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- ↑ "Song-Writer Kennedy Dead: He Wrote Many Melodies and Was Also Known as a Ventriloquist", The New York Times , 5 January 1894.
- Howard, Ryan. Nineteenth Century American Ventriloquists Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine (manuscript, excellent resource including citation and excerpts of a tremendous number of source documents). Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- "Ventriloquism, Vocal Delusions and How Experts Produce Them", Sacramento Daily Record Union 19 October 1890 (lengthy interview with Kennedy).
- "Harry Kennedy Is Dead", New York World , 4 January 1894.