Desert Magazine
| Categories | Regional magazine | |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly | |
| Founder | Randall Henderson | |
| Founded | 1937 | |
| Final issue | 1985 | |
| Country | OCLC 8807948 | |
Desert Magazine was a monthly regional publication based in the Colorado Desert published between 1937 and 1985.[1] A print version bearing the same name has been revived in the Coachella Valley town of Palm Desert near Palm Springs, California.[2]
History
Editors
Desert Magazine was founded, edited and published from 1937 to 1958 by Randall Henderson (1888–1970). New editors followed until the magazine closed print publication in 1985. It was revived as an on-line magazine in 2006.[3]
Publication
The magazine focused on the
Online magazine – revival
Desert Magazine was revived as an archival online magazine, the Desert Magazine e-zine journal, in 2006. It contains all the entries and illustrations that were published in print from 1937 to 1985.[4][5] A newsblog is also produced about the magazine called the Desert Magazine Weblog.[3]
Others
Desert Magazine is also the name of a monthly desert lifestyles magazine sent to subscribers to the Palm Springs daily newspaper The Desert Sun.[6]
See also
- Calico Print
- Desert Rat Scrap Book
- Desert Star Weekly – a weekly Coachella Valley newspaper published in Desert Hot Springs
- Jimmy Swinnerton – featured artist in magazine
References
- ^ Dan Piepenbring. "The Magazine of the Southwest". The Paris Review. No. July 17, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
- OCLC 37892651.
- ^ a b c Desert Magazine: History. Retrieved July 7, 2010
- ^ http://mydesertmagazine.com/ Desert Magazine: e-zine journal. Retrieved July 7, 2010
- ^ Desert Sun – Desert Magazine (subscription required)
Further reading
- Ambrose, Marion (1979). Nevada articles in Desert magazine. Nevada Historical Society. OCLC 10126623.
- Brigandi, Phil (2004). Barnstorming the Desert: the Life of Randall Henderson, Founder of Desert Magazine and a Pioneer Pilot of the Desert Southwest. OCLC 71144217.
- Henderson, Randall; McKinney, Wilson (1997). Desert Magazine Collection. )
- McKenney, J. Wilson (1972). Desert Editor ... the story of Randall Henderson and Palm Desert. LCC PN4874.H457 M3
- OCLC 56193617.
- OCLC 58796769. – South wrote a series of highly popular "Desert Refuge" articles (1940–1946) about his primitive life on the desert
External links
- Official website
- Desert Magazine at the Internet Archive
- Desert Magazine archives (1937-1951) at the University of Arizona Campus Repository