The Literary Review

The Literary Review, a quarterly magazine, was first published as a trial issue in the Spring of 1934. Thirteen hundred copies were printed and were sold in the campus post office, along with Dayton’s, Donaldson and Powers, the Golden Rule and St. Paul Book and Stationary, for 10 cents per copy. Upon the printing of this first issue, there was a disagreement between members over the sponsorship of the paper. This led to a special committee created out of the Board in Control of Student Publications that reviewed The Literary Review over the summer of 1934. In October 1934, it was decided that the publication would be sponsored by the Minnesota Daily and it would be published as a literary supplement quarterly.

In the beginning of 1937, The Literary Review reduced its size from a tabloid to magazine style, measuring 8 by 11 inches and once again began distributing copies through the campus post office. By the Spring of 1939, the publication began to request 5 cents per issue to help fund the taking and use of photographs within the magazine. The Literary Review continued as a supplement until the Spring of 1941.