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Deseret News (Firm)

 Organization

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:

Office of the President correspondence with associations, 1983-1984

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains correspondence with various associations relating to the functioning of the university, including the Council on Education, Alumni Association, Deseret News, American Red Cross, Intermountain Health Care, Key Bank of Utah, and American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges & Universities. Correspondence covers fundraising, alumni awards, and various conference proceedings. Also contains invitations to Holland from associations to become a member of various boards and...
Dates: 1983-1984

Office of the President correspondence with associations, 1984-1985

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains correspondence with various associations relating to the functioning of the university, including the Council on Education, Alumni Association, Deseret News, American Red Cross, Intermountain Health Care, Key Bank of Utah, and American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges & Universities. Correspondence covers fundraising, alumni awards, and various conference proceedings. Also contains invitations to Holland from associations to become a member of various boards and...
Dates: 1984-1985

Office of the President correspondence with associations, 1985-1986

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains correspondence with various associations relating to the functioning of the university, including the Council on Education, Alumni Association, Deseret News, American Red Cross, Intermountain Health Care, Key Bank of Utah, and American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges & Universities. Correspondence covers fundraising, alumni awards, and various conference proceedings. Also contains invitations to Holland from associations to become a member of various boards and...
Dates: 1985-1986

Office of the President correspondence with associations, 1986-1987

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains correspondence with various associations relating to the functioning of the university, including the Council on Education, Alumni Association, Deseret News, American Red Cross, Intermountain Health Care, Key Bank of Utah, and American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges & Universities. Correspondence covers fundraising, alumni awards, and various conference proceedings. Also contains invitations to Holland from associations to become a member of various boards and...
Dates: 1986-1987

Office of the President correspondence with associations, 1987-1988

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains correspondence with various associations relating to the functioning of the university, including the Council on Education, Alumni Association, Deseret News, American Red Cross, Intermountain Health Care, Key Bank of Utah, and American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges & Universities. Correspondence covers fundraising, alumni awards, and various conference proceedings. Also contains invitations to Holland from associations to become a member of various boards and...
Dates: 1987-1988

Office of the President correspondence with associations, 1988-1989

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains correspondence with various associations relating to the functioning of the university, including the Council on Education, Alumni Association, Deseret News, American Red Cross, Intermountain Health Care, Key Bank of Utah, and American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges & Universities. Correspondence covers fundraising, alumni awards, and various conference proceedings. Also contains invitations to Holland from associations to become a member of various boards and...
Dates: 1988-1989

Howard Pearson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2147
Abstract

The papers contain correspondence, interview notes, column copy, awards, and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1946-1984

Photograph of Warren N. Dusenberry, Joseph A. Young, and missionaries from Zion, approximately 1869-1871

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233630380], Folder: 7
Identifier: UA P 2 Series 1 Item 10
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of a photograph of Warren N. Dusenberry, Joseph A. Young, Henry Naisbitt, David M. Stewart, Orson Pratt, and W. H. Miles in New York City, taken between 1869 and 1871.

Dates: approximately 1869-1871

O. Preston Robinson papers

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197232515798]
Identifier: MSS 6043
Scope and Contents Materials deal with O. Preston Robinson's career, church, and personal life, including: awards, honors, and certificates, papers from his time serving as president of the British Mission, Deseret News correspondence and papers while he served as editor, his reports and articles, research for books, lessons and talks, photographs of many of the people he interviewed, including General Gruenther, Colonel Nasser of Egypt, Israel Premier Moshe Sharett, French Premier Reynaud, and Vice President...
Dates: 1945-1984

James Wareham receipts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324516]
Identifier: MSS SC 2527
Scope and Contents

Handwritten receipts written to order the Deseret News newspaper. The receipts are for $4.00, $4.25, $5.00, and $8.00.

Dates: 1869-1881

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 26
Collection 15
 
Subject
Letters 16
Photographs 14
Awards 10
Education 10
Fund raising 10
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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
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