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- Oscar M. Bizzell, The Heritage of Sampson County (1983)
- William S. Powell, Higher Education in North Carolina (1964)
- (Raleigh) News and Observer, October 30, 1949
- Paul Pleasants, "One Small College Pays its Own Way," The State (July 1952)
- Don Britt, "Outstanding and Unique Facts About Pineland College-Edwards Military Institute," (typescript report in files of Research Branch, North Carolina Office of Archives and History, n.d.)
- North Carolina Justice Academy website. "History of the Justice Academy".
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