---
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: 11
number: 2
published: 1907-12
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Cover, Masthead, and Contents," *Improvement Era* 11, no. 2 (December 1907): 81–160.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1102unse
  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: improvementera1102unse
start_page: 81
end_page: 160
curator_note: "Cover, masthead, and contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves are intentionally omitted: leaves 1–4 and 85 through the final scan leaf; editorial folios 81–160 are mapped from source scan leaves 5–84."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1907-12)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1102unse
  publication_year: 1907
  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 1907, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 11, no. 2. December 1907. Organ of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- A. A. Ramseyer, “The Memoirs of a “Mormon”,” 81.
- Annie G. Lauritzen, “Walking on the Waves: A Poem,” 89.
- William Halls, “The Mission of Joseph Smith,” 90.
- Christine D. Young, “Suffer and Be Strong: A Poem,” 95.
- Frederic Clift, “A Third Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians,” 97.
- Joseph M. Tanner, “Thoughts of a Farmer—II: Barbed Wire Fences,” 109.
- Francis M. Shafer, “Cheerfulness,” 112.
- Nephi Anderson, “Romance of a Missionary—II: What Might Have Been,” 113.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Union Stake Tabernacle, La Grande, Oregon,” 121.
- Milton Bennion, “Wanted, a Man,” 122.
- Sarah E. Mitton, “The Place Where Mother Dwells: A Poem,” 124.
- C. E. Johnson, “Christmas in Bethlehem,” 125.
- Lydia D. Alder, “Love Was King: A Poem,” 132.
- Junius F. Wells, “The Prophet's Birthplace,” 133.
- Theo. E. Curtis, “A Tribute of Respect to Bishop Burton,” 137.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Portrait of General Robert Taylor Burton,” 138.
- Lorenzo J. Haddock, “Just Hum a Tune and Smile,” 139.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor's Table: Christmas Greeting from the First Presidency,” 140.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Defense of the Church,” 143.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “First Y. M. M. I. A. in Jackson County,” 144.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 144.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Seventy's Council Table,” 147.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” 151.
- Edward H. Anderson, “Events and Comments,” 154.