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- ↑ "Review of Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940". Nebraska History. Nebraska State Historical Society. 20–21: 70. 1939.
- 1 2 3 "Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940". Lincoln: Nebraska Press Association. 1940. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
- ↑ Nebraska ancestree, Volumes 10-12, Nebraska Genealogical Society, 1987.
- ↑ The Nebraska state medical journal, Volume 24, Nebraska State Medical Association, 1939.
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