Some references concerning aromatics from saturated hydrocarbons via dehydrogenation:
JACS 71, 2955,2959,2962 (1949)
JCS 1146 (1937)
JCS 1157 (1940)
JACS 72, 1993 (1950)
JACS 70, 2209 (1948)
JACS 62,1708 (1940)
JCS 1134 (1940)
JACS 63, 741 (1941)
JACS 67, 84 (1945)
JACS 62, 2220 (1940)
JACS 60, 624 (1938)
JACS 67, 1357 (1945)
JACS 68, 571 (571)
JACS 62, 983 (1940)
JACS 70, 145 (1948)
JACS 70, 381 (1948)
JACS 63, 1320 (1941)
JACS 65, 1097 (1943)
JACS 68, 258 (1946)
JACS 57, 2192 (1935)
JACS 59, 2351 (1937)
JACS 69, 1388 (1947)
JCS 266 (1937)
JCS 510 (1937)
JCS 1950 (1934)
Ind Eng Chem 38, 829 (1946)
Ind Eng Chem 41, 563 (1949)
Ind Eng Chem 40, 1751 (1948)
JCSI 68, 225-8 (1949)
a critical review by Plattner can be found in Newer Methods of Preparitive Organic Chemistry p 21 (1948)