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- ↑ "New England News Briefs," Nashua, New Hampshire Telegraph, 22 September 1936.
- ↑ "Faculty Notes Emeriti," Alumni Horae [St. Paul's School] Volume 52, Issue 1 (Spring 1972): 49. "Text Only". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ↑ "Faculty Notes Emeriti," Alumni Horae [St. Paul's School] Volume 52, Issue 1 (Spring 1972): 49.
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- ↑ "Faculty Notes Emeriti," Alumni Horae [St. Paul's School] Volume 52, Issue 1 (Spring 1972): 49.
- ↑ "Dr. Paul Birdsall, History Professor". New York Times. May 6, 1970.
- ↑ Birdsall Prize Page from American Historical Association, http://www.historians.org/prizes/AWARDED/BirdsallWinner.htm
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