xt7np55ddv91 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7np55ddv91/data/mets.xml Alabama Alabama Museum of Natural History 1943 Other titles include: Alabama Museum of Natural History museum paper, Geological Survey of Alabama, Museum of the Geological Survey of Alabama. Other creators include: United States. Work Projects Administration, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tennessee Valley Authority. Issues for 1, 3 carry no series numbering. No. 2 also as Education papers no. 1. UK holds archival copy for ASERL Collaborative Federal Depository Program libraries. Call number  AS36 .A2. journals  English University, Ala. : Alabama Museum of Natural History, 1910-1960 This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed in accordance with U. S. copyright laws. Alabama Works Progress Administration Publications Museum Paper, no. 21, 1943 - including "Two Prehistoric Indian Dwarf Skeletons from Moundville" by Charles E. Snow text Museum Paper, no. 21, 1943 - including "Two Prehistoric Indian Dwarf Skeletons from Moundville" by Charles E. Snow 1943 1943 2015 true xt7np55ddv91 section xt7np55ddv91   -
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