The Rising Star

Rising Star, The

Full title:

• The Rising Star: Student Publication of the Church of Light (1938-1940)
• The Rising Star Quarterly (1975)

Editor: Schuler, Mildred (all issues from 1938-1940)

Publication credits:

• Wichita, Kansas (1938-1940)

Holdings:

• Volume I No. III, March 31st 1938
• Volume I No. IV, April 29, 1938
• Volume I No. V, May 29, 1938
• Volume I No. VI, June 27, 1938
• Volume I No. VII, July 26, 1938
• Volume I No. VIII, August 25, 1938
• Volume I No. IX, September 23, 1938
• Volume I No. X, October 23, 1938
• Volume I No. XI, November 21, 1938
• Volume I No. XII, December 21, 1938
• Volume I No. XIII, January 20th, 1939
• Vol. III Number VIII, October 1, 1940. (Light separation to extremities of spine; short tear to top edge of front cover.)
• Vol. III Number IX, October 30, 1940. (Separation to bottom 2 cm and top 5mm of spine. A few short edge-tears to front cover. Internal leaves punched at inner margins but held loose without string ties.)
• Vol. III Number X, November 29, 1940. (Separation to top 6 cm and bottom 5mm of spine.)
• Vol. III Number XI, December 28, 1940. (Separation to top 2 inches and bottom 5mm of spine. Internal leaves punched at inner margins but held loose without string ties.)
• No. 89, Autumn 1975

Binding format and presentation notes:

• All issues from 1938-1940 held bound together with original pictorial front but not rear covers in a single cloth volume (moderate wear to extremities of spine hinges and upper outer corners of boards; heavier wear to lower outer corners)
• All issues from 1938-1940 held printed in typescript throughout
• Oct-Dec 1940 issues and No. 89 (1975) as original separate issues
• 1940 issues comprise large-format double-sided sheets of typescript punched at inner margins, held within oversized original covers. String ties provided but not always in full use