I am trying to locate an original edition of the Deseret News July
28,1875.My great great grandfather's letter to the editor was included
in this edition. I've contacted the Deseret News and some collectors
but no one seems to have that particular edition. Can you help me?

Hi Keith,

I recently attended the University of Utah. They have old Deseret News
editions in the Marriott LIbrary at the University. They have Volume 1
Number 1 (from 1850) through Volume 37 Number 50 (1888) in one
section. You can find it in the Microfilm section on the first floor.
I think, within the Microfilm section, there is a Utah News section.
Then look for Deseret News alphabetically.

I searched for it using the University of Utah library web site, which
is not accessible for non-students (I was very recently a student, so
I'm still in the system). I will copy & paste the results page for
you. I really hope the formatting doesn't mess up below -- if it does,
just respond and I will try again.


1. Common Title:    Deseret news (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1850).
   Title:           Deseret news.
   Edition:         Weekly ed.
   Publisher:       G.S.L. City, Deseret [i.e. Salt Lake City, Utah] :
Church of
 Jesus Christ 
                    of Latter Day Saints, 1850-1888.
   Date of Pub:     Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 15, 1850)-v. 37, no. 50 (Dec.
26, 1888).
   Description:     37 v. : ill. (chiefly advertisements) ; 25-53 cm.
   Subjects:        American newspapers -- Utah -- Salt Lake City.
                    American newspapers -- Utah -- Salt Lake County.
                    Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Newspapers.
   Notes:           "Truth and liberty."
                    Published every Wednesday.
                    Published at Fillmore City, Utah, May 5-Sept. 1,
1858.
                    Suspended Aug. 26-Nov. 8, 1851; July 20-Oct. 1,
1853; July 1
7-Sept. 4, Oct. 
                    29-Dec. 11, 1861; Aug. 12-19, 1863; Dec. 23,
1863-Feb. 24, 1
864; Jan. 
                    11-Mar. 1, Dec. 5-Dec. 26, 1866.
                    Has occasional supplements.
                    Official organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day S
aints.
                    Semiweekly eds: Deseret news (Salt Lake CIty, Utah
: 1865),
1865-187u; 
                    Deseret news, Semi-weekly, 187u-1889.
                    Daily ed.: Deseret evening news.
   Finding Aid / Index: Includes annual index for: <1850-1858>.
   Frequency:       Weekly, July 13, 1854-1888
   Former Freq:     Weekly, June 15-Sept. 28, 1850
                    Biweekly, Oct. 19, 1850-Dec. 1, 1853
                    Weekly, Dec. 8-22, 1853
                    Biweekly, Jan. 5, 1954
                    Weekly, Jan. 12-Feb. 16, 1854
                    Biweekly, Mar. 2-July 6, 1854
   Other Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
   Continued by:    Deseret weekly
   Location:        Marriott Library
   Collection:      Microfilm, Utah News, Gov Docs, Lvl 1
   Call #:          SHELVED BY TITLE
   Status:          Checked in


References:
University of Utah Library Online
http://www.lib.utah.edu


Sincerely,
CJS

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Clarification of Answer by cjs2u-ga on 14 Jun 2002 13:40 PDT

Good news! The information you wanted actually is accessible by
anyone! Go to &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.lib.utah.edu">http://www.lib.utah.edu</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://www.lib.utah.edu">http://www.lib.utah.edu</a>&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.lib.utah.edu">http://www.lib.utah.edu</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://www.lib.utah.edu">http://www.lib.utah.edu</a>&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; -&amp;amp;gt; click on Library Catalog -&amp;amp;gt;
click on Author, Title, Journal -&amp;amp;gt; type in Deseret News in the box -&amp;amp;gt;
it's the 4th link down.
 
 
Sincerely, 
CJS   

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Request for Answer Clarification by keithf-ga on 14 Jun 2002 15:38 PDT

I have seen the microfilm copy at the church history department. I am
looking for an original edition from 1875 as a collectors item.   

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Clarification of Answer by cjs2u-ga on 14 Jun 2002 15:48 PDT

Keith, 
 
 
Wow, I am sorry. The fact is I was so excited to answer this, since I
had just attended the U of U, and knew about its huge Microfilm
reserves. I should have known that by requesting an original edition,
you wanted the actual paper itself. You might want to reject my answer
so that someone else -- who can find the paper itself -- may answer
it.
 
 
Sincerely, 
CJS   

I requested information about an original edition of the Desert News,
not a copy of microfilm

Hi keithf

Did you want to buy a copy or just view it?

Thanks
THX1138

I have seen the microfilm copy at the church history department, what
I am looking for is not a copy but an original edition from 1875

i was unable to find any exact information regarding that issue for
sale at this time.

However, I have an email into a collector and seller of the Deseret
News asking if he or she has an issue for sale, or knows where one is
available. I'll update you with either an answer or a comment as soon
as I have any information

Nenna-GA