General See Miscellaneous Box.
Blake, Peter. Columnist Bishop Is Given Title of Honorary Bishop." Rocky Mountain News (24 March 1969 : 5.
"The Days of Jim Bishop." Writer's Digest February 1981: 38-42.*
DeGroot, John. "Heart failed, but not spirit." Sun-Sentinel 14 Oct. 1983.
"Golden Hack." Time 13 May 1957: 82+.*
Maeder, Jay. "Jim Bishop, Reporter." Tropic (Miami Herald) (18 Dec. 1983): 10-14.*
Marple, A. “Off the Cuff” Writer 77:7-8 (October)
"Writing the Big Story." Newsweek 11 March 1957:69.
Reference Books
American Authors and Books: 1640 to the Present Day. Ed. W.J. Burke and Will D. Howe. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1943.
Contemporary Authors. Ed. Clare D. Kinsman. First Revision, 1976.
Current Biography Yearbook. 1969.
Funston, Judith E. "Bishop, James Alonzo." American National Biography. Ed. John A Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Herzberg, Max J. et al. Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1962.
Prescott, Jani. "Bishop, James Alonzo 1907-1987 (Jim Bishop)." Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series, 1999.
Riley, Sam G. Biographical Dictionary of American Newspaper Columnists. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Taft, William H. Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Journalists. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1986.
Autobiography
Letter to Jim Killgallen (4/2/1964) answering a list of questions about his life and career. (Miscellaneous box.)
A Bishop's Confession. Boston: Little, Brown, 1981.
"A Writer's Life" (audio cassette)/interviewed by Liz Dribben. Vital History Cassettes 1981 July, no.3 (18 min., 44 sec.).
Obituaries
Barron, James. "Jim Bishop, a Columnist Dies: Popular Author of 21 Books." New York Times 28 July 1987, late city final ed.: B6.
The Bonaventure 8 September 1987: 4.
Contemporary Authors. Eds. Hal May and Susan M. Trosky. 1988.
Current Biography Yearbook. 1987.
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