Published References

• O'Gorman, James F., and Jeffrey A. Cohen, George E. Thomas, G. Holmes Perkins. Drawing Toward Building, Philadelphia Architectural Graphics, 1732-1986. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986., p. 192-193, cat. 97
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  Client/Project Name: (untitled)
   
• Thomas, George E.Buildings of Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Society of Architectural Historians, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, p. 113
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia
  Architects Referenced: Safdie, Moshe; Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Teitelman, Edward, and Richard W. Longstreth. Architecture in Philadelphia: A Guide. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1974., p. 111
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia
   
• Society of Architectural Historians. Massey, James C. ed. Two Centuries of Philadelphia Architectural Drawings, Catalogue of the Exhibit Held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: Society of Architectural Historians and The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1964., p. 81
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia
   
• Trumbauer Ledgers, v. 2, p. 277, 1916
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  Client/Project Name: Philadelphia. Free Library.
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 32, n. 14, p. 226, 4/4/1917
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  Client/Project Name: (untitled)
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 35, n. 35, p. 765, 9/1/1920
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  Client/Project Name: City of Philadelphia / Central Library
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 35, n. 48, p. 974, 12/1/1920
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  Client/Project Name: City of Philadelphia / Central Library
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 37, n. 5, p. 73, 2/1/1922
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  Client/Project Name: City of Philadelphia
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 38, n. 45, p. 709, 11/8/1923
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  Client/Project Name: City of Philadelphia
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 39, n. 14, p. 212, 4/2/1924
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Who's Who in Philadelphia. Philadelphia : Stafford's National News Service, 1920-1927. 3 v. , v. 2, p. 179, 1925
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia
  Architects Referenced: Kelly, P. H. (b. 1871); Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 40, n. 31, p. 486, 8/5/1925
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  Client/Project Name: City of Philadelphia
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/9/2003
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Central Library Addition
  Architects Referenced: Foster, Norman; Norten, Enrique; Pelli, Cesar (1926 - ); Safdie, Moshe
   
• Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/13/2003
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia
  Architect Referenced: Moshe Safdie & Associates Inc.
   
• Philadelphia Daily News, 11/13/2003
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia
  Architect Referenced: Moshe Safdie & Associates Inc.
   
• Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/14/2003
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  Client/Project Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia
  Architect Referenced: Moshe Safdie & Associates Inc.
   
• Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (Imported)
   
• Platt, Frederick. "Horace Trumbauer: A Life in Architecture." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. CXXV, No. 4(October 2001): 342.
   
• "Public Library, Philadelphia, Pa." American Architect 132 (20 September 1927): 407-409.
   

Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - General Collection - Photographs
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 1 Item, Call Number: 001-P-889
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - James Dillon Collection
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 3 items, Call Number: 32-P-060
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Karl Lutz Collection
  Holding Name: Free Library
  Quantity: 9 photos, Call Number: 76-P-059
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Magaziner Collection
  Holding Name: Works of Horace Trumbauer, Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 1, Call Number: 78-P-138
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Moss- Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia Research Notes
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 1 Folder, Call Number: 208-F-019
  Architects Referenced: Abele, Julian Francis (1881 - 1950); Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Olson Collection
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: 192A-N-058
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Olson Collection
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 2 items, Call Number: 192A-N-072
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Trumbauer Collection
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 40 sheets, Call Number: TRU2295
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Free Library of Philadelphia Art Department - Miscellaneous Drawings
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia Alterations and Additions
  Quantity: 10 sheets
  Architect Referenced: Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson (fl. 1945-1976)
   
• Free Library of Philadelphia Art Department - Miscellaneous Drawings
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia / Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 9 sheets, 3 volumes
   
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Horace Trumbauer Collection
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 14 sheets; 1 folder; 1 folder, Call Number: V36:26 (lrolled); medium no #; small
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Jane Campbell Scrapbooks
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: v.23 a, p.254-255
   
• Philadelphia City Archives - Art Jury/Art Commission Records
  Holding Name: Alts. & Adds. to Director's Office, Central Library
  Call Number: 118.7
   
• Philadelphia City Archives - Art Jury/Art Commission Records
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia, Revised Plans
  Call Number: 1434
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia City Archives - Art Jury/Art Commission Records
  Holding Name: Free Library of Philadelphia - Main Building
  Quantity: 1 file, Call Number: 16
  Architect Referenced: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
   
• Philadelphia City Archives - Art Jury/Art Commission Records
  Holding Name: New Floor, B. S. I., Room 203, Main Branch, Free Lilbrary
  Call Number: 305.64
   
• Philadelphia City Archives - Art Jury/Art Commission Records
  Holding Name: Two Flat, Unilluminated Signs for Front Entrance of Central Library
  Call Number: 6712
   
• Philadelphia City Archives - Art Jury/Art Commission Records
  Holding Name: Landscaping Improvements to the Free Library of Philadelphia
  Call Number: 6922
  Architect Referenced: Schmidt, D. E.
   

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