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A Century in Print: The Newspaper Business in Johnson County, 1860-1960
Title
A Century in Print: The Newspaper Business in Johnson County, 1860-1960
Description
Detailed article about the history of news publishing in Johnson County, Kansas. "In no other state's history has the press played such an active and pervasive role in community life. This is evident in the numbers alone. As of the mid 1930s the state of Kansas had spawned a total of 4638 newspapers, at least one thousand more than any other state." The earliest publication in the state was a religious periodical printed in the Shawnee Indian language by missionary Jotham Meeker. The first issue of "Siwonowe Kesibwi" ("The Shawnee Sun") came off the press in February 1835.
Date
2001
Object Type
Newsletter Article
The First Shawnee Methodist Mission
Title
The First Shawnee Methodist Mission
Description
Article describes the history of the Methodist Missions in Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kansas.
Object Type
Magazine Article
Interpreting the Shawnee Sun: Literacy and Cultural Persistence in Indian Country, 1833-1841.
Title
Interpreting the Shawnee Sun: Literacy and Cultural Persistence in Indian Country, 1833-1841.
Description
Article about the influence of literacy and the press on the Shawnee culture. "The Shawnee Sun is intriguing because it points to Shawnee-missionary collaboration, on the the one hand, and widespread Shawnee resistance to the broader cultural and religious demands associated with Christianity on the other."
Date
2008
Object Type
Magazine Article