Published Biographical References

• Moss, Roger W. Philadelphia Victorian. Philadelphia: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1998., p. 118
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• Philadelphia Sketch Club. Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club. Philadelphia: 2001., p. 47
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• Beller, Leslie. "The Diary of Henry A. Sims." M.A. Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1974.
   
• Catalogue of the Art, Architectural and Miscellaneous Library of the late Henry A. Sims, Architect. Philadelphia: J. B. Chandler, 1875.
   
• Mason, George Champlin. "Professional Ancestry of the Philadelphia Chapter." Journal of the American Institute of Architects 1 (September 1913): 371-386.
   
• "A Memorial Window." American Architect and Building News 2 (30 June 1877):212.
   
• Obituary: New York Tribune (13 July 1875); Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (14 July 1875)
   
• Philadelphia Chapter, AIA. "Minutes." (1869-1881) (8 April 1872, Sims presents a resolution for the PC-AIA to offer a "conversatione", talks and discussions to encourage and educate the public to appreciate architecture as a fine art) (American Philosophical Society Library, on deposit at The Athenaeum of Philadelphiaj)
   
• Philadelphia Chapter, AIA. Admissions Committee. "Minutes." (10 October 1870, Sims is elected to Admissions Committee) (8 April 1872, H. A. Sims tells the Committee that he and his brother have formed a partnership and requests that James be elevated from junior to professional membership.)(American Philosophical Society Library Collection, on deposit at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia.)
   
• Philadelphia Chapter, AIA, Education Committee. "Minutes" (9 December 1870, draft of a report prepared by Sims on "Waht course is best for the Chapter to pursue in the furtherance of its educational schemes") (n.d., but probably 1870, Sims writes in the record book an essay on the role of education in the AIA, the importance of educating the public as well as the membership.)(American Philosophical Society Library, on deposit in The Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
   
• Sims, Henry A. "Architectural Fashions," The Penn Monthly (1876): 700-711.
   

Biographical Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Diaries, Correspondence, Notebooks. National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (microfilm in The Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
   
• Membership records and officers records, American Institute of Architects Archives, Washington, DC (Letters, 1875, in RG 801. SR1, AIA office files)
   

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