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Utahethnicpress
This document lists and provides brief details about many of the ethnic and vernacular newspapers published in Utah in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including those written in German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Slovenian, African American, Japanese, and Greek. It notes that Utah's first non-English newspaper was the Utah Posten in 1873, written in Danish by a Norwegian American. Sources for the information are also provided.
Utahethnicpress
- 1. "Cold type, inkand diverse voices: Utah’s ethnic and vernacular press" Joel J. Campbell Associate Professor Brigham Young University School of Communications
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- 3. Vernacular newspapersBroebacker –German Mormonen Zeitung – German Intelligemz = Blatt – German Utah – Staats-Zeitung -- German Utah Freie Press _ German Bikuben (beehive) – Danish-Scandavian Utah Nederlander – Svenska Harolden – Swedish Utah Scandinav – Danish-Norwegian Utah Posten -- Danish Ogden Times (Danish edition) Korrespondenten- Swedish Valkyrien = Dan. Scand. Northern Light – English – Danish Utah Danske Amerikaner - Danish Broad Ax – African American Tri-City Oracle _ African American Utah Nippo -- Japanese Japanese News Corriere d’ America – Italian Radicka Obranna – Slovenian La Liberta Hellenic News Ergatis - Greek Sources: Early Utah Journalism, J. Cecil Alter, Utah Historical Society, 1938; Utah Newspapers, Traces of Her Past, Utah Newspaper Project Conference, Marriott Library, University of Utah, 1984.
- 4. Nordic Language Press Utah’sfirst non-English newspaper, Utah Posten, appeared in 1873 and was written in Danish by a Norwegian American.
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- 10. Greek O Ergatis –The Worker The Light
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