Conner, Lynne. Spreading the Gospel of the Modern Dance. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.
--- newspaper dance criticism in the United States, 1850 - 1934; Louise Brooks is referenced

Graham, Martha. Blood Memory. New York: Doubleday, 1991.
--- autobiography of the dancer; Louise Brooks is referenced and pictured

Kendall, Elizabeth. Where She Danced. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979.
--- the story of the birth of American Art-Dance

McDonagh, Don. Martha Graham. New York: Praeger Books, 1973.
--- a biography

St. Denis, Ruth. An Unfinished Life. New York: Harper, 1939.

Schlundt, Christena L. The Professional Appearances of Ruth St. Denis & Ted Shawn: A Chronology and an Index of Dances, 1906 - 1932. New York: The New York Public Library, 1962.

Shawn, Ted, with Gray Poole. One Thousand and One Night Stands. New York: Doubleday, 1960.

Shelton, Suzanne. Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis. Garden City, New York. Doubleday, 1981.
--- Louise Brooks is referenced

Sherman, Jane. The Drama of Denishawn Dance. Middletown, Conn Wesleyan University Press, 1979.
--- two references and a half-dozen illustrations picturing Brooks

Sherman, Jane. Denishawn: The Enduring Influence. Boston: Twayne, 1983.

Terry, Walter. Miss Ruth. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1969.
--- a biography

Terry, Walter. Ted Shawn: Father of American Dance. New York: Dial Press, 1976.
--- a biography

Baral, Robert. Revue. New York and London: Fleet Press Corporation, 1962.
--- Broadway during the 1920's; Louise Brooks is referenced

Carter, Randolph. The World of Flo Ziegfeld. New York: Praeger, 1974.
--- the story of the Follies and their creator; Louise Brooks is referenced

Churchill, Allen. The Theatrical Twenties. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975.
--- an illustrated look at Broadway during the 1920's; Louise Brooks is referenced and pictured

Davis, Lee. Scandals and Follies. New York: Limelight Editions, 2000.
--- a look at "the rise and fall of the Great Broadway Revue;" Louise Brooks is referenced

Farnsworth, Marjorie. The Ziegfeld Follies. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1956.
--- a history in text and pictures; Louise Brooks is pictured

Henderson, Mary. The New Amsterdam. New York: Hyperion, 1997.
--- "the biography of a Broadway Theatre" - an illustrated look at the home of the Follies

Latham, Angela J. Posing a Threat. Hanover, New Hampshire: Wesleyan Unversity Press, 2000.
--- a look at "flappers, chorus girls and other brazen performers of the American 1920's"

Mizejewski, Linda. Ziegfeld Girl. Durham, North Carolina: Duke Unversity Press, 1999.
--- a look at "image and icon in culture and cinema;" Louise Brooks is discussed

Ziegfeld, Richard and Paulette. The Ziegfeld Touch. New York: Abrams, 1993.
--- a lavish illustrated history of the show; Louise Brooks is referenced and pictured