Seachrist, Denise A. "The Musical World of Halim El-Dabh", pp. 54 and 95, Kent State University Press, 2003. ISBN0-87338-752-X. Accessed 8 July 2011. From page 54: "Elated that his wife had finally agreed to join him in New York, El-Dabh sought more suitable accommodations for his family and located a house for rent in Demarest, New Jersey." From page 95: "Mary and the girls were delighted to return to the United States, and when El-Dabh purchased a home in Cresskill, New Jersey, Mary was optimistic that her peripatetic husband was finally ready to settle down."