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Archives
- Hagley Museum & Library, Avon Historical Archive, http://www.hagley.org/research/digitalexhibits/avon-historical-archive-hagley-library
- Historical Archive of the Como Chamber of Commerce [Archivio Storico della Camera di Commercio di Como], Avon Cosmetics S.p.a.
- Oral History Interviews to Avon Representatives and Customers in Italy (by the author).