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The Deseret alphabet
Utah humanities review • 1 • Published In 1947 • Pages: 223-239
By: Ivins, Stanley S. (Stanley Snow).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a history of the attempt by the Mormons shortly after their arrival in Utah to revise what was considered an overly complicated English alphabet. By devising a system in which each letter had only a single sound, it could be greatly improved and would be easier for children to learn to read. The plan was also tied to religious beliefs about the need to develop a "pure" language for the entire world in order to be ready for the Second Coming. The plan was ultimately a failure and, aside from the printing of a few books in the new orthography, it was ignored by most people. Unfortunately, a sample of the new alphabet is not provided.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural goals
- Speech
- Writing
- Educational theory and methods
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1853-1870
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- S. S. Ivins
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93645040
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons