent scholarly society composed of individuals of various religious faiths who share a lively interest in ...... |
Independence, Missouri Independence, Missouri Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area... |
Founded by members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
Seventh East Press | 1981–1983 | semi-monthly 16-page magazine | Independent voice on BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... and LDS issues |
BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... students |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Shut down due to printing articles on controversial topics. |
Student Review | 1986–2000? | weekly newspaper | Independent off-campus BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... student news |
BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... students |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Articles by non-journalism students, including LDS-faithful and controversial coverage. Ended after low student interest. |
Latter-day Woman | 1986–? | bimonthly journal | Mormon Women | Latter-Day Woman, Inc. | Sandy, Utah Sandy, Utah Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah.... |
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Nauvoo Journal | 1989–1999 | annual / semi-annual journal | Independent LDS histories | Early Mormon Research Institute | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Replaced by Mormon Historical Studies. |
Mormon Women's Forum Quarterly | 1989–1998 | quarterly journal | Independent LDS feminism | The Mormon Women's Forum | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
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Zarahemla: A Forum for LDS Poetry | 1990–1992 | quarterly ?? | LDS poetry | |||
Latter-day Digest | 1992–1994 | monthly journal | LDS literature and art | Latter-day Foundation for the Arts | Orem, Utah Orem, Utah Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and... |
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Wasatch Review International | 1992–1996 | biannual | A Mormon literary journal. | Wasatch Review International | Orem, Utah Orem, Utah Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and... |
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Vigor: Advice & Commentary on Mormon Life | 1993–1999 | irregular newsletter | "Common problems, challenges, and opportunities…in ordinary Mormon life". | Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the... , editor |
Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S... |
Originally online at CompuServe CompuServe CompuServe was the first major commercial online service in the United States. It dominated the field during the 1980s and remained a major player through the mid-1990s, when it was sidelined by the rise of services such as AOL with monthly subscriptions rather than hourly rates... . Issues freely printed and distributed by readers. |
Irreantum | 1999–current | quarterly journal | Poetry, prose and criticism for, by and about Mormons | Association for Mormon Letters Association for Mormon Letters The Association for Mormon Letters is a nonprofit founded in 1976 to promote quality writing "by, for, and about Mormons." The broadness of this definition of Mormon literature has led the AML to focus on a wide variety of work that has sometimes been neglected in the Mormon community... |
Orem, Utah Orem, Utah Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and... |
Included with AML membership or available separately |
Mormon Historical Studies | 2000–current | semi-annual journal | Independent LDS histories | Mormon Historic Sites Foundation Mormon Historic Sites Foundation The Mormon Historic Sites Foundation is an independent organization that seeks to contribute to the memorialization of sites important to the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
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Collegiate Post | 2001–2007 | occasional magazine | Semi-independent voice on BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... and LDS issues |
BYU BYU -Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA... students, College of Humanities, Honors Dept. |
Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Shut down after controversial article by Ashley Sanders. |
Desert Saints Magazine | 2001–current | monthly magazine | LDS community, fun and inspiration | Ellis Media, Inc. | Henderson, Nevada Henderson, Nevada -Demographics:According to the 2000 census, there were 175,381 people, 66,331 households, and 47,095 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,200.8 people per square mile . There were 71,149 housing units at an average density of 892.8 per square mile... |
Freely distributed at businesses in Southern Utah and Southern Nevada. |
LDS Living | 2002–current | bi-monthly magazine | LDS lifestyle magazine | Legacy Pub. Corp. | Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
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Latter-day Trumpet Latter-day Trumpet The Latter-day Trumpet is the first distributed newspaper that is intended primarily for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Southern California.... |
2003–current | monthly newspaper | LDS interests and community in Southern California Southern California Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego... |
Craig S. Nelson | Upland, California Upland, California Upland is a city in San Bernardino County, California, located at an elevation of 1,242 feet . As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 73,732, up from 68,393 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated on May 15, 1906, after previously being named North Ontario.-History and culture:Upland... |
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LatterDayBride Magazine | 2005–current | annual magazine | LDS wedding planning | LatterDayBride | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
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Segullah | 2005–current | tri-annual journal | LDS women's literary magazine | Segullah Group | Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Biannual until 2007. Also publishes books, blog and website with unique content. |
