| Title | Author | Year | Publisher/Publication | Notes |
| $1,000 Gift by President: Sent to the Ellen Wilson Memorial, an Educational Fund | | 1916 | New York Times 2 March 1916 | President Woodrow Wilson contributed $1,000 to the fund in his wife's honor. |
| American National Biography | Carnes, Mark C., and John A. Garraty, eds. | 1999 | New York: Oxford University Press | The American National Biography was originally published in 24 volumes. It is updated semi-annually. The print edition contains biographies of Americans who died before 1955. The on-line, subscription version contains those who died after 1955. |
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| America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 2000 | New York: Touchstone | |
| America’s First Ladies: Ohio Library was Established in 1997 in Their Honor | Wadley, Carma | 2007 | Deseret Morning News 19 February 2007 | Article celebrates the tenth anniversary of the National First Ladies Library and includes a quiz on the subject of First Ladies.
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| Another Memorial to Ellen Wilson: $100,000 For Chair Of Rural Nursing For Peabody College Proposed | | 2015 | Baltimore Sun 8 August 1915 | |
| Baby in M'Adoo Home: Grandpa Wilson Hastens to See Little Girl Stork Brings | | 1915 | Washington Post 22 May 1915 | The new granddaughter of Ellen and Woodrow Wilson will be named Ellen Wilson McAdoo in honor of the last First Lady Ellen Wilson. |
| Benefits of Alley Law Pointed Out by Justice Siddons, Mrs. Bacon and Mrs. Hopkins: Thousands of Colored Persons to Get New Homes and Improved Living Conditions | | 1916 | Washington Post 17 February 1916 | The Ellen Wilson memorial homes were a result of the former First Lady's work and deathbed wishes. |
| The Biography Channel Website: Ellen Wilson
| | | : Biography | A page of the Biography Channel website providing a bit of information regarding Ellen Wilson. This web page can be found here: http://www.biography.com/people/ellen-wilson-36923 |
| Calls Lake Ellen Wilson | | 1914 | Washington Post 20 March 1914 | A lake in Glacier Park has been named for First Lady Ellen Wilson. |
| Celebrating Women: History, Biographies, and Museums | Byerly, Greg, and Carolyn Brodie | 2005 | Library Media Activities Monthly April 2005 | Reviews of websites containing information about the First Ladies, including the National First Ladies Library. |
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| Children In the White House | Sadler, Christine | 1967 | New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons | |
| City News in Brief | | 1915 | Washington Post 12 January 1915 | At the meeting of the Women's Division of the National Civic Federation, plans for the Ellen Wilson memorial block of homes will be unveiled. |
| Civil Workers' Report | | 1916 | Washington Post 13 January 1916 | According the the secretary's report at the National Civic Federation meeting, the Ellen Wilson memorial homes are "practically finished." |
| Congress Clears Dollar Coin Bill | Higa, Liriel | 2005 | CQ Weekly 26 December 2005 | House of Representatives passes bill which would allow the Treasury to mint $10 coins with images of First Ladies. |
| The Courtship of Woodrow Wilson | McAdoo, Eleanor Wilson | 1962 | American Heritage October 1962 | |
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| Crowded Years: The Reminiscences of William G. McAdoo | McAdoo, William Gibbs | 1931 | Boston: Houghton Mifflin | |
| Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House | Young, Dwight, and Margaret Johnson, eds. | 2008 | Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society | Reproductions of letters from the Library of Congress and the National Archives to and from First Ladies, with annotations explaining the nature of the correspondence and the historical contexts within which each epistle was written.
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| Dictionary of American Biography | | 1980 | New York: Scribner | The venerable Dictionary of American Biography was first published in twenty volumes between 1927 and 1936. Ten subsequent volumes were published, and the most recent, edited by historian Kenneth Jackson and published by Scribner, includes Americans who died before the year 1980. The First Ladies are included. |
| Ellen A. Wilson: The Woman Who Made a President | Dubovoy, Sina | 2003 | New York: Nova Publications | In the Presidential Wives Series. |
| Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson's First Ladies | Miller, Kristie | 2010 | Lawrence: Univeristy Press of Kansas | Thoroughly researched, dual biography of President Wilson's two wives, analyzing their roles as First Ladies and their relationship with the president. In the Modern First Ladies biography series, edited by Lewis L. Gould. |
| Ellen Axson Wilson: A Rhetorical Reassessment of a Forgotten First Lady | Burns, Lisa M. | 2004 | Inventing a Voice: The Rhetoric of American First Ladies of the Twentieth Century 2004 | Lisa Burns's article found in _Inventing a Voice: The Rhetoric of American First Ladies of the Twentieth Century_, edited by Molly Meijer Wertheimer. |
| Ellen Axson Wilson: First Lady & Artist | Aucella, Frank J., Patricia A. Piorkowski Hobbs, and Frances Wright Saunders | 1993 | Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson House | Art exhibition catalogue. |
| Ellen Wilson Chair of Rural Nursing | | 1916 | Austin American Statesman 4 January 1916 | Discussing the benefits of such a practical memorial to the deceased First Lady. |
| Ellen Wilson War Fund: Milwaukee Woman Starts Move as Tribute to President's Wife | | 1914 | Chicago Tribune 9 August 1914 | The Ellen Wilson Red Cross Fund has been created as a memorial to the former First Lady. |
| The Encyclopedia Britannica Website: Ellen Wilson
| | | : | An entry on the Encyclopedia Britannica website that provides a short biographical sketch of Ellen Wilson and external links for further information. The entry can be found here: http://www.britannica.com/topic/710908/websites |
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| Entertaining in the White House | Smith, Marie D. | 1966 | Washington, D.C.: Acropolis | |
| Errata | | 2012 | New York Times 17 May 2012 | An article on May 3 about the White House public tour misidentified which of Woodrow Wilson's wives removed Theodore Roosevelt's hunting trophies from the house. She was Ellen Wilson, his first wife -- not Edith Wilson, whom he married after Ellen's death. |
| Every One a Lady | | 1956 | Boston Globe 6 May 1956 | Author briefly compares several First Ladies in a positive article. |
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| Faith of the First Ladies | MacGregor, Jerry and Marie Prys | 2006 | Grand Rapids: Baker Books | |
| First Ladies | Schneider, Dorothy, and Carl J. Schneider | 2010 | New York: Facts On File | Updated edition. |
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