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A Simple and Vital Design: Indiana Post Office Murals: Carlisle, John C.and Photos by Jones, Darryl. Indiana Historical Society, 1995.

Arkansas Post Offices and the Treasury Department's Section Art Program 1938-1942: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 1999

Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal. Markowitz, Gerald E. and Park, Marlene. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984.

Depression Era Post Office Murals: A Cultural Study of Georgia in the 1930’s. Pope, Sarah Dillard. Master’s Thesis. School of Environmental Design, Historic Preservation Program, Univ. of Georgia. 1993. 157 pp.

Depression Post Office Murals and Southern Culture: A Gentle Reconstruction. Bridwell-Beckham, Sue. Louisiana State University Press. 1988 (out of print)

Indiana Post Office Murals: Carlisle, John C. and Photos by Jones, Darryl. Louisiana.

Lets Look for Mail Delivery in Illinois Post Offices: Thompson, Mary Emma. Self. Published. Order from methomwi@rri.net.

Mississippi Post Office Murals: Bridwell-Beckham, Sue.

Tennessee P. O. Murals: Hull, Howard. The Overmountain Press, Johnson City, TN.

The Texas Post Office Murals: Art for the People: Parisi, Philip. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2004. 192 pp.

Thematic Survey of New Deal Era Public: Art in Oklahoma 2003-2004. Greiner, Alyson L. and White, Mark A. Dept. of Geography, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. Project Number: 03-401. Includes information on twenty-four Post Office murals.

Wall-to-Wall America: A Cultural History of Post-Office Murals in the Great Depression. Marling, Karal Ann. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982.