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- 1 2 3 4 Biographical note, "Palmer, Charles F.", Emory Library EmoryFindingAid
- ↑ Carol A. Flores, US public housing in the 1930s: The first projects in Atlanta, Georgia]
- 1 2 3 4 5 Charles Forrest Palmer, Adventures of a Slum Fighter
- ↑ Life magazine, December 26, 1938
