Article: Fouratt, Mary Eileen. 1981 Ruth Henshaw Bascomb: Itinerant Portraitist. Worchester Art Museum Bulletin. 5: 57-65.
Article: Reutlinger, Dagmar E. 1976 American folk art: two groups of family portaits by Ruth Henshaw Bascomb and Erastus Salisbury Field. Worchester Art Museum Bulletin. 3: 1-12.
Article: Dawson, Susanne M & Barger, M Susan. 1986 Painted on Frances' Copy: Profiles of Ruth Henshaw Bascomb. Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine.
Article: Avigad, Lois S. 1987 Ruth Henshaw Bascomb: a youthful viewpoint. The Clarion. 12 (Fall 1987): 35-41.
Article: Fouratt, Mary Eileen. 1984 Ruth Henshaw Bascomb: Itinerant Portraitist, in Dublin Seminar for New England Folk Life. 1984. Annual Proceedings (Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife). 190-210.
Thesis: Fouratt, Mary Eileen. 1980 Ruth Henshaw Bascom: New England portraitist. College of the Holy Cross
• Fouratt went by the name Mary Eileen Egan when this thesis was published.Article: Jatcko, Sara A. & Ebel, Sarah C. 2009 "American Portraits in Pastel". Antiques and Fine Art. IX (3): 206-208.
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