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- 1 2 3 "Dr. Carroll Van West". Department of History. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ↑ "Carroll Van West, Ph.D." MTSU Center for Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ↑ Phillips, Betsy (July 11, 2013). "Carroll Van West Is Our New State Historian". Nashville Scene. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
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