Laguna Mission Press Collection 1879-1906

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Laguna Mission Press Collection 1879-1906

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=nmu1mss185sc.xml

1 box (.25 cu. ft.)

eng,

The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch

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Presbyterian Church

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Menaul, John

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Laguna Mission Press.

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Presbyterian missionary, Dr. John Menaul was sent to Laguna Pueblo in 1876. The following year, he acquired a small printing press which became known as the Laguna Mission Press. Within eight months, Menaul had printed 3,875 pages on this press, which was the first printing press located in an Indian Pueblo. Most of the material Menaul printed was in the form of teaching aids, including a catechism, selections from the Bible, two editions of McGuffey's First Reader, and annual reports. Menaul's ...