Faith & pilgrimage, 1943 t.p. (Joan E. Spencer-Smith)
NZnat.bibl. to 1960 S1398 (Spencer-Smith, Joan Elizabeth)
NZ database, Oct. 17, 2006 (usage: Joan Spencer-Smith, Joan E. Spencer-Smith, J. Spencer-Smith)
Te Ara online, viewed 25 October 2015 (Joan Elizabeth Spencer Smith, 1891-1965, was born at London, England, on 27 June 1891. She studied theology and went on to teach it in London. She arrived in Christchurch, N.Z. in May 1931. There, adopting the style Spencer-Smith, she continued teaching theology and devotion, and was ordained as a deaconess in November 1931. In 1947 she returned to England, and died in London on 10 April 1965) http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4s39/spencer-smith-joan-elizabeth