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- ↑ "Frances Roosevelt, Portrait Artist, 78", The New York Times, September 13, 1995
- ↑ "SUSAN ROOSEVELT WELD: A 'LONER' GENERATES HER OWN LIGHT", The Boston Globe, October 11, 1990, Marian Christy
- ↑ "Weld marriage may be on rocks", Boston Herald, David R. Guarino and Gayle Fee, June 30, 200
- ↑ "Running Weld", New York, January 23, 2006
- ↑ "The Weld's of Harvard Yard", Harvard Magazine, Craig A. Lambert
