Published Biographical References

• Cotter, John, Daniel G. Roberts, Michael Parrington, The Buried Past An Archaelogical History of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1992, p. 62
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• Moss, Roger W. Philadelphia Victorian. Philadelphia: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1998., p. 65
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• Bremen und Seine Bauten. Bremen: Carl Schunemann, 1900.
   
• Lewis, Michael J. "The Rundbogenstil, The German Architect and America." (typescript draft for a paper to be presented at the University of Pennsylvania, undated; photocopy in Runge biography file, Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
   
• Mason, George Champlin. "Professional Ancestry of the Philadelphia Chapter." Journal of the American Institute of Architects 1 (September 1913): 371-386.
   
• Public Ledger: 10 June 1851; 3 June 1854; 20 December, 1854; 15 September 1856; 5 December 1856; 27 January 1857; 30 January 1857; 25 August 1857; 16 December 1857; 9 January 1858; 4 June 1858.
   
• Stein, Rudolf. Klassizismus und Romantik in der Baukunst. Bremen: 1965.
   
• "Street Architecture, Philadelphia, America." Builder 19 (28 September 1861): 664-665.
   

Biographical Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Correspondence between Michael J. Lewis and the Staatsarchiv Bremen, 18 August 1983 (photocopy in biography file, Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
   
• Planarchiv, Technische Universitat, Berlin.
   
• Niedersachsischen Staatsarchiv, Stade.
   
• Bauordnungsamt, Bremen.
   
• Staatsarchiv, Bremen.
   

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