1. A selected bibliography on the “first course”;
2. A survey of speech work in colleges in the south
3. Wright, John W. 1949. “The Purposes and Practices of Speech Training for College Freshmen”. Berkeley: University of California. Ed.D. dissertation
4. Palmquist, Dan A. 1950. “A Survey of Techniques Employed in Teaching the Beginning Speech Course in Fifty State‐Supported and Municipal Colleges and Universities”. University of Kansas. M.A. thesis
5. Jones, Horace Rodman. 1952. “The Development and Present Status of Beginning Speech Courses in the Colleges and Universities in the United States”. Northwestern University. Ph.D. dissertation