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- ↑ https://italian.berkeley.edu/people/louise-george-clubb/
- ↑ https://itatti.harvard.edu/i-tattis-directors
- ↑ "Louise Clubb". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
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