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- 1 2 Gannon, Robert (1967). Up to the Present: The Story of Fordham. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3KM-K17 : 20 January 2015), Wm J Duane in household of Buchard Villiger, Election District 2, Harrisonville, Precinct 1, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing sheet 16A, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,606.
- 1 2 Fordham. "Fordham online information | About | 175 Years of Service in New York | Historical Timeline". www.fordham.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
- ↑ Shelley, Thomas (2016). Fordham: A History of the Jesuit University of New York. New York, NY: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823271511.
- ↑ Kane, Patrice. "Research Guides @ Fordham: Fordham University History: The Man - The Building". fordham.libguides.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.