''The Armenian Mirror-Spectator'' is a newspaper published by the Baikar Association, in

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. Among others, Arthur Derounian (

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) wrote for it.

''The Armenian Mirror''

The origins of the newspaper goes to 1931. The original

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for the newspaper was to create a vehicle to bridge the growing

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between

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s since the 1920s. Thus, the

Armenian Democratic Liberal Party The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party ( hy, Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցութիւն), the Ramgavar Party, (known before 1921 as the Armenakan party) ( hy, Արմենական Կուսակցութիւն), also known by its Ar ...

(ADL) also commonly known as the Ramgavar Party determined at its 1931 convention to establish an English-language Armenian weekly as an organ to the party and to be called ''The Armenian Mirror'' alongside the Armenian-language daily newspaper and official organ '' Baikar'' that was being published since 1922. The

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-based ''Armenian Mirror'' published in

was launched on July 1, 1932, with Elisha B. Chrakian as the founding editor. The Armenian Mirror was the first English language Armenian newspaper in the United States.

''The Spectator''

''The Spectator'' was a New York-based English-language Armenian independent newspaper not affiliated with any Armenian political party. Founded in 1933, its editor in chief was John Tashjian.

''The Armenian Mirror-Spectator''

In 1939, with the onslaught of the

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, New York's ''The Spectator'' merged into the Boston-based ''Armenian Mirror'' ceasing publishing from New York. The resulting merger formed ''Armenian Mirror-Spectator'' that continued as an organ of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL).

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* http://www.mirrorspectator.com/ Armenian-American culture in Massachusetts Newspapers published in Massachusetts Watertown, Massachusetts Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 1939 establishments in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-newspaper-stub