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- ↑ "Waddie Mitchell". Online Nevada Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ↑ "That No Quit Attitude". Essays & Poems. Olympic Arts Festival. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ↑ "Waddie Mitchell". Weber: The Contemporary West. 21 (3). Spring–Summer 2004.
- Waddie Mitchell artist profile - Cowboy Poetry at the Bar-D Ranch website.
- Waddie Mitchell Recordings - Western Jubilee Recording Company website.
- http://www.somagency.com/waddie-mitchell/ Artist Profile] - Artist's agent website.
