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Artists of Grand Rapids (1840 - 1980)
Mathias J. Alten: Journey of an American Painter
Artists of Michigan From The Nineteenth Century - A Sesquicentennial Exhibition Commemorating Michigan Statehood 1837 - 1987
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Sweeney, J. Gray "Mathias J. Alten (1871 -1938)," Exhibition Catalog (1979)
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No author noted, Butterworth Original Art Collection, Circa 1989 ed., "Collection catalog," .
Pat Shellenbarger, "Art Investigator - Pursuit of artist's work, life story is detective's passion," Grand Rapids Press, October 14, 1998, .
Bernice Mancewicz, "The Alten Story: Long on Talent, Short on Recognition," The Grand Rapids Press, June 3, 1979, pg. 4-H, ill.
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS), "Alten, Mathias Joseph 1871-1938"
