Deseret News (Firm)
Dates
- Existence: 1850-
Biography
The Deseret News (1850- ) is a newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The first edition of the Deseret News was published by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. on June 15, 1850, on a $60 printing press which had traveled 1100 miles to Salt Lake City, Utah. It began as a weekly paper, focusing on the Church as well as some national news. It later became a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As of 2024, Deseret News is the state’s oldest continuously operating business and longest-running news organization, and was publishing a weekly edition, Deseret Magazine, and the Church News.
Citation:
Digital Newspapers, via www, September 25, 2014 (Deseret News; first published June 15, 1850; Salt Lake City, Utah; $60 press traveled 1100 miles across the plains; began as a weekly paper) Deseret News, via www, October 8, 2024 (longest-running news organization in Utah and the state’s oldest continuously operating business; subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; publishing a weekly edition, Deseret Magazine, and the Church News) https://www.deseret.com/pages/about-us/Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Aveson newspaper clippings
Photocopies of newspaper clippings probably taken from the "Deseret News." Some of the materials were written or edited by Aveson. They deal with a wide range of subjects relating to Utah and Mormon Church history.
Department of the Treasury letters
Two handwritten letters from a copy book. The items deal with the payment of claims in Utah and paying the "Deseret News" for services. Also discussed is the appointment of federal officials in the Utah Territory.
Deseret News (Firm) audit
Letterpress copy of a handwritten audit covering the years 1854 through 1856. The item documents the materials printed by the Deseret News for the United States Government. The document verifies the prices paid for the services. The audit was signed by Benjamin Allen, William I. Appleby, and James McKnight.
Deseret News lists
Handwritten record of items purchased by the Deseret News in Fillmore, Utah at the store of Samuel Pierce Hoyt (1807-1889). Also included is a list of persons paid by the Deseret News for work completed. Some of the entries are believed to have been written by George Q. Cannon, the Mormon apostle.
Deseret News media promotion collection
Contains promotional materials, including press kits, press releases, clippings, photographs, production stills, and advertisements sent to the Deseret News by media producers, promoters, and distributors to promote commercial media works. Includes materials on motion pictures and on people in the motion picture industry. Materials dated 1923-2008.
Desert News media promotion collection of motion picture personnel stills, approximately 1970-1995
Contains promotional materials, including photographs and clippings, of various people in the motion picture industry, collected by the Deseret News. Dated approximately 1970-1995.
Desert News media promotion collection of movies and television productions stills, 1923-2008
Photographs, mainly production stills, clippings, and promotional materials such as press releases, press kits, and other documents, collected by the Desert News. Dated 1923-2008.
James Duckworth scrapbook
Newsclippings pasted into a blank book believed to have been created by James Duckworth. Most of the clippings were taken from the "Deseret News" and relate to Mormon Church topics including history and doctrine. Some of the items were written by Mormon Church leaders.
Henry A. Smith papers on newspaper career, 1945-1979
Consists of papers, articles, photographs, and correspondence related to Smith's career with the Deseret News and the Church News. Dated 1945-1979.
J Malan Heslop photographs and other material
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- Archival Object 26
- Collection 15
- Subject
- Letters 16
- Photographs 14
- Awards 10
- Education 10
- Fund raising 10
- Invitations 10
- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 8
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Photographs 6
- Journalism 5
- Photographers -- Utah 5
- Photojournalism -- Utah 4
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Photographs 4
- Utah -- Photographs 4
- Advertisements -- Motion pictures 3
- Advertising -- Motion pictures 3
- Advertising photography 3
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
- Material Types 3
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Photographs 3
- Motion picture industry 3
- Performing Arts 3
- Photojournalism -- United States 3
- Promotional materials 3
- Slides (Photography) 3
- American newspapers -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 2
- Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce 2
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2
- Fillmore (Utah) -- History 2
- Journalism -- Utah 2
- Journalism -- Vocational guidance 2
- Newspapers 2
- Religion 2
- Utah -- History 2
- Videocassettes 2
- Articles 1
- Asia -- Photographs 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Audits 1
- Autobiographies 1
- Black-and-white negatives 1
- Cambodians -- Photographs 1
- Color negatives 1
- Compact discs 1
- Correspondence 1
- Economics and Banking 1
- Egypt -- Photographs 1
- Europe -- Photographs 1
- Family histories 1
- Financial records 1
- Hiking -- Utah 1
- Interviews 1
- Israel -- Photographs 1
- Jordan -- Photographs 1
- Latter Day Saint authors 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- History 1
- Latter Day Saint families -- Utah 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Fillmore -- History 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Manti -- History 1
- Lectures 1
- Lists 1
- Manti (Utah) -- History 1
- Mineral industries -- Utah -- History 1
- Morrisite War, 1862 1
- Mount Timpanogos Wilderness (Utah) 1
- Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 1
- Negatives 1
- Newsletters 1
- Newspaper editors -- United States 1
- Newspaper editors -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 1
- Newspaper publishing -- Utah -- Salt Lake City 1
- Newspapers -- Utah 1
- Nitrate negatives 1
- Oceania -- Photographs 1
- Persons -- Utah -- Photographs 1
- Photocopies 1
- Photography -- Exhibitions 1
- Photojournalists -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
- Politicians -- Utah -- History 1
- Politics, Government, and Law 1
- Press kits 1
- Press releases 1
- Provo (Utah) -- Photographs 1
- Publications 1
- Publishers and Publishing 1
- Receipts (Acknowledgments) 1
- Refugee camps -- Cambodia -- Photographs 1
- Safety film negatives 1
- Salt Lake City (Utah) 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Social Life and Customs 1
- South America -- Photographs 1
- Sports and Recreation 1
- Territorial Government 1
- Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
- Utah -- Politics and government 1 + ∧ less