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This collection is made up of transcriptions of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri newspaper articles about Mormons. Cecil A. and Helen Fulton Snider collected the information for Cecil's 1933 master's thesis from the State University of Iowa entitled: "A Syllabus on Mormonism in Illinois from the Angle of the Press: Newspaper Source Materials, 1838-1848." The Fultons sold copies of the transcribed articles to various libraries. In the 1930s or 1940s, Brigham Young University paid $500 for their set of carbon copies, and other copies are located at the New York Public Library, Harvard Library, and a few other libraries. The collection was titled "The Mormons in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, etc." The original sets had an index compiled by the Sniders, but they are missing from this collection. The Writer's Project obtained permission to copy BYU's set in Provo, but never finished before the Writer's Project was cancelled at the end of World War II. The Writer's Project gave a copy of its incomplete transcription to the LDS Church Historian's Office, but to no other institutions besides the Historical Society.
The news items are arranged chronologically for each newspaper, and the newspapers are arranged alphabetically. There are eight volumes, each covering a distinct time period.
Transcriptions of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri newspaper articles about Mormons make up the collection. Cecil and Helen Snider collected the information in the early 1930s, used the materials for their graduate studies, and sold copies to various libraries.
Cecil and Helen Snider Papers, 1830-1849, Utah State Historical Society.
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