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Hutchison, C.B. Interview conducted by Willa Klug Baum. 1961. The
College of Agriculture, University of California, 1922–1952. Regional Oral History Office, General Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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Monograph Series- Provides an outlet for reports of research appraised by criteria equivalent to those of leading technical journals in agricultural economics.
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Johnston, W.E. and A.F. McCalla. A.P. Giannini and the
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James, M., and B.R. James. Biography of a Bank: The Story of Bank of America, N.T. & S.A. New York NY: Harper and Brothers, 1954.
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