1. ^¹ {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Wm. B. Howland, Publisher, Dead. Head of The Independent Is Stricken Suddenly in His Office with Heart Disease. The Founder of Outing. President of the National Institute of Efficiency Was Long Prominent in Public Affairs. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/02/28/98243511.pdf |quote=William Bailey Howland, President of the Independent Corporation, publisher of The Independent, and The Countryside Magazine, died suddenly from heart disease yesterday in his office, 119 West Fortieth Street, in his sixtyninth year. He arrived at the office seemingly in the best of health and was shortly after seized with the ... |work=New York Times |date=February 28, 1917 |accessdate=2009-07-27 | format=PDF}}
2. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mr. Howland and Members of British Committee Plan Celebration. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/08/11/100592866.pdf |quote=W.B. Howland, the British-American Peace Centenary Commissioner, has been in London for several days discussing with members of the British committee the plans for the celebration. |work=New York Times |date=August 11, 1912 |accessdate=2009-07-27 | format=PDF}}
3. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=W.B. Howland Buried |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/03/02/102318663.pdf |quote= |work=New York Times |date=March 2, 1917 |accessdate=2009-07-27 | format=PDF}}
4. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Prominent Men Eulogize Late Publisher at Memorial Services. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/03/03/102318970.pdf |quote= |work=New York Times |date=March 3, 1917 |accessdate=2009-07-27 | format=PDF}}