diff --git a/backend/event/admin.py b/backend/event/admin.py
index 428a4e78..80429ac0 100644
--- a/backend/event/admin.py
+++ b/backend/event/admin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from source.admin import ReferenceInlineAdmin
 from . import models
 
 
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class LetterActionAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         LetterActionCategoryAdmin,
         EventDateAdmin,
         RoleAdmin,
+        ReferenceInlineAdmin,
     ]
     exclude = ["letters"]
 
diff --git a/backend/letter/admin.py b/backend/letter/admin.py
index 75bc2eb9..b0b681d8 100644
--- a/backend/letter/admin.py
+++ b/backend/letter/admin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from source.admin import ReferenceInlineAdmin
 from . import models
 
 
@@ -37,4 +38,5 @@ class LetterAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         LetterMaterialAdmin,
         LetterSenderAdmin,
         LetterAddresseesAdmin,
+        ReferenceInlineAdmin,
     ]
diff --git a/backend/person/admin.py b/backend/person/admin.py
index 23600cc1..d098972a 100644
--- a/backend/person/admin.py
+++ b/backend/person/admin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from source.admin import ReferenceInlineAdmin
 from . import models
 
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         OccupationAdmin,
         PersonDateOfBirthAdmin,
         PersonDateOfDeathAdmin,
+        ReferenceInlineAdmin,
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/backend/source/admin.py b/backend/source/admin.py
index d6366570..57f97210 100644
--- a/backend/source/admin.py
+++ b/backend/source/admin.py
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.admin import GenericStackedInline
 from . import models
 
-
 @admin.register(models.Source)
 class SourceAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     fields = ["name", "bibliographical_info"]
+
+
+class ReferenceInlineAdmin(GenericStackedInline):
+    model = models.Reference
+    fields = [
+        "source",
+        "location",
+        "terminology",
+        "mention",
+    ]
+    extra = 0
diff --git a/backend/source/models.py b/backend/source/models.py
index a1ea67e3..50b45f14 100644
--- a/backend/source/models.py
+++ b/backend/source/models.py
@@ -71,5 +71,8 @@ class Reference(models.Model):
         help_text="how is this entity presented in the text?",
     )
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"reference to {self.content_object} ({self.content_type.model}) in {self.source}"
+
     class Meta:
         indexes = [models.Index(fields=["content_type", "object_id"])]