Primary: 1913, A Leaf from the Past: Dietz, Then and Now (R.E. Dietz Company, 1914); Dietz circulars, catalogues and leaflets, 1869–1950s; US patents and trademark records; hardware and motor trade journals, 1904–1940; New York and Syracuse newspapers, 1844–1993.
Secondary: U.G. Dietz, The decorative lighting devices of Dietz and Company of New York, 1840–1875 (MA thesis, 1980); National Register of Historic Places, “R.E. Dietz Company Factory” (2018); A. Hobson, Lanterns That Lit Our World; D. Pearson, Classic Lanterns; W.T. Kirkman, R.E. Dietz Compendium (2021).