[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Step into the world of nineteenth-century Utah, where faith, identity, language and typography converged in one of the boldest printing experiments in American history: The Deseret Alphabet. Discover the remarkable story behind this visionary script—from its ambitious beginnings...

20 March, 2026 /

The Rare Books Department welcomes U back to school! Do you have your textbooks ready? How about your reading primers? Primers were a type of textbook that taught students how to read. Initially, they contained "primary" or fundamental religious materials. Reference to primers appears in English...

23 August, 2021 /