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The Deseret alphabetarticle 1947 • Ivins, Stanley S. (Stanley Snow)
Mormons • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a history of the attempt by the Mormons shortly after their arrival in Utah to revise what was considered an overly complicated English alphabet. By devising a system in which each let...Notes on Mormon polygamyessay 1972 • Ivins, Stanley S. (Stanley Snow)
Mormons • North America > Southwest and Basin
This document discusses the doctrine and demography of Mormon polygamy over the 65-year period (1841-1904) in which it was practiced. A 1913 study showed that only fifteen to twenty percent of...