This paper is a general appendix to the three parts of 'Celebrating the millennium - historical highlights of photosynthesis research' (Photosynthesis Research, Vols~73(2002), 76(2003), 80(2004)). The major part of this paper includes a comprehensive list of most of the edited volumes on research in the area of photosynthesis. However, I begin this paper by describing selected conferences, related to photosynthesis, held in USA, during 1935-1965, followed by the 1963 International Colloquim held in Gif-sur-Yvette, France (René Wurmser (1890-1993), President); and the 2nd Western European Congress (1965), held in the Netherlands, under the leadership of Jan B. Thomas (1907-1991), both these European conferences being the precursors of the first International Congress on Photosynthesis (1968), organized by Helmut Metzner (1925-1999) at Freudenstadt, Germany. A list of the subsequent international photosynthesis congresses is available in Govindjee and David Krogmann (this issue).