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- 1 2 3 4 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Registration Form: East Holly Springs Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Mississippi Synodical College [Marshall County Historical Society and Museum]". Mississippi Department of Archives and History . Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Mississippi Synodical College, Holly Springs, Miss". University of Mississippi . University of Mississippi Digital Collections: Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ↑ Waibel, Paul (2000). Belhaven College. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing Company. p. 32. ISBN 9780738506128.
- 1 2 Long, Alice; Ridge, Mark L. (2006). Holly Springs. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing Company. p. 32. ISBN 9780738542294.
- ↑ "Our History". Marshall County Historical Museum. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ↑ "East Holly Springs Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 8, 2015.