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- ↑ "Industry Star of the Month: Harriet Taub, Material for the Arts," Made in NY, December 10, 2010
- ↑ "Materials for the Arts," Huffington Post, November 18, 2013
- ↑ "Alumni in the News: Harriet Taub (BA ’76) Turns Refuse into Art", At A Glance, Spring 2006
- ↑ "DIY with Harriet Taub" Archived 2014-01-11 at the Wayback Machine , MFTA Blog, February 13, 2013 (accessed December 11, 2013)
- ↑ Anemona Hartocollis (November 30, 2001). "Warehouse Holds Trove for Artists; Need 50,000 Buttons? They're Here, and Free". The New York Times.
- ↑ Gender and Jewish History, edited by Marian Kaplan (2011). Indiana: Indiana University Press. Page 113.
- ↑ "Harry Kafka, Film Aide, Marries Harriet Taub". The New York Times. July 13, 1981.
