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- ↑ Green, Buford, [www.sj-r.com "Julie Cellini awarded honorary doctorate by Illinois College"], State-Journal Register, May 22, 2006
- ↑ Toppmeyer, Blake, "Lincoln Museum gets 2 millionth visitor", The State Journal-Register, July 4, 2009
- ↑ Renolyds, John, [www.sj-r.com/article/20151015/NEWS/151019686 "Julie Cellini named State Journal-Register First Citizen"], The State Journal-Register. October 15, 2015
- ↑ How To Design a Lincoln Museum, By Andrew Ferguson, Slate.com, July 4, 2007 Archived December 23, 2010, at WebCite
- ↑ "Laureates by Year - The Lincoln Academy of Illinois". The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Retrieved 2016-03-04.