LDS community newspaper from the 1930s now on the Arizona Memory Project
PHOENIX – Though published for just over one year, the Maricopa Stake News was an important source of information for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints within the Maricopa Stake. The Maricopa Stake News provided information on church wards in Tempe, Mesa, Phoenix, Gilbert, Chandler, Glendale and other communities throughout Maricopa County. Births, deaths, baptisms, and other announcements from the Stake were published, as were changes in Stake and Church leadership. The newspaper regularly published “Temple Notes“ and a genealogy column as well as missionary news. The newspaper ceased publication in 1937 when the Maricopa Stake was divided into several smaller stakes. The Maricopa Stake News can also be viewed on FamilySearch.org.
“The short-lived Maricopa Stake News was the only Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints religiously-affiliated newspaper published in Maricopa County in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Newspapers published by Arizona’s religious communities are of great interest to researchers, genealogists, and historians,” said Sativa Peterson, news content program manager for the State of Arizona Research Library.
Digitization of the Maricopa Stake News comes courtesy of a partnership between the State of Arizona Research Library and FamilySearch International. Researchers using the Maricopa Stake News will be able to browse and search issues from 1936 to 1937 on the Arizona Memory Project indefinitely and can be viewed for free on any digital device at http://go.azsos.gov/maricopastake.
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The Arizona Memory Project provides free online access to the wealth of primary sources in Arizona archives, museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions. The Arizona Memory Project is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The Arizona Memory Project provides free online access to the wealth of primary sources in Arizona archives, museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions. The Arizona Memory Project is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
