Published References

• Thomas, George E. and David B. Brownlee. Building America's First University: An Historical and Architectural Guide to the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000., p. 159-163
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library
  Architects Referenced: Clio Group, Inc.; Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931); Furness, Frank (1839-1912); McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967)
   
• Brownlee, David B. and David G. DeLong. Out of the Ordinary: Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Associates. architecture, Urbanism, design Philadelphia, PA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001, p. 263
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Fisher Fine Arts Library
  Architect Referenced: Venturi, Rauch, Scott Brown (fl. 1980 - 1989)
   
• Teitelman, Edward, and Richard W. Longstreth. Architecture in Philadelphia: A Guide. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1974., p. 190
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  Client/Project Name: Fisher Library, School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania
   
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Collection at the Library of Congress
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania, Furness Building (HABS PA-1644)
   
• Lewis, Michael J., Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2001, p. 175-184,186-187
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library
  Architect Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931)
   
• Lewis, Michael J., Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2001, p. 182-183, 186
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library
   
• Webster, Richard J., Philadelphia Preserved. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1976., p. 201, 216-217
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Fisher Library (Furness Building)
  Architects Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931); Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson (fl. 1945-1976); McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967); New York Architectural Terra Cotta Company (fl. 1886 - 1932)
   
• Engelhardt, George Washington, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, The Book of Its Bourse & Co-operating Bodies, Philadelphia, Lippincott Press, 1898-99., p. 58
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania Library
  Architect Referenced: William R. Chapman & Sons
   
• Thomas, George E.Buildings of Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Society of Architectural Historians, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, p. 129
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library
  Architects Referenced: Clio Group, Inc.; Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931); Thomas, George; Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates (fl. 1989 - )
   
• Simon, Herbert, A Proposal for Furnishings in the Reading Rooms of the Furness Library: Based on Historical Precedent and Modern Furniture Requirements. MS Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1988.
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  Client/Project Name: Furness Library
   
• O'Gorman, James F., The Architecture of Frank Furness. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973., p. 164-171
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Furness Building
  Architect Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931)
   
• Wermeil, Sara E. The Fireproof Building: Technology and Public Safety in the Nineteenth-Century American City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000., p. 167
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library
   
• Thomas, George E. and Michael J. Lewis and Jeffrey A. Cohen. Frank Furness: The Complete Works. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1991., p. 290-291
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / University of Pennsylvania Library
  Architects Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931); Furness, Frank (1839-1912)
   
• National Register. (National Register Information System)
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  Client/Project Name: Furness Library
   
• Pennsylvania Cultural Resources Geographic Information System, a cooperative venture of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
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  Client/Project Name: Furness Library
   
• McGoodwin, Robert R. Monograph of the Work of Robert R. McGoodwin. Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell Co., 1942., p. pl. 129-131
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / University of Pennsylvania Library Proposed Development
  Architect Referenced: McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967)
   
• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database
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  Client/Project Name: Furness Library
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 39, n. 1, p. 5, 1/2/1924
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania
  Architect Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 46, n. 28, p. 247, 7/15/1931
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library
  Architect Referenced: McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 46, n. 28, p. 247, 7/15/1931
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  Client/Project Name: University of Pennsylvania / Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library
  Architects Referenced: McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967); Townsend, Schroeder & Wood
   
• Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (Imported)
   
• National Register Information System database (imported May 8, 2001)
   
• HABS/HAER/HALS list for Philadelphia and surrounding counties (imported November 8, 2001)
   

Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania - Architectural Drawings for the Fisher Fine Arts Library, Furness, Evans and Company, Architects
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Library of the University of Pennsylvania
  Quantity: 373 items, Call Number: 195.1-195.18
  Architect Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931)
   
• Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania - Architectural Drawings for the Fisher Fine Arts Library, Furness, Evans and Company, Architects
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / University Library, proposed alterations
  Quantity: 14, Call Number: 195.19
  Architect Referenced: McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967)
   
• Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania - Architectural Drawings for the Fisher Fine Arts Library, Furness, Evans and Company, Architects
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library
  Quantity: 27 items, Call Number: 195.20-195.21
  Architect Referenced: McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967)
   
• Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania - Architectural Drawings for the Fisher Fine Arts Library, Furness, Evans and Company, Architects
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library, renovation/restoration
  Quantity: 272 items, Call Number: 195.23-195.33
  Architects Referenced: Clio Group, Inc.; Venturi, Rauch, Scott Brown (fl. 1980 - 1989)
   
• Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania - PAB Demo Exhibit
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Fisher Library
  Quantity: 15 sheets
  Architect Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931)
   
• Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania - Warren Powers Laird Collection
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Library
  Call Number: 047.30
  Architects Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945); Laird, Warren Powers (1861 - 1948)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cornell Collection
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library
  Quantity: 5 photomechanical reproductions : blueprints., Call Number: MRR211
  Architects Referenced: John S. Cornell & Son (fl. 1890 - ); McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania
  Quantity: 7 Folders, Call Number: 27-F-157
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Fine Arts Library Alterations
  Quantity: 14 Sheets, Call Number: CRE*009
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Exhibition and Judgement Room, School of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Building
  Quantity: 5 drawings, Call Number: CRE142
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Henry Charles Lea Library & Reading Room
  Quantity: 1 Sheet, Call Number: FAE*020
  Architect Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania / Proposed Alterations and Additions to Library
  Quantity: 9 Sheets, Call Number: MRR211A
  Architect Referenced: McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania / Library for the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
  Quantity: 1 Sheet, Call Number: MRR257
  Architect Referenced: McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886 - 1967)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - General Collection - Architectural Drawings
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania / Library Building
  Quantity: 1 Sheet, Call Number: FAE*023
  Architect Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Jacob Stelman Collection
  Holding Name: Furness Library
  Quantity: 23 items, Call Number: 143-P-379
  Architect Referenced: Alexander Woodwork Company
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Karl Lutz Collection
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania, Furness Library
  Quantity: 3 Items, Call Number: 76-P-170
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Karl Lutz Collection
  Holding Name: University of Pennsylvania, Furness Library
  Quantity: 1 Item, Call Number: 76-PC-170
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Moss- Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia Research Notes
  Holding Name: Fisher Fine Arts Library
  Quantity: 1 Folder, Call Number: 208-F-016
  Architect Referenced: Furness, Evans & Co. (fl. 1886-c.1931)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Olson Collection
  Holding Name: Furness Building, University of Pennsylvania
  Quantity: 3 items, Call Number: 192A-N-139
   

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