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Sources consulted for the biography of:John Rutherford Everett (1918–1992)
Primary Sources
- Correspondence and curriculum vitae (ca. 1950) with birth date in Presidents Record Group, Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia
- Everett's publications include:
- "World Religions in the Building of Peace," in Christian O. Arndt and Samuel Everett, eds., Education for a World Society: Promising Practices Today (1951), 63–73
- "American Culture in the World To-day," American Quarterly 6 (1954): 245–252
- "The Calling of Teacher-Scholar," American Journal of Economics and Sociology 24 (1965): 395–396
- Sound recording of excerpts from a Virginia Education Association forum on teaching moral and spiritual values, "Our Schools at the Crossroads," November 28, 1951, WRVA Radio Collection, Accession no. 38210, Business Records Collection, Library of Virginia
Secondary Sources
- Biography in William Couper, History of the Shenandoah Valley (1952), 3:462–463
- Who's Who in America, (1966–1967) 34:641 (with first and second marriage dates and divorce)
- Frances J. Niederer, Hollins College: An Illustrated History, 2d ed. (1985), esp. 142–149
Newspapers and Periodicals
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 12, 1950; April 23 1950; March 15, 1959 (biography); June 9, 1960
- Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, April 15, 1951
- Richmond News Leader, January 21, 1959; January 19, 1960
- New York Times, June 9, 1960; October 19, 1964
- Commonwealth 17 (June 1950): 25–26; 18 (March 1951): 16–17; 18 (May 1951): 12; 27 (May 1960): 33–34
- Hollins College Bulletin 10 (April 1960): 1–4
Obituaries
- New York Times, January 22, 1992
- Hollins 42 (February 1992): 26
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