The following is a list of books and articles about "Bricktop"
(Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith)
which can be
found at the West Virginia State Archives Library.
Bricktop and Haskins, James. Bricktop By Bricktop. New York, Atheneum, 1983.
"Alderson-Born Girl Of The International Set," WV
Hillbilly, 4-13-1974.
"Bricktop Still On Top," WV Hillbilly, 12-17-1983.
"Bricktop Tells Her Story," WV Hillbilly, 8-6-1983.
"Bricktop Is No More," WV Hillbilly, 2-11-1984.
"Bricktop Mourned In Manhattan," WV Hillbilly,
2-18-1984.
"Bricktop Returns to N.Y. To Sing Old Song, Reminisce,"
Charleston Gazette-Mail, 4-25- 1976.
"Bricktop Sings Again," WV Hillbilly, 3-24-1973.
"Bricktop Leaves $9,000 Estate," Charleston Gazette,
5-9-1984.
"Cabaret Queen, Bricktop Is Dead,"
Herald-Dispatch, 2-2-1984.
"Koch Calls On A Legend," WV Hillbilly, 4-17-1983.
"Legendary Entertainer Bricktop Dies," Charleston Gazette,
2-2-1984.
"Old Bricktop Does It Again," WV Hillbilly,
12-14-1974.
"Pet of International Society Just a West Virginian at Heart,"
Charleston Daily Mail, 7-11- 1973.
"Remembering a Famous UHK Graduate," WV Hillbilly,
11-9-1989.
"Bricktop Tells Her Story," WV
Hillbilly, 8-6-1983.
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