Books:
~ On Frank J. Sprague ~
The Birth of Electric Traction: The extraordinary life of inventor Frank Julian Sprague; Frank Rowsome, Jr, IEEE History Center Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2013. Available on Amazon
Frank Julian Sprague: Electrical Inventor and Engineer; W.D. Middleton and W.D. Middleton III, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 2009. Available on Amazon.
Engineering Invention: Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. Electrical Industry; Fred Dalzell and and W. Bernard Carlson, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010. Available on Amazon.
~ On Sprague Electric, the Electronics Industry, and the History of North Adams, MA ~
Sprague Electric: An Electronic Giant's Rise, Fall, and Life after Death; John l. Sprague, IEEE History Center Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2015. Available on Amazon
87 Marshall Street: Creation, Disruption, and Renewal in the Northern Berkshires; John l. Sprague, Mass MOCA Publications, North Adams, MA, 2016. Available at the Mass MOCA Online Store.
Revitalizing US Electronics: Lessons from Japan; John l. Sprague, Butterworth-Heinemann; 1993, Available on Amazon.
Articles, rare Books, and other Media
~on Frank J. Sprague~
A Sprague invention, multiple unit train control, J. L. Sprague, IEEE Power Energy Mag., vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 88-103, Nov.-Dec. 2015.
A Frank Sprague triumph, the electrification of Grand Central Terminal, J. L. Sprague and J. J. Cunningham, IEEE Power Energy Mag., vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 58-76, Jan.-Feb. 2013.
Frank J. Sprague invents the constant-speed DC electric motor, J. L. Sprague, IEEE Power & Energy Mag, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 80-96, March/April 2016
Frank J. Sprague and the Edison Myth, H. C. J. Sprague, New York: William-Frederick Press, 1947. This book can be viewed online here. Information for finding a print copy is available here
Frank Julian Sprague, Father of Electric Traction, H. C. Passer, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press 1952 This book is available at many academic libraries. For info look here: