---
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: 20
number: 11
published: 1917-09
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* 20, no. 11 (September 1917): 945–1038."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera20011unse
  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: improvementera20011unse
start_page: 945
end_page: 1038
curator_note: Cover and masthead/contents retained. The source scan maps printed pp. 945–1038 to leaves 3–96; advertising on leaves 1–2 and back matter is omitted.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-09)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera20011unse
  publication_year: 1917
  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 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

*Improvement Era*, vol. 20, no. 11 (September 1917), published monthly at Salt Lake City by the General Board of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations.

## Editorial contents

- Major B. H. Roberts, 945.
- The Conquest of the Desert, 947.
- A Mirage of Life, 954.
- Withhold Your Verdict, 955.
- Outdoor Scout Work, 961.
- The Patriotic Necessity of Saving, 981.
- A League to Enforce Peace, 998.
- Temple Ordinances Essential, 1002.
- Editors’ Table, 1016.
- Priesthood Quorums’ Table, 1021.
- Mutual Work, 1022.
- Passing Events, 1033.