Published Biographical References

• Pioneers of American Landscape Design, ed. by Charles A. Birnbaum, Robin Karson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000., p. 338-343
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• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 68, 1909
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• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 67, 1909
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• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 66, 1909
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• American Society of Landscape Architects. Transactions. 1899 -, p. 8, 1909
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  Membership: American Society of Landscape Architects, Active
  Office: 2 Charles St., Brookline, MA
   
• American Society of Landscape Architects. Transactions. 1899 -, p. 8, 1909
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  Membership: American Society of Landscape Architects, Active
  Office: 103 Park Ave., New York City
   
• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 67, 1909
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• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 68, 1909
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• American Society of Landscape Architects. Transactions. 1899 -, p. 76, 1911
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  Membership: American Society of Landscape Architects
   
• American Society of Landscape Architects. Transactions. 1899 -, p. 110, 1911
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  Membership: American Society of Landscape Architects
   
• American Society of Landscape Architects. Transactions. 1899 -, p. 13, 1927
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  Membership: American Society of Landscape Architects, Fellow
  Office: 1600 Walnut St., Philadelphia
   
• American Society of Landscape Architects. Illustrations of the Work of Members. New York: J. Hayden Twiss, , 1931
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  Membership: American Society of Landscape Architects, Fellow
   
• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, 1931
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  Membership: T-Square Club, Member
   
• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, 1931
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  Membership: Philadelphia Chapter, AIA, Chapter Affiliate
   
• American Society of Landscape Architects. Illustrations of the Work of Members. New York: J. Hayden Twiss, , 1932
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  Membership: American Society of Landscape Architects, Fellow
   
• American Society of Landscape Architects. Illustrations of the Work of Members. New York: J. Hayden Twiss, , 1934
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  Membership: American Society of Landscape Architects, Fellow
  Office: Girard Trust Building, Philadelphia
   
• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, 1949
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  Membership: Philadelphia Chapter, AIA, Craft Associate
   
• American Society of Landscape Architects: Illustrations of Work of Members. New York: House of J. Hayden Twiss, 1931 and 1934.
   
• Harvard College. Class of 1903: Records of the Class. Cambridge, MA: 1929?, p. 862-864.
   
• Parish churches of England; Illustrated from a Selection of Photographs Specially Taken by Thomas W. Sears for Harvard university. Introductory text by C. Howard Walker. Boston, New York: Rogers and Manson company, c1915.
   
• Sears, Thomas W. Architecture and Design 5 (September 1941) and (November 1953). (Both of these issues are devoted to the work of Thomas W. Sears, Landscape Architect)
   
• Sears, Thomas W. "Estate at Winston-Salem, N.C." Landscape Architecture 14 : 37.
   
• Sears, Thomas W. "The Functions of the Landscape Architect in Connection with the Improvement of a City." Proceedings of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia 28 (April 1911):147-158.
   

Biographical Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Sears Collection, Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
   

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