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- ↑ Higher Education in Texas: Its Beginnings to 1970. University of North Texas Press. February 15, 2018. ISBN 9781574417241.
- ↑ "TSHA | University of San Augustine".
- ↑ Higher Education in Texas: Its Beginnings to 1970. University of North Texas Press. February 15, 2018. ISBN 9781574417241.
- ↑ Higher Education in Texas: Its Beginnings to 1970. University of North Texas Press. February 15, 2018. ISBN 9781574417241.
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