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- ↑ "Opera Auditions Lists Eight Winners". The New York Times. March 12, 1958.
- ↑ The New York Times, "4 American Opera Singers Have Debut in Milan" (September 21, 1962)
- ↑ "Four Opera Winners Will Study In Italy" (PDF). The New York Times. May 12, 1962. p. 15.
- ↑ American Opera Projects. June 1983. p. A17.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Central Opera Service Bulletin. "Winners of Vocal Competitions" Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine (May–June 1966)
- ↑ Naomi André, ed. (2012). Blackness in Opera. University of Illinois Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780252093890.
- ↑ "CONTRALTO GETS AWARD; New York Girl Wins $1,000 Marian Anderson Prize". The New York Times. October 13, 1960.