Element: a journal of Mormon Philosophy and Theology | 2005–current | semi-annual journal | Academic journal of Mormon philosophy | Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology | Orem, Utah Orem, Utah Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and... |
Website indicates issues until Spring 2008. |
The Mormon Worker The Mormon Worker The Mormon Worker is a blog and irregularly published periodical in Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah, focusing on Mormonism and "radical politics."- Origins and focus :... |
2007–current | occasional newspaper | LDS support for leftist economic and social ideals | William Van Wagenen | Woodland Hills, Utah Woodland Hills, Utah Woodland Hills is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 941 at the 2000 census... |
Issues are published online as well as via annual print subscriptions. |
International Journal of Mormon Studies | 2008–current | annual journal | Independent scholarship on Mormonism globally | European Mormon Studies Association | Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders... , United Kingdom |
Was British Journal of Mormon Studies until 2009. Online (printed by special order). |
Mormon Artist | 2008–current | bi-monthly / quarterly magazine | LDS arts community coverage and interviews | Ben Crowder | Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south... |
Available in both print and web editions. |
The Mormon Review | 2009–current | quarterly electronic journal | "Reviews analyzing (typically non-Mormon) [works] from a Mormon perspective." | Richard Bushman Richard Bushman Richard Lyman Bushman is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University. He is currently the Howard W. Hunter Visiting Professor in Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University... , Editor in Chief |
Editorial board includes James Faulconer, Daniel Fairbanks, Terryl Givens Terryl Givens Terryl Lynn Givens is professor of literature and religion at the University of Richmond where he holds the James A. Bostwick Chair in English... , and Margaret Blair Young Margaret Blair Young Margaret Blair Young is an American author, filmmaker and writing instructor affiliated with Brigham Young University.- Biography :Young is married to English professor Bruce Young... . |
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The Claremont Journal of Mormon Studies | 2011–current | electronic journal | Academic Mormon studies and new research | Claremont Claremont Graduate University Claremont Graduate University is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles... Mormon Studies Student Association |
Claremont, California | Student-run electronic journal to start April 2011. |
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Prophwyd y Jubili Prophwyd y Jubili Prophwyd y Jubili was a Welsh language monthly periodical of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints between 1846 and 1848... (Prophet of the Jubilee) |
1846–1848 | monthly newspaper | Official LDS periodical in Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²... |
Dan Jones Dan Jones (Mormon) Dan Jones was an influential Welsh missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
Rhydybont, Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²... |
In Welsh Welsh language Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa... . Printed in Carmarthen Carmarthen Carmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648.... in 1848. Succeeded by Udgorn Seion Udgorn Seion Udgorn Seion was the official Welsh language periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1849 and 1862.... . |
Udgorn Seion Udgorn Seion Udgorn Seion was the official Welsh language periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1849 and 1862.... (Zion's Trumpet) |
1849–1862 | monthly / biweekly / weekly newspaper | Official LDS periodical in Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²... |
John Davis | Carmarthen, Wales Carmarthen Carmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648.... |
In Welsh Welsh language Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa... . Replaced Prophwyd y Jubili Prophwyd y Jubili Prophwyd y Jubili was a Welsh language monthly periodical of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints between 1846 and 1848... . Later produced by Dan Jones Dan Jones (Mormon) Dan Jones was an influential Welsh missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... , Daniel Daniels, Benjamin Evans, George Q. Cannon George Q. Cannon George Quayle Cannon was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and served in the First Presidency under four successive presidents of the church: Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow... , at Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of... , Swansea Swansea Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands... , Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... . |
Étoile du Déséret L'Etoile du Deseret L'Étoile du Déséret was a monthly French language newspaper published in France by LDS Church Apostle John Taylor beginning in May 1851 and was printed in Paris. It continued until April 1852... (Star of Deseret) |
1851–1852 | monthly newspaper | Official LDS periodical in France | John Taylor, editor | Paris, France Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
In French. |
Skandinaviens Stjerne (Star of Scandinavia) |
1851–1956 | monthly / semi-monthly | Official LDS periodical in Scandinavia Scandinavia Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,... |
Erastus Snow Erastus Snow Erastus Fairbanks Snow , born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1849 to 1888. Snow was also a leading figure in Mormon colonization of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.Snow Canyon State Park Erastus... , editor |
Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... |
In Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... . |
Zion's Panier (Zion's Banner) |
