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- ↑ Alumnal register of officers, faculties and graduates, 1837-1900. Greencastle: DePauw University. 1901.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "James Ogden Rites Held". Hammond Times. 13 Nov 1956.
- 1 2 Cottman, George S. "Centennial history and handbook of Indiana". Indiana University.
- 1 2 "James M. Ogden Taken By Death". Terre Haute Tribune. 12 Nov 1956.
- ↑ Madison, James H. "A Lynching in the Heartland: Marion, Indiana, August 7, 1930". Organization of American Historians.
- ↑ "IU McKinney Alumnus Robert L. Bailey Served as First African-American Assistant Attorney General". Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
- ↑ "States Claims Ruled Prior in Bank Closings". Indianapolis News. 15 May 1930.
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