Publication History:
Place of Publication: Hyrum, Utah
Frequency: Unknown
Volume and Issue Data: Vol. 1, No. 11, August 2, 1884
Size and Format: Ledger (7 3/4 x 12+)
Editor/Publisher: Multiple authors, editors
Title Changes and Continuation: See The Educator, The Evening Star, The Knowledge Seeker, A Manuscript Paper, Young Ladies’ Diadem, and Young Ladies’ Thoughts; one of many papers published by the Mormon’s Young Men’s and Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Societies in Utah
General Description and Notes:
According to Alter, the Young Men’s and Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Associations of Hyrum published weekly literary journals largely in the interests and for the entertainment of their members during the late 1880s. The publications carried news, religious items and weather reports.
“The Knowledge Seeker” was published by the Young Men; “The Young Ladies Thoughts” and “The Evening Star” were published by the Young Ladies. Apparently, “The Evening Star” succeeded “The Knowledge Seeker.” These papers appeared under various editors, since officers in these organizations changed hands regularly.
Information Sources:
Bibliography: J. Cecil Alter, Early Utah Journalism (Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1938), 90; Lorraine T. Washburn, “Culture in Dixie,” Utah Historical Quarterly, 29 (July 1961), 259-260; Mark A. Pendleton, “The Orderville United Order of Zion,”Utah Historical Quarterly, 7 (October 1939), 151
Locations: John A. Israelson’s papers, Special Collections and Archives, Utah State University, Logan, UT
The Handwritten Newspapers Project 
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