Erich Robert Paul papers, 1856-1994
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Paul, Erich Robert, 1943-1994
- Title
- Erich Robert Paul papers
- Dates
- 1856-1994 (inclusive)18561994
- Quantity
- 5.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1660
- Summary
- The Erich Robert Paul papers (1856-1994) contain correspondence, biographical information, articles, subject files, research materials, conference materials, class materials, notes, and news clippings. Paul received a master's degree in computer science at the American University and master's and Ph.D. degrees in the history and philosophy of science from Indiana University. He has taught at American University, Utah State University, and Dickinson College.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Erich Paul (b. 1943) was born on 23 July 1943 in Los Angeles, California. From 1971 to 1976, Paul attended Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, where he received his master's and Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science. From 1983 to 1984, he attended the American University, Washington, D.C., where he earned a master's degree of computer science. He began working at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1976, serving on the faculty in the department of math and computer science until his death. From 1983 to 1984, Paul worked as an adjunct associate professor of computer science at the American University. Then in 1989 to 1990, he worked as an adjunct associate professor of philosophy at Utah State University.
Content Description
The Erich Robert Paul papers (1856-1994) contain correspondence, biographical information, articles, subject files, research materials, conference materials, class materials, notes, and news clippings. The majority of the collection contains articles on the history of science and class materials on the history of science. Also included are a variety of articles on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its relationship to scientific thought.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Personal and Professional Materials
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1976-1994Container: Box 1, Folder 1-3
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Description: Memoirs and Biographical InformationDates: 1994Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Professional DiaryDates: 1971-1982Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: ArticlesDates: 1980-1984Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Articles for the National Science FoundationDates: 1981-1993Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Articles and Research on Science and MormonismDates: 1982Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Articles and Research
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Description: Articles and Research on Science and MormonismDates: 1986-1994Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: "Alexander W. Williamson on the Atomic Theory: A Study of Nineteenth Century British Atomism," Article and NotesContainer: Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: "Diderot, The Romantic Tradition and the Encycolpedie"Dates: 1972Container: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: "Early Mormon Intellectuals: Parley P. and Orson Pratt"Container: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: "An Essay on 19th Century Responses to Enlightenment Ideals: Romonticism, Marxish and the German Right"Dates: 1973Container: Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: "German Academic Science and the Mandarin Ethos, 1850-1880"Dates: 1982Container: Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: "The German Scientific Community in Nazi Germany"Dates: 1972Container: Box 2, Folder 7
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Description: "Helmholtz, Du Bois-Reymond, Virchow and the Mandarin Ideology in 19th Century German Thought," Article and ReviewsDates: 1974Container: Box 2, Folder 8
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Description: "History of Science, The Liberal Arts Tradition and Dickinson College: A Proposal"Container: Box 2, Folder 9
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Description: "The Intension and Remission of Qualities in the 14th Century"Dates: 1972Container: Box 2, Folder 10
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Description: "Joseph Priestley: A Scientific Virtuoso"Dates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 11
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Description: "Joseph Smith and American Culture: The Emergence of Astronomical Pluralism, 1820-1836," Article and CorrespondenceDates: 1982-1983Container: Box 2, Folder 12
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Description: "Joseph Smith, American Culture, and the Plurality of Worlds Idea, 1820-1836," Transcript, Notes, and ReviewsDates: 1982-1984Container: Box 2, Folder 13
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Description: "Joseph Smith and Isaac Newton: In Quest of the Philosopher's Stone," Article and ResearchDates: 1986-1987Container: Box 2, Folder 14
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Description: "Joseph Smith and the Manchester (New York) Library"Dates: 1982Container: Box 3, Folder 1
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Description: "Liebig, Forces and Naturphilosophie"Dates: 1973Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: The Life and Works of J.C. Kapteyn by Menrietta Hertzprung-KapteynContainer: Box 3, Folder 3-4
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Description: The Milky Way galaxy and Statistical Cosmology, 1890-1924, TypescriptContainer: Box 3, Folder 5
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Description: "Plurality of Worlds on the American Frontier: A Use of Science in Religious Theology, 1820-1850"Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: "Ralph Cudworth's Philosophy of Nature: A Study of Nature: A Study of Mechanistic and Hermetic Influence"Dates: 1973Container: Box 3, Folder 7
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Description: "Science and Mormon Cosmology," Article, Correspondence, and Presentation MaterialsDates: 1991Container: Box 3, Folder 8
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Description: "Was Newton's Aether a Mechanistic Member of a Mechanical Universe?"Dates: 1973Container: Box 3, Folder 9
