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- 1 2 3 Black, Patti Carr (1998). Art in Mississippi, 1720-1980 . Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 245. ISBN 9781578060849 . Retrieved December 14, 2015.
Bess Phipps Dawson.
- 1 2 "Services today for area artist Beth Dawson". Enterprise-Journal. McComb, Mississippi. April 17, 1994. p. 1. Retrieved February 16, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 "Norman Gillis, Jr., and Bess Dawson, owners of Gulf South Galleries, McComb". The Delta Democrat-Times. Greenville, Mississippi. October 22, 1972. p. 32. Retrieved December 14, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Art Discussed By Mrs. Bess Dawson". The Delta Democrat-Times. Greenville, Mississippi. March 24, 1974. p. 14. Retrieved December 14, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Floyd, Nell Luter (April 16, 1994). "Bess P. Dawson art gallery owner". Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. p. 14. Retrieved February 16, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
