Published Biographical References

• American Art Annual. v.21 (1924/25) "Who's Who In Architecture.", p. 371
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  Office: 112 South 16th St., Philadelphia, PA
   
• King, Moses. Philadelphia and Notable Philadelphians. New York: Blanchard Press, Isaac H. Blanchard Co., 1901., p. 87
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• American Art Annual., v. 5
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• Who's Who in Maryland, A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and West Virginia.. Chicago, Marquis Company, 1939-?, p. 91
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  Office: 17th and Sansom Sts., Philadelphia and Empire State Building, New York, NY
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 13, n. 20, p. 305, 5/18/1898
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• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 19, n. 5, 2/3/1904
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• Architectural Record (periodical), v. 19, p. 167-93, 3/1906
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• Baltimore Architectural Club Yearbook, p. 12, 1907
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  Office: Harrison Building, Philadelphia
   
• American Country Houses of Today. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1912
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• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 28, n. 9, p. 140, 2/26/1913
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• Who's Who in Philadelphia. Philadelphia : Stafford's National News Service, 1920-1927. 3 v. , v. 3, p. 180, 327, 1927
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  Office: 16th and Sansom streets, Phila.
   
• Housing in Philadelphia. (periodical), 1928
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• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 44, n. 38, p. 603, 9/18/1929
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• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 45, n. 06, p. 95-96, 2/5/1930
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• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, 1931
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  Membership: Philadelphia Chapter, AIA, Fellow
   
• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, 1931
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  Membership: T-Square Club, Life
   
• Pencil Points (periodical), v. 22, 1/1941
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• AIA Annuaries: 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919/20, 1921/22, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1925/26, 1926/27, 1927/28, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1934/35.
   
• Bacon, Mardges. Ernest Flass: Beaux-arts Architect and Urban Reformer. New York: Architectural History Foundation; Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986. (See for Boyd's skyscraper advice.)
   
• Boyd, D. K. Blackboards and Bulletin Boards as Visual Aids in Education. Pen Argyl, PA: Natural Slate Blackboard Co., 1932 (31 pages)
   
• Boyd. Building-unit Construction and Fireproofing. Scranton, PA: International Correspondence Schools, 1943.
   
• Boyd and William S. Lowndes. Common Brickwork. Scranton: International Correspondence Schools, 1943.
   
• Boyd. "How Eliminate Waste? Practical Suggestions for Large Savings." Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders Guide 37 (26 July 1922): 483.
   
• Boyd. "The Library Bureau Building, Chicago; Mundie & Jensen, Arch'ts." Architectural Record 50 (July 1921): 75-80.
   
• Boyd. "Public Relations, a Forum . . ." Pencil Points 22 (December 1941): 785-786.
   
• Boyd. "Seasonal Employment in Building." Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders Guide 38 (7 February 1923): 94-96.
   
• Boyd. Sheet-metal Work. Scranton: International Correspondence Schools, 1939.
   
• Boyd. "The Skyscraper and the Street." American Architect and Building News 94/2 (18 November 1908): 161-167.
   
• "A Brief Sketch of D. Knickerbacker Boyd." American Stone Trade (5 February 1912): 14.
   
• Decennial Register of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, 1888-1898. Philadlephia: 1898, p. 54.
   
• "An Inglenook - T-Square Club; First Mention, David Knickerbocker Boyd, Philadelphia." Inland Architect and News Record 27, no. 2. (illustration)
   
• Ladies Home Journal. Journal Houses. Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Co., 1920.
   
• "Log houses : A picturesque and Easily Constructed Type, Suitable for the Camp and Outlying Rural Communities." Building Age. 42 (April 1920) [19]-24.
   
• Obituary: Evening Bulletin (22 February 1944); Illinois Society of Architects/Monthly Bulletin 28 (April/May 1944): 8; Michigan Society of Architects Weekly Bulletin 18 (7 March 1944): 3; New York Times (22 February 1944); Philadelphia Inquirer (22 February 1944).
   
• "A Philadelphia Apartment House." Building Age. 42 (November 1920) 48-49.
   
• Saylor, Henry H. "The AIA's First Hundred Years." Journal of the American Institute of Architecs (May 1957): part 2 of a special issue. (See especially p.92
   
• Vlekke, Gernard H. M. and Henry Beets. Hollanders Who Helped Build America. New York: American Biographical Co., 1942, p. 86.
   
• Who's Who in America. New York: Marquis: v.17, p. 358.
   

Biographical Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Student Work: A Classical Greek Scene, Athenaeum of Philadelphia - General Collection - Architectural Drawings
  Call Number: 89.33.1
  Quantity: 1 Item
   
• Biographical information, including building list and such. Source not known. On file at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
   
• Boyd Papers, American Institute of Architects Archives (RG801, SR5: AIA Office Files: these are primarily chapter records and letter.)
   
• Boyd Papers, Independence Hall Association, Independence National Historical Park.
   
• Boyd Scrapbook, Radnor Historical Society.
   
• First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Archives. (Letters in support of Boyd in the 1898-99 architectural competition which E. V. Seeler won.)
   
• Membership Records, The American Institute of Architects, National Archives, Washington, DC.
   
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student Records.
   
• Spring Garden Institute Annual Reports. (1889) 38, (1893-94) 43.
   
• Wendell & Smith Account Books, on deposit at The Athenaeum from Radnor Historical Society.
   

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