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- ↑ "Lord & Schryver Landscape Architects". www.oregonencyclopedia.org.
- ↑ "Lord and Schryver Legacy | The Cultural Landscape Foundation". tclf.org.
- ↑ "Lord & Schryver | The Cultural Landscape Foundation". tclf.org.
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