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by Andrew Hall
Posted on November 25, 2025November 25, 2025

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher (1935-2025): AML’s founding president

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Smith “The Juvenile Instructor Office: The Growth of Specialized Publishing in Utah in the 1880’s, a History and Bibliography” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
Stark, “The Desert Prophet” (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
Sorensen, “A Thin Black Veil” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
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