Secondary sources are available in the archives or circulating copies are available through Bierce Library.

Clinefelter, Ruth W. A History of Bierce Library of the University, 1956

Duke, Theodore T. Glorious to View: A Reconstruction of Old Buchtel, 1971-1899 (published between 1963-1979)

History and Dedication of Buchtel College, and Inauguration of Sullivan H. McCollester as its First President, September 22d, 1872 (Akron) 1876

A History of the Establishment of the Municipal University of Akron, compiled by P.R. Kolbe (Akron: The Municipal University of Akron) 1914

Knepper, George W. New Lamps for Old: One hundred years of Urban Higher Education at The University of Akron (Akron: The University of Akron) 1970

Knepper, George W. Summit’s Glory: Sketches of Buchtel College and The University of Akron (Akron: University of Akron Press) 1990

Spanton, A. I., ed., Fifty Years of Buchtel (1870-1920): Published under the auspices of the Buchtel College Alumni Association (Akron: Buchtel College Alumni Association) 1922

Weaver, G. S. Autobiography of George Sumner Weaver, D.D.: A Sketch of a Busy Life, 1914 (Schenectady, New York: Ernest L. Robinson) circa 1965