Appalachian Dulcimer Bibliography
Alvey, R. Gerald. Dulcimer Maker: The Craft of Homer Ledford. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
Hastings, S. E., Jr.”Construction Techniques in an old Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer.” Journal of American Folklore 83 (October-December 1970): 462-68.
Long, Lucy M. Plucked Dulcimer Finding Aid. (Washington, D.C.: Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress, 1998).
Long, Lucy M. The Negotiation of Tradition: Collectors, Community, and the Appalachian Dulcimer in Beech Mountain, North Carolina, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1995.
MacNeil, M. ed. Dulcimer Players News (Winchester, VA, 1975 –).
Murphy, M. The Appalachian Dulcimer Book (St. Clairsville, OH, 1976).
Putnam, John F. The Plucked Dulcimer and How to Play It. (Council of the Southern Mountains, 1961).
Ritchie, Jean. Dulcimer People (New York: Oak Publications, 1975)
Ritchie, Jean. The Dulcimer Book (New York, 1963).
Seeger, Charles. "The Appalachian Dulcimer," Journal of American Folklore, lxxi, (1958), 40.
Smith, L. A. "Toward a Reconstruction of the Development of the Appalachian Dulcimer: What the Instruments Suggest," Journal of American Folklore, xciii (1980), 385.
Smith, L. A. A Catalogue of Pre-revival Appalachian Dulcimers (Columbia, MO, 1983).
Smith, R. L. Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions (Lanham, Md., 1997).
Smith, R. L. The Story of the Dulcimer (Cosby, Tenn., 1986).