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- ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-39P7 : 4 September 2015), Joseph A Mulry, 1916; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #39601, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, Roll 333, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,531,790.
- 1 2 3 4 Gannon, Robert (1967). Up to the Present: The Story of Fordham. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. pp. 146–156.
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- ↑ "Los Angeles Herald 9 March 1917 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ Bordelon, Richard (2014-10-08). "Walsh Library Exhibit Honors Fordham's Role in World War I". The Fordham Ram. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Herald 15 January 1919 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-14.