found: History of the California Federation of Music Clubst.p. (Bessie Bartlett Frankel)
found: Gates. Who's who in music in California, 1920(Frankel, Bessie Bartlett; native of California)
found: Find a Grave website, viewed Nov. 6, 2012(Bessie Bartlett Frankel; birth, Apr. 29, 1884; death, Sep. 15, 1959)
found: OCLC, Nov. 6, 2012(hdg: Frankel, Bessie Bartlett; Frankel, Bessie; Frankel, Bessie Herbert (Bartlett), d. 1959; usage: Bessie Bartlett Frankel)
notfound: Hixon, D.L. Women in music, 1993 ;Cohen, I. Int. enc. of women composers, 1987 ;Claghorn, C.E. Women composers, 1996 ;Historical Records Survey. District of Columbia. Bio-bib. index of musicians in the United States of America from Colonial times, 1956