The Midland (magazine)

The Midland was a regional little magazine which was published between 1915 and 1933 in the United States. Its subtitle was A Magazine of the Middle West between its start in 1915 and 1929.[1] Then it was changed as A National Literary Magazine which was used until its closure in 1933.[1] It was the most significant regional little magazine of the period.[1]

The Midland
Editor
Categories
  • Regional magazine
  • Literary magazine
Frequency
  • Monthly
  • Bimonthly
FounderJohn T. Frederick
Founded1915
First issueJanuary 1915
Final issueMay–June 1933
CountryUnited States
Based in
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0026-3249
OCLC1757420

History and profile

The Midland was launched in 1915, and the first issue appeared in January that year.[2][3] Its publisher was John Springer from Economy Advertising Company.[2] John T. Frederick was both the founder and the sole editor of the magazine which featured essays and fiction written by local authors.[1][3] From 1925 to 1930 Frank Luther Mott served as its coeditor.[4] The magazine was instrumental in making the Midland literary work independent of the influence of the Eastern states.[1] It gained a considerable prestige due to its focus on regionalism, different perspectives towards literary work, and local, national and global issues that were significant for its readers.[5]

During its lifetime the frequency of The Midland was changed several times: monthly (1915–1917; 1923–1927), bimonthly (1918–1919; 1928–1933) and monthly and bimonthly (1920–1922).[4] The magazine was launched in Iowa City, but in 1917 its headquarters moved to Moorhead, Minnesota.[2] From 1919 to 1921 it was published in Glennie, Missouri, and from 1922 to 1923 its headquarters was in Pittsburgh.[2] Then The Midland was based in Chicago.[2] The magazine ceased publication with the issue dated May–June 1933.[4] In November 1933 it merged with Frontier to establish Frontier and Midland magazine.[4]

References
  1. Tom Lutz (2005). "The Cosmopolitan Midland". American Periodicals. 15 (1): 74–85. doi:10.1353/amp.2005.0009. JSTOR 20771172. S2CID 143978661.
  2. "The Midland". Modernist Magazines. June 14, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  3. Miglena Sternadori; Susan Currie Sivek (2020). "City and Regional Magazines: Consumer Guides or Social Binders?". In Miglena Sternadori; Tim Holmes (eds.). The Handbook of Magazine Studies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 311. doi:10.1002/9781119168102.ch23. ISBN 9781119168102. S2CID 213157470.
  4. "The Midland. [A magazine of the Middle West]". Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  5. Joy Jenkins (2019). "Magazine Journalism". In Tim P. Vos; Folker Hanusch (eds.). The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 4–5. doi:10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0190. ISBN 9781118841570. S2CID 240908620.
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