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- ↑ "Committee for the Archives". Oxford University Gazette. University of Oxford. 21 September 2000. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ↑ "Fellows". Linacre College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ "University Officers". University of Oxford Calendar 2009–2010. Oxford University Press. 2009. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-956692-1.
- ↑ "Oxford University Archives become part of the Bodleian Libraries". Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
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