Works on the History of Communication as a Discipline & NCA
- Cohen, Herman. The History of the Speech Communication Association: The Emergence of a Discipline, 1914-1945. Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, 1994.
- Dailey, S.J., ed. The Future of Performance Studies: Visions and Revisions. Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, 1998.
- Daniel, Jack L. Changing the Players and the Game: A Personal Account of the Speech Communication Black Caucus Origins. Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, 1995. Routledge, 2014.
- Gehrke Pat J., & Keith, William M., A Century of Communication Studies: The Unfinished Conversation. Routledge, 2014.
- Gillespie, Patti P., ed. Our Stories: Twentieth-Century Women Presidents of NCA. Washington, DC: National Communication Association, 2010.
- National Communication Association. Spectra: 100 Years: Reflecting on Continuity and Change. Washington, DC: National Communication Association, 2014.
- O'Neill, James. "The National Association," Quarterly Journal of Public Speaking 1 (1915): 51-58.
- Oliver, Robert T. “The way it was-all the way” A Documentary Accounting. Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, 1997.
- Phillips, Gerald M., & Wood, Julia T., eds. Speech Communication Essays to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Speech Communication Association. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990.
- Reid, Loren. Speech Teacher: A Random Narrative. Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, 1990.
- Work, William W., & Jeffery, Robert C., eds. The Past is Prologue: A 75th Anniversary History of Speech Communication Association. Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, 1990.
Biographical/Autobiographical Articles about NCA Presidents
- James L. Applegate, 2001
- Maud May Babcock, 1936
- V. William (Bill) Balthrop, 2002
- Jane Blankenship, 1978
- John Waite Bowers, 1984
- Arthur Bochner, 2008
- James W. Chesebro, 1996
- Frank E.X. Dance, 1982
- Isa N. Engleberg, 2004
- Gustav W. Friedrich, 1989
- Patti P. Gillespie, 1986 & 1987
- Dennis S. Gouran, 1991
- Elise Hahn, 1958
- Magdalene Kramer, 1947
- Beverly Whitaker Long, 1985
- Raymie E. McKerrow, 2000
- Marie Hochmuth Nichols, 1969
- Judy C. Pearson, 2003
- Henrietta Prentiss, 1932
- Sharon Ratliffe, 1995
- J. Michael Sproule, 2007
- Anita Taylor, 1981
- Judith S. Trent, 1997
- David Zarefsky, 1993