---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 1
number: 1
published: 1897-11
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: "*Improvement Era* 1, no. 1 (November 1897)."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera11unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera11unse
  scan: "Original source link: https://archiveviewer.org/viewer/internet-archive/improvementera11unse"
curator_note: Unpaginated cover, masthead, and table of contents. Four front advertisement leaves and one back advertisement leaf are intentionally omitted from this pilot import.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1897-11)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera11unse
  publication_year: 1897
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1897, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era — November 1897

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**Vol. I.** *The Glory of God is Intelligence.* **No. I.**

*Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations.*

Published by the General Board. Salt Lake City. Published monthly; $2 per annum.

## Table of Contents

- Edward H. Anderson, "The Past of Mutual Improvement," 1.
- Rt. Rev. Lawrence Scanlan, "Religious Faiths—I. The Doctrine and Claims of the Roman Catholic Church," 11.
- Hon. Wm. H. King, "Statehood and How It Was Achieved," 26.
- Reginal B. Span, "Is It Worth While?" 33.
- "Ancient Tales—Hell's Bridge," 34.
- Nephi L. Morris, "Bible Studies," 38.
- "Questions for the Editors—The Lord's Day," 43.
- "November Thoughts," 53.
- "Gleanings," 54.
- "Editor's Table," 55.
- "Our Work," 61.