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Description: Textual ExcerptsContainer: Box 3, Folder 10
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Description: Erich Robert Paul, Science, "Religion, and Mormon Cosmology," TypescriptContainer: Box 4
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Articles and Publications
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Description: Book ReviewsDates: 1975-1987Container: Box 5, Folder 1
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Description: James A. Carver, "The Mormon Faith Un-Decker-ated"Container: Box 5, Folder 2
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Description: Paul F. Cranefield, "The Organic Physics of 1847 and the Biophysics of Today"Dates: 1957Container: Box 5, Folder 3
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Description: Encyclopedia of Mormonisn, Excerpts, Publication Regulations, and NotesDates: 1989-1991Container: Box 5, Folder 4
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Description: "Jerald and Sandra Tanner's Distorted View of Mormonism: A Response to Mormonism-Shadow or Reality?"Dates: 1977Container: Box 5, Folder 5
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Description: Thomas S. Medford, "A Response to False Prophecies of Mormon Founder Joseph Smith,"Dates: 1978-1980Container: Box 5, Folder 6
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Description: D. Michael Quinn, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, ReviewContainer: Box 5, Folder 7
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Description: B.H. Roberts, The Truth, The Way, The Life: An Elementary Treatise on Theology, Excerpts and NotesContainer: Box 5, Folder 8
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Description: K.E. Rothschul, History of Philosophy, ExcerptsContainer: Box 5, Folder 9
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Description: Helmut Schelsky, "The Wider Setting of Disorder in the German Universities"Dates: 1972Container: Box 5, Folder 10
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Description: Jan Shipps, ArticlesDates: 1978Container: Box 5, Folder 11
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Description: George D. Smith, "'Is There Any Way to Escape These Difficulties?' The Questions of B.H. Roberts"Dates: 1984Container: Box 5, Folder 12
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Description: "Times and Seasons," IndexContainer: Box 5, Folder 13
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Description: Joseph W. Tingey, "An Explication of Some Philosophical Aspects of the Thought of Orson Pratt"Dates: 1958Container: Box 5, Folder 14
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Description: O. Kendall White Jr., "Mormonism-A Nineteenth Century Heresy"Dates: 1969Container: Box 5, Folder 15
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Subject Files, Articles and Research
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Description: 17th Century PhilosophyDates: 1943-1944Container: Box 6, Folder 1
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Description: CreationsimDates: 1972-1987Container: Box 6, Folder 2
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Description: DarwinismDates: 1959-1985Container: Box 6, Folder 3
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Description: Early Mormon TheologyContainer: Box 6, Folder 4
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Description: German Universities during the 19th CenturyDates: 1976-1986Container: Box 6, Folder 5
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Description: The Hermetic TraditionDates: 1975-1979Container: Box 6, Folder 6
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Description: The LDS Church and ScienceDates: 1993Container: Box 6, Folder 7
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Description: Medieval ScienceDates: 1940-1978Container: Box 6, Folder 8
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Description: NaturphilosophieDates: 1973-1978Container: Box 6, Folder 9
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Description: New-Age IdeologyDates: 1975-1980Container: Box 6, Folder 10
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Description: Orson PrattDates: 1856-1932Container: Box 6, Folder 11
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Description: PaganismDates: 1965Container: Box 6, Folder 12
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Description: Psychology of MormonismDates: 1936Container: Box 7, Folder 1
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Description: RealismDates: 1982-1987Container: Box 7, Folder 2
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Description: Religion in AmericaDates: 1968-1984Container: Box 7, Folder 3
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Description: Religion, Secularist ViewpointsDates: 1970-1975Container: Box 7, Folder 4
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Description: Renaissance ScienceDates: 1951-1968Container: Box 7, Folder 5
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Description: Salamander LettersDates: 1985-1986Container: Box 7, Folder 6
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Description: Science and ReligionDates: 1967-1985Container: Box 7, Folder 7
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Description: Scientific Materialism in 19th Century GermanyDates: 1977-1978Container: Box 7, Folder 8
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Description: TemplesDates: 1978-1980Container: Box 7, Folder 9
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Description: Herman Von HelmholtzDates: 1871-1977Container: Box 7, Folder 10
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Description: Friedrick Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Von HumboldtContainer: Box 7, Folder 11
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School Materials
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Description: 17th Century Science, Class NotesContainer: Box 8, Folder 1
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Description: Ancient and Medieval Science, Class MaterialsDates: 1971Container: Box 8, Folder 2
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Description: Astronomical Revolution, Class NotesContainer: Box 8, Folder 2-3
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Description: Class Materials
These folders contain various course outlines, homework assignments, exams, and handouts.
