Burt, Jesse C., Jr. "Anna Russell Cole: A Case Study of a Grande Dame." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 13 (1954): 127-55.

Dykeman, Tennessee Women, Past and Present, p.11

Gilmore, Rose Long. Davidson County Women in the World War, 1914-1919. Nashville, Tenn.: Foster & Parkes Company, 1923. 349-53. Describes the role of Cole and other women in the Fatherless Children of France Society. Includes two photographs of Cole.

James, Notable American Women, 1607-1950

Kaplan, Carol Farrar, and Livy I. Simpson. Remember the Ladies: Women of Mount Olivet Cemetery. Nashville, Tenn.: C. Kaplan & L. Simpson, 1995.

Tinling, Marion. Women Remembered: A Guide to Landmarks of Women's History in the United States. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. 259.