Bailey, Paul, 1906-1987

Bailey was born in 1906 in American Fork, UT; publisher, editor, and author, he was a prolific chronicler of the Mormon Church and the American West; established Westernlore Press in 1941, under which he published his Polygamy was better than monotony (1972) and Holy smoke : a dissertation on the Utah War (1978), and several biographies; other presses published his For this my glory : a story of a Mormon life (c1940), An unnatural history of Death Valley : with reflections on the Valley's varmints (1978), and Virgins, vandals, and visionaries (1978); died in Claremont, CA on Oct. 26, 1987.

From the description of Papers, 1940-1953. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39222873

Paul Dayton Bailey was born in American Fork, Utah on July 12, 1906. He left home at age 13 to travel the rails until 1922, when he returned to Salt Lake City and enrolled at the University of Utah. He began his career as a journalist working as a reporter for the Salt Lake Telegram. In 1943 he purchased the Eagle Rock Advertiser and also started Westernlore Press to pubish his and other authors books, in Los Angeles, California. Baily wrote and published over forty books on western history, as well as articles, book reviews, and tributes. After a fire destroyed Westernlore's inventory in 1973, Lynn Baily, his son, moved the press to Tucson, Arizona. Paul Bailey died in November 1987 and is buried in Fillmore, Utah.

From the description of Paul Dayton Bailey papers, ca. 1940-1980. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122646165

American author and founder of the Westernlore Press, in 1941.

From the description of Manuscripts for publication, [ca. 1960-1969?]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29216371

Biography

Bailey was born in 1906 in American Fork, Utah; publisher, editor, and author, he was a prolific chronicler of the Mormon Church and the American West; established Westernlore Press in 1941, under which he published his Polygamy Was Better Than Monotony (1972) and Holy Smoke, a dissertation on the Utah War (1978), and several biographies; other presses published his For This My Glory: a Story of a Mormon Life (c. 1940), An Unnatural History of Death Valley: With Reflections on the Valley's Varmints (1978), and Virgins, Vandals, and Visionaries (1978); died in Claremont, California on October 26, 1987.

From the guide to the Paul Dayton Bailey Papers, 1940-1953, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)