Dates: 1971-1981Container: Box 8, Folder 5-6 -
Description: Class NotesContainer: Box 8, Folder 7-10
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Description: European History, Class MaterialsDates: 1973Container: Box 9, Folder 1
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Description: European Intellectual and Cultural History, Class MaterialsDates: 1974Container: Box 9, Folder 2
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Description: European Intellectuals, Articles, Textual Excerpts, and NotesDates: 1972Container: Box 9, Folder 3
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Description: The French Revolution, Class MaterialsDates: 1973Container: Box 9, Folder 4
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Description: "From Fluids to Fields," NotesContainer: Box 9, Folder 5
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Description: The Growth of the Scientific Establishment, Class MaterialsDates: 1972Container: Box 9, Folder 6
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Description: History of Astronomy, Seminar MaterialsDates: 1974Container: Box 9, Folder 7
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Description: History of the Atomic Theory, Articles and NotesDates: 1904-1970Container: Box 9, Folder 8
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Description: History of Medicine, Articles and Textual ExcerptsDates: 1853-1978Container: Box 9, Folder 9
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Description: History of the Physical Sciences in the Middle Ages, Class MaterialsContainer: Box 9, Folder 10
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Description: History of Science, Articles and Bibliographical ReferencesContainer: Box 9, Folder 11-12
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Description: History of Science, Bibliographies and Class NotesContainer: Box 10, Folder 1-2
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Description: Mandarin Ethos, Correspondence, Articles, and NotesContainer: Box 10, Folder 3
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Description: Mechanical Philosophy, NotesContainer: Box 10, Folder 4
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Description: Mechanics, NotesContainer: Box 10, Folder 5
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Description: Medieval Physics, NotesContainer: Box 10, Folder 6
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Description: Naturphilosophie, Class MaterialsDates: 1972-1973Container: Box 10, Folder 7
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Description: Newton's Philosophy of Nature, Seminar NotesContainer: Box 10, Folder 8
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Description: The Philosophy of Science, Articles, Textual Excerpts, and NotesDates: 1900-1950Container: Box 10, Folder 9
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Description: Philosophy of Science, Articles and NotesContainer: Box 10, Folder 10
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Description: Physics, Class MaterialsDates: 1967-1968Container: Box 10, Folder 11
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Description: Religion and the History of Science, Articles and NotesContainer: Box 11, Folder 1
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Description: Science Fiction, Articles and Textual ExcerptsDates: 1975Container: Box 11, Folder 2
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Description: Science Fiction, Class MaterialsDates: 1981Container: Box 11, Folder 3
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Description: Science Fiction, Film ListingDates: 1981Container: Box 11, Folder 4
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Description: Thermodynamics of Energetics, NotesContainer: Box 11, Folder 5
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General Materials
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Description: Conference Materials
These folders contain itineraries, flight information, payment stubs, outlines, and articles.
Dates: 1987-1989Container: Box 12, Folder 1-2 -
Description: History of Science Society, Convention MaterialsDates: 1974-1978Container: Box 12, Folder 3
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Description: Index CardsContainer: Box 12, Folder 4
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Description: International Astronomical Union Symposium, Abstract ListDates: 1983Container: Box 12, Folder 5
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Description: The Manchester Library, New York, Articles, Notes, and ResearchContainer: Box 12, Folder 6
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Description: Mormon History Association, Meeting MaterialsDates: 1982-1983Container: Box 12, Folder 7
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Description: National Endowment for the Humanities, Proposal MaterialsDates: 1982-1985Container: Box 12, Folder 8
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Description: Sunstone Symposium, Conference Materials
This folder contains an itinerary, outlines, articles, and programs.
Dates: 1988-1993Container: Box 12, Folder 9 -
Description: News ClippingsDates: 1981-1985Container: Box 12, Folder 10
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Description: MiscellaneousContainer: Box 12, Folder 11
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Science--History--Sources
- Science--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches--Sources
Personal Names
- Paul, Erich Robert, 1943-1994--Archives
