| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION selves Adding flesh and muscle to that framework would require far more space than this text affords Not since 1938 when the late Cecil Alter published his significant Early Utah Journalism has the ongoing story of Utah newspapers been updated In these intervening fiftyeight years the tides of change have brought major revisions in ownership and personnel tomajority of the statepublications Omitted are onlyfew family-held newspapers where the surname hasnbeen altered though the given name that precedes it has As in James William Jack and Steven Wallis James Alex Joel Scott and Clayton Dunn Abraham Roy and Allan Gibson -among others Surprisingly forprofession in which maintenance of records is of paramount importance Utah Press Association has been grossly careless with its own historic papers combination of circumstances contributes to the resultant dearth of materials Some portfolios were misplaced and others misfiled Some were discarded in error and sad to say some were assigned to trashcans with angry deliberation by disgruntled employees The result was that countless hours were spent in often futile pursuit of what would ve been informa tion of value All of which makes this treatise somewhat less comprehensive than it might ve been But itstillcompilation of value to an organization which has thrived for overcentury in spite of its poor record in file-handling While every effort has been made to be historically correct itnot unlikely that bugaboo of researchers and writers inaccuracy -will rear its ugly head Despite his carefully crafted work even meticulous Cecil Alter hadfew errorsin his invaluable book For any flaws of omission or commission which do come to light in this manuscript an in-advance apology is offered Italso be well to explain for those who may become curious about it that the associationname alternates in this text between Utah Press Association and Utah State Press Association Though it explained in the narrative it Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
