Improvement Era

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The Improvement Era (often shortened to The Era) was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 1897 and 1970.

The Improvement Era was first published in 1897 as a replacement to The Contributor. Over the years, it was the official publishing organ for a variety of organizations within the LDS Church, including the Seventies, the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association, priesthood quorums, church schools, the Church Music Committee, and the Home Teaching Committee. It ceased publication in 1970 due to the implementation of the Priesthood Correlation Program and was replaced by the New Era and the Ensign.

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The February 1968 issue included the first publication of images of the Joseph Smith Papyri, in sepia tone.

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Improvement Era : HTML format, 1897–1955 (subscription required for full access)

v • d • e English-language periodicals of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Official (published by the LDS Church or its institutional predecessors)	Evening and Morning Star (1832–1833) • Messenger and Advocate (1834–1837) • The Elders' Journal (1837) • Times and Seasons (1839–1846) • Millennial Star (1840–1970) • The Seer (1853–1854) • Journal of Discourses (1854–1886) • Young Woman's Journal (1897–1929) • Improvement Era (1897–1970) • Juvenile Instructor (1901–1930) • The Children's Friend (1902–1970) • Relief Society Magazine (1915–1970) • The Instructor (1930–1970) • Ensign (1971– ) • New Era (1971– ) • The Friend (1971– ) • Tambuli (1977–1995) • Liahona (1995– )

Semi-official (published by an entity owned or controlled by the LDS Church or informally adopted by a church auxiliary)	The Wasp (1842–1843) • Nauvoo Neighbor (1843–1845) • Deseret News (1850– ) • Juvenile Instructor (1866–1900) • Woman's Exponent (1872–1914) • The Contributor (1879–1896) • Church News (1931– ) • BYU Studies (1959– )

Unaffiliated (published by an entity unconnected to the LDS Church and independent of church support)	Gospel Reflector (1841) • Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (1966– ) • Exponent II (1974– ) • Sunstone Magazine (1975– ) • Beehive Standard Weekly (1975– ) • Desert Saints Magazine (2006– )