Early History of Joseph City, Arizona, in connection with the Mormon Settlement of the Little Colorado River Valley [microform] : after 1916

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  Three essays on Mormons in Arizona [microform] : after 1913

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  Autobiography of Charles Hopkins Allen [microform]: after 1916

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