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== The History of Newspapers in Utah == | |||
For histories on publishing newspapers and listings of Utah newspapers see: | |||
* | *Alter, J. Cecil. ''Early Utah Journalism''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, 1938. (Family History Library {{FHL|155390|title-id|disp=book 979.2 B3a}}.) This book lists the newspapers by town and then chronologically. It includes some history of the newspapers and dates published to about 1938. It is indexed by names, newspapers, and subjects. It focuses on the conflict between the differing political parties. | ||
*''Utah's Newspapers, Traces of Her Past''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Marriott Library, University of Utah, 1984. (Family History Library {{FHL|238813|title-id|disp=book 979.2 B33h}}.) This source is taken from papers presented at the Utah Newspaper Project Conference at the University of Utah in 1983. It contains a list of the Utah newspapers. | |||
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== Deseret News == | === Deseret News === | ||
The Deseret News was the first newspaper published in [[Utah]]. The first edition was printed in June 1850 in Salt Lake City. Their address is: | The Deseret News was the first newspaper published in [[Utah]]. The first edition was printed in June 1850 in Salt Lake City. Their address is: | ||
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Abstracts of [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utsaltla/obit_DeseretNews_1850s.html#1852 Deaths and Marriages Notices] in the Deseret News Weekly of Salt Lake City, Utah (1852-1888) | Abstracts of [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utsaltla/obit_DeseretNews_1850s.html#1852 Deaths and Marriages Notices] in the Deseret News Weekly of Salt Lake City, Utah (1852-1888) | ||
== The Salt Lake Tribune == | === The Salt Lake Tribune === | ||
''The Salt Lake Tribune'' began printing in 1871. The Salt Lake Tribune Data Center has microfilm copies from 1871 to the present. They also have an index by name and subject from 1941 to 1991. You can request a search of their files for a fee. The issues from September 1991 to the present are online. Their address is: | ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' began printing in 1871. The Salt Lake Tribune Data Center has microfilm copies from 1871 to the present. They also have an index by name and subject from 1941 to 1991. You can request a search of their files for a fee. The issues from September 1991 to the present are online. Their address is: | ||
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''Salt Lake Daily Tribune and Utah Mining Gazette.'' Volumes 1–3. Salt Lake City, Utah: Office of the Church Historian, 1961. (Family History Library {{FHL|109597|title-id|disp=films 241182–85}}.) | ''Salt Lake Daily Tribune and Utah Mining Gazette.'' Volumes 1–3. Salt Lake City, Utah: Office of the Church Historian, 1961. (Family History Library {{FHL|109597|title-id|disp=films 241182–85}}.) | ||
The Salt Lake Public Library has microfilm of ''The Salt Lake Tribune '' Apr 15, 1871 to present. | |||
== Resources for Newspapers == | |||
Newspapers report family information in notices of births, marriages, obituaries, and local news. Newspapers began early in Salt Lake City, Utah. Two major Utah newspapers are the [http://www.deseretnews.com Deseret News] and the [http://www.sltrib.com/ Salt Lake Tribune]. | |||
=== Locating Utah Newspaper Collections === | |||
The Marriott Library at the University of Utah at http://www.lib.utah.edu/, the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University at http://www.lib.byu.edu/, and the Utah State Historical Society Library at http://history.utah.gov/utah_history_research_center/digitalcollections.html have collections of Utah newspapers. The Utah State Historical Society Library has a newspaper clip file collected from the 1950s to 1995 with articles about Utah people. The Harold B. Lee Library has an index to early Utah newspapers. | |||
The Family History Library has other newspapers from many Utah cities and counties. To locate the newspaper collections, check in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | |||
UTAH, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - NEWSPAPERS | |||
UTAH, [COUNTY] - NEWSPAPERS | |||
== | ==== Digital Issues Online ==== | ||
{{wikipedia|List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}} | {{wikipedia|List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}} | ||
*[http://mwdl.org/ Mountain West Digital Library] "The Mountain West Digital Library is an aggregation of digital collections from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, and historical societies in Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. Hosting institutions each run servers supporting their own digital collections and support partner institutions by providing scanning and hosting services. The Mountain West defines the region of contributors, but the content extends beyond the Mountain West and into different field | |||
*[http://digitalnewspapers.org/ Digital Newspapers] -- the University of Utah's Digital Newspaper Collection with more than 600,000 pages of digitized Utah historical newspapers. | |||
=== Indexes === | |||
== Web Sites == | |||
*[http://www.deseretnews.com Deseret News] | |||
*[http://www.sltrib.com/ Salt Lake Tribune] | |||
*[http://www.lib.utah.edu/ J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah] | |||
*[http://www.lib.byu.edu/ Harld B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University] | |||
*[http://history.utah.gov/ Utah State History] | |||
*[http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/unews/ Digital Collections at the University of Utah] | |||
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[[Category:Utah|Newspapers]] | [[Category:Utah|Newspapers]] | ||