Published Biographical References

• Webster, Richard J., Philadelphia Preserved. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1976., p. 61
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• Who's Who in Maryland, A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and West Virginia.. Chicago, Marquis Company, 1939-?, p. 60-61
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  Office: 1601 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
   
• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 169, 1924
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• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 167, 1924
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• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 77, 1926
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• Who's Who in Philadelphia. Philadelphia : Stafford's National News Service, 1920-1927. 3 v. , v. 3, p. 180, 327, 1927
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  Office: Bellevue Court Bldg., Phila.
   
• American Architect, 1929
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• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 44, n. 18, p. 279, 5/1/1929
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• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, 1931
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  Membership: Philadelphia Chapter, AIA, Member, President
   
• American Institute of Architects. Membership Directory. Washington, DC: 1936-1946. {NOTE: 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942 were published as regular issues of the AIA Octagon. 1945/46 appeared as The Annuary. A directory was not issued in 1932/33-1933/34, 1937.}, 1932
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• American Institute of Architects. Membership Directory. Washington, DC: 1936-1946. {NOTE: 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942 were published as regular issues of the AIA Octagon. 1945/46 appeared as The Annuary. A directory was not issued in 1932/33-1933/34, 1937.}, 1935
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• American Institute of Architects. Membership Directory. Washington, DC: 1936-1946. {NOTE: 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942 were published as regular issues of the AIA Octagon. 1945/46 appeared as The Annuary. A directory was not issued in 1932/33-1933/34, 1937.}, 1935
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• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, 1949
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  Membership: Philadelphia Chapter, AIA, Corporate Member
   
• Koyl, George. American Architects' Directory. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., p. 36, 1956
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  Membership: American Institute of Architects (AIA), Fellow
  Office: 1601 Chestnut St., Phila.
   
• Koyl, George. American Architects' Directory. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., p. 893, 1962
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• Thomas, Geo. E., "William L. Price (1861-1961): Builder of Men and of Buildings," Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania, 1975.
   
• Collins, Herman LeRoy. Philadelphia: A Story of Progress. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1841, v.4, p. 94.
   
• Chiumenti, Ralph. "The Cast-iron Architecture of Philadelphia's Old City." unpublished paper, 1975. (Photocopy in The Athenaeum)
   
• "Partial List of the Former Students of the School of Industrial Art with Their Occupations," Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, School of Industrial Art, Circular, 1920/21, p. 41.
   
• Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Arts, Circular of the Committee on Instruction for 1902/3.
   

Biographical Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• D. K. Boyd Collection, American Institute of Architects Archives, Washington, DC (chiefly letters and a typescript of a radio broadcast made by Bencker in 1932 under the auspices of the Philadelphia Chapter of the AIA; Box 11, folder 8).
   
• Philadelphia City Archives
   
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student records.
   

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