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Deakins, Duane D. Comprehensive cylinder rercord index (5 vol) Stockton, CA, 1957- [significant for pt. 4, Indestructible records and pt. 5, U.S. everlasting records]

Dethlefson, Ronald. Edison Blue Amberol recordings. (2 vol) Woodland Hills, CA: Stationery X-Press, 1997-1999.

Dethlefson, Ronald and George A. Copeland. Edison, Lambert concert records & Columbia Grand records and related phonographs: or, "the 5-inch cylinder book" Los Angeles, CA : Mulholland Press, 2004.

Edison phonograph monthly (1903-1916). Orange, N.J. National Phonograph Co. Reprint by Wendell Moore, 1976.

Fabrizio, Timothy C. and Paul, George F. The talking machine: An illustrated compendium, 1877-1929. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., 1997.

Frow, George. Edison cylinder phonograph companion, 1877-1929. Woodland Hills, CA : Stationary X-Press, 1994.

Gibson, Gerald. Cylinder audio recordings: an annotated bibliography. Washington, DC, Library of Congress, Preservation Directorate, 1999.

Hughbanks, Leroy. Talking wax, or, the story of the phonograph: simply told for general readers. New York: Hobson Book Press, 1945.

Koenigsberg, Allen. Edison cylinder records, 1889-1912: with an illustrated history of the phonograph. 2nd ed. Brooklyn, N.Y.: APM Press, 1987.

Millard, A. J. America on record: A history of recorded sound. 2nd ed. New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Rondeau, René. Tinfoil phonographs: the dawn of recorded sound. Corte Madera, CA. : R. Rondeau, 2001.

Schoenherr, Steve. Recording Technology History. http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/notes.html. Accessed 3/16/2006

Shambarger, Peter. "Cylinder Records: An Overview." ARSC Journal. Volume 26, no. 2. Fall 1995.

Sutton, Allan. Edison Blue Amberol records: a discography (1912-1929). Denver: Mainspring, 2005.

Wile, Raymond R. "Cylinder Record Materials." ARSC Journal. Volume 26, no. 2. Fall 1995.

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