- 1908-09-00 —
(New York) Bahá'í Bulletin Published September, 1908 to May 1909 (5 issues)
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Volume 1, Issues 1 |
September 1908 |
https://bahai.works/Bahai_Bulletin/Issue_1 |
Volume 1, Issues 2 and 3 |
October 1908 |
https://bahai.works/Bahai_Bulletin/Issue_2-3 |
Volume 1, Issue 4 |
December 1908 |
https://bahai.works/Bahai_Bulletin/Issue_4 |
Volume 1, Issue 5 |
January-February-March 1909 |
https://bahai.works/Bahai_Bulletin/Issue_5 |
Volume 1, Issue 6 |
April-May 1909 |
https://bahai.works/Bahai_Bulletin/Issue_6 |
The Bahá'í Bulletin was succeeded a year later by the Bahá'í News which subsequently became Star of the West a year after that. [BWNS1289] See 1910 21 March - 1910-03-21 —
- 1917-00-00 — The news magazine, Khurshid-i khavar (Sun of the East) commenced publication. [BWNS1289]
- 1919-11-18 —
The periodical entitled "The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom" was published and distributed by Miss Ella Roberts from 1919 to 1924. [Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Native American creation stories,
edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon p.782-783]
- The story of the naming of the magazine...
Margaret Randall told of the establishment of a Bahá'í Junior Magazine and asked 'Abdu'l-Bahá for a name for it. The Master was told who had charge of it, and His face lighted up with a beautiful smile as He said: "The name is The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom. Who writes it? This (name) is suitable for it. [WHR128-129]
- See A Compilation on Bahá'í Education #96 for a tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the children of the Bahá'í school, Urbana, Illinois found here.
- See A Compilation on Bahá'í Education #102 for a tribute to the magazine by Shoghi Effendi found here. He called it "first and only organ of the Bahá'í youth throughout the world".
- At the American National Convention in 1925 (July 4 - 9) it was reported that "The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom", edited by Ella Roberts and "Bahá'í World Fellowship" edited by Mrs. Victoria Bedikian had merged. ["Bahá'í News Letter" #6 Jul-Aug 1925 p.6]
- 1921-00-00 —
The Bahá'í community of Iran began publishing a monthly magazine called Aḵbār-e amrī, a publication whose name means "News of the Cause". Containing the holy writings of the Bahá'í faith, domestic and foreign Bahá'í news, official announcements of Bahá'í administrative bodies, and articles on various aspects of the Faith, the magazine became a vital means of communication and a register of the main historical events for six decades until its closing in 1980. It was published by "Lajnih-yi Nashr-i Nafahát" (Committee for the Diffusion of the Divine Fragrances) until 1978 and then by Mahfil-i Ruhání-yi Millí-yi Baháiyán-i Írán (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iran) [BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran by V. Rafati; BWNS1289]
- Scanned copies from B.E. 102 to B.E. 111 and B.E. 116 were taken from bound copies of the journal originally owned by Mr Hormuzdiar Sabet and contain his annotations, frequently noting the original English text that has been translated in the journal.
- 1921-00-00 — A journal called Bahá'í News started publishing in English and Persian. [BWNS1289]
- 1921-03-00 — Two Bahá'í publications began, Sonne der Wahrheit, meaning Sun of Truth, and Wirklichkeit, meaning Reality. [BWNS1289; German Bahá'í website archive]
- 1923-02-03 —
Shoghi Effendi wrote to the editors and manager of the Star of the West Albert Vail Miss Edna True Dr. Zia M. Baghdádí Mírzá Aḥmad Sohrab. He reported that he had requested every Spiritual Assembly throughout Persia, Turkestan, Caucasus, India, Egypt, 'Iráq, Turkey, Syria and Palestine to contribute periodically carefully written articles to the magazine, and submit regularly for publication a special report on their spiritual activities and the progress of the Cause in their own province.
[Uncompiled Published Letters p30 by Shoghi Effendi]
- He sent a similar note of encouragement to the editor of the Indian Bahá'í News and to the editors of The Dawn in Burma.
[PP347-348; Uncompiled Published Letters p36 by Shoghi Effendi]
- 1923-09-00 — The Dawn began publishing in Burma, in Burmese, English, and Persian.
[BWNS1289]
- 1924-12-24 —
The first Bahá'í News Letter, forerunner of Bahá'í News, was published in New York by the National Assembly of the United States and Canada with Horace Holley as the editor. [BBRSM122; BW10:180; BW13:856; SBR232]
- For links to the publications see entry at 1990-10-00.
- 1925-00-00 —
The Bahá'í Esperanto magazine, La Nova Tago (The New Day) was first published. [BBRSM150]
- It continued publication until 1937. [BBRSM150]
- 1925-09-00 — Bertram Dewing began publication of the Bahá'í magazine Herald of the South in Auckland. [Collins174; SBR163; BWNS1289]
- 1926-00-06 —
The Bahá'í World was first published. [BW1:4; GT77; PP209; SBR232; BWNS1289]
- The first edition, April 1925 to April 1926, was called The Bahá'í Yearbook.
- For Shoghi Effendi's impression of it see UD82–4.
- This marked a new stage in the capacity of the Bahá'í community to provide reports and statistics, capture experience from diverse countries, and disseminate important insights and analyses. Each edition covered the progress of the international Bahá'í community over a defined period.
- 1935-03-00 —
World Order magazine was founded. [SBR236; BWNS1289]
- The publication included essays, poems, personal recollections, and historical pieces. The periodical brought together into one volume works by scholars, poets, artists, and practitioners from various fields of endeavour. The first volume also included excerpts from a letter by Shoghi Effendi titled "The Goal of a New World Order."
- There was a break in publication from 1949 to 1966. [Bahá'í Works]
- PDFs of most volumes are available for downloading from the Bahá'í Works website.
- 1970-01-00 — The inaugural publication of The American Bahá'í.
The intention was that this new publication would contain news items, editorials, letters to the editors, feature articles, and various departments to inform, edify and entertain the friends at large. The Bahá'í National Review would continue publication but it would no longer publish news items but would become a gazette for the announcement of
official policies and information that the National Spiritual Assembly wished to share with the friends. The Bahá'í National Review continued publication until November of 1970. [Bahá'í National Review Issue 24 December 1969 p15]
- 1989-02-01 — The inaugural publication of One Country, the newsletter of the Bahá'í International Community. It was a publication of the Office of Public Information of the Bahá'í International Community in New York. The periodical reported mainly on activities of the worldwide Bahá'í community in relation to issues of sustainable development, peace and world order, human rights, and the advancement of women. [BW'86-'92 p.539]
- 1990-10-00 —
The publication of the last issue of the Bahá'í News by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States after nearly 70 years of uninterrupted service. [CBN Feb1991pg15]- Issues 1 to 40 were published under the name Bahá'í News Letter. Subsequent issues, from #41 to #714, were entitled simply Bahá'í News.
Subscribers in the United States received an insert entitled US Supplement from 1958 to 1967 and the name of the insert was changed to National Bahá'í Review from 1968 until the Bahá'í News discontinued publication in 1990.
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