1851–1852 | monthly / semi-monthly | Official LDS periodical in Germany | John Taylor | Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
In German. |
Der Darsteller der Heiligen der letzten Tage(The Protagonists of the Saints of the Last Days) | 1855–1861 | monthly / irregular paper | Official German LDS periodical | Daniel Tyler, Swiss-Italian Mission | Geneva Geneva Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland... |
In German. Later published at Bern and Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... . |
Die Reform(The Reform) | 1862–1864 | monthly | Official German LDS periodical | John L. Smith, Swiss-Italian-German Mission | Geneva Geneva Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland... |
In German. Replaced by Der Stern in 1869. |
Der Stern(The Star) | 1869–1999 | monthly / semi-monthly magazine | Official LDS periodical in Germany. | Karl G. Maeser Karl G. Maeser -Brigham Young Academy:When Maeser arrived at Brigham Young Academy in 1876 it was dying. Enrollment had declined since Warren N. Dusenberry had started the school a few months before. There were only 29 students at the time of Maeser's arrival.... , Swiss-German Mission |
Zürich, Switzerland Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... |
In German. Semi-monthly from 1882 to 1940. Later published from Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... , Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area.... , Berlin, Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... . |
Nordstjernan: sanningen, kunskapen, dygden och tron äro förenade(The Northstar) | 1877–? | semi-monthly | Official LDS periodical in Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... . |
N. C. Flygare, editor, Scandinavian Mission | Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... |
In Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish... . Later published from Goteborg, Sweden Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... by the Swedish Mission. |
La Voz del desierto(The Voice of the Desert) | 1879 | monthly | "Organo de la Rama mexicana de La Iglesia Christiana de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias."(Organ of the Mexican branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) | M. Hernandez | Mexico City, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
In Spanish. Apparently published for at least 2 issues in 1879. |
Morgenstjernen(The Morningstar) | 1879?–1885 | monthly | Mormon history | Andrew Jenson Andrew Jenson Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the early-twentieth century... |
Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... to 1881. Then in Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... . |
In Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... . Continued in English as Historical Record beginning in 1886. |
Ungdommens Raadgiver(Counselor of Youth) | 1880–1887 | monthly | Danish Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... LDS youth |
Andrew Jenson Andrew Jenson Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the early-twentieth century... , editor |
Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... |
In Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... . |
El Mensajero aka El Mensajero Deseret(The Messenger) | 1937–1955 | monthly | Official LDS periodical in Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
W. Ernest Young, editor, Argentine Mission | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
In Spanish. Starting in 1947 edited jointly with the Uruguayan Mission. Replaced by the Spanish-language Liahona in 1955. |
Sendero Lamanita(Lamanite Way) | 1941–1946? | monthly | Official periodical of the Tercero Convención Third Convention The Third Convention was a dissident group of Mexican Latter-day Saints who broke away from the main body of church authority in 1936 over a dispute about local governance and autonomy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico... (Third Convention) in Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
??Sandoval?? | Mexico City, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
In Spanish. The schismatic Tercero Convención published this periodical for members of the Mexican Mission. |
A Gaivota(The Seagull) | 1948–1952 | monthly | Official LDS periodical in Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
Brazilian Mission | São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
In Portuguese Portuguese language Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095... . |
Liahona (Portuguese) | 1953–1977 | monthly magazine | Official LDS publication in Brazil | Brazilian Mission | São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
In Portuguese Portuguese language Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095... . Replaced A Gaivota. |
Liahona (Spanish) | 1955–1977 | monthly magazine | Official LDS Spanish-language magazine | LDS Church | Mexico City, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
Replaced and unified various Spanish-language periodicals. Published in Mexico City until unified with the other international magazines. |
Liahona Liahona (magazine) Liahona is the official international magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is named after the word Liahona from the Book of Mormon. The Liahona is published in 51 different languages from one to twelve times per year depending on the language... |
1977–current | annual-monthly magazine | Official LDS international magazine | LDS Church | Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... |
Replaced and unified various older periodicals, all retitled Liahona as of 1999. Available in 51 languages. |
Horizon: tijdschrift over de mormoonse gemeenschap(Horizon: magazine about the Mormon community) | 1982–1983 | bi-monthly magazine | independent | In Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second... . Apparently published by local Church members in Holland. |
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Morumon foramu(Mormon Forum) | 1988–2000? | semi-annual magazine | Morumon foramu henshubu | Shimomatsu City, Japan | In Japanese. Apparently published by local Church members in Japan. |