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- ↑ Lyn Harrington, Syllables of Recorded Time: The Story of the Canadian Authors Association 1921-1981. Dundurn Press, 1981. ISBN 0-88924-112-0.
- ↑ University of Toronto Quarterly, Volume 13. University of Toronto Press, 1944. p. 358.
- ↑ The New International Year Book 1949. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1950. p. 85.
- ↑ "True truth". Saturday Night Volume 66, Part 2, 1951.
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- ↑ H. Creagen, "H.L. Symons--Ace & Author," Canadian Aviation Historical Society Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter 1964), p. 113
- ↑ "Prof. Lower's History Gets Vice-Regal Award". Winnipeg Tribune , April 19, 1947.
- ↑ Symons, Thomas H. B., 1929- Trent University
- ↑ Dick Bourgeois-Doyle, What's So Funny?: Lessons from Canada's Leacock Medal for Humour Writing. General Store Publishing House, 2015. ISBN 978-1-77123-342-2. p. 11
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