Emil Carlsen : conscious painting by William Eric Indursky Emil Carlsen Archives New York NY 2017.
“Rare Light: J. Alden Weir in Windham Connecticut 1882-1919” edited by Anne E. Dawson Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 2016
Art from the trenches : America's uniformed artists in World War I by Alfred Emile Cornebise Texas A&M University Press January 26 2015 pages 19-21 not illustrated.
Søren Emil Carlsen : Skagenmaleren fra Manhattan [Soren Emil Carlsen : Skagen painter from Manhattan] by Kim Lykke Jensen [Mørke] : Vældgungerne 2008 [Narayana Press Gylling Denmark]
“A Legacy of Art: Paintings and Sculptures by Artist Life Members of the National Arts Club” by Carol Lowrey Hudson Hills 2007
“The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture” by Susan Landauer William H. Gerdts Patricia Trenton University of California Press Berkley CA 2003
“Akron Art Museum: Art Since 1850 An Introduction to the Collection” by Akron Art Museum Akron OH 2001 page 79 illustrated
1999 Vance Jordan Fine Art New York NY “Quiet Magic: The Still-Life Paintings of Emil Carlsen” October 28 – December 10
Cultural landscape report for Weir far national historic site volume 1 : Site history and existing conditions by Child Associates 1996 Boston MA page 74-75 figure 38 illustrated: b&w on page 74
The Boston Art Club : exhibition record 1873-1909 edited by Janice H. Chadbourne Karl Gabosh and Charles O. Vogel 1991 pages 105-106 not illustrated
“The Edwin C. Shaw Collection of American Impressionist and Tonalist Painting” by William Robinson Akron Art Museum Akron OH 1986 page 41 illustrated
“Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America” by John Wilmerding National Gallery of Art Washington DC Eastern Press Inc. New Haven CT 1983 pages 79-80 250 262 illustrated: b&w on page 79 figure 61