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- ↑ "CSUF Center for Oral and Public History Named for Lawrence B. de Graaf". Fullerton Observer. April 10, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ↑ Jerry Hicks, Looking back on Cal State's first 50 years, Orange Coast Magazine, January 2008
- ↑ "Professor emeritus Lawrence de Graaf honored Nov. 15". The Orange County Register. November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
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