"Stephen Girard: The Life and Times of America's First Tycoon" by George Wilson

"Stephen Girard: His Life and Legacy " by Frank Gerace '46

"Thru One Orphan's Eyes: The Girard Story" by John Anderson '42

"The Stone Cocoon" by Mike DiMeo '39

"Stephen Girard Founder" by Cheesman A. Herrick, 1945, Copyright 1923

"Newbies: A compilation of memories by Girard College alumni" by Vince Filipone '43, Paul Gaughan '48, and Joe Garbarino '71

"Memories of Girard College" by Ernest Cunningham, 1942

"Lonely Midas" by Harry Emerson Wildes, 1943

"Fifteen Hundred Looking On" by Merle M. Odgers, 1944

"Brothers of Girard" by Merle M. Odgers, 1944

"Girard College Worthies" by Cheesman A. Herrick, 1948

"Life of Girard" by Stephen Simpson, Esq., 1832

"The Girard college and its Founder" by Henry W. Arey, 1853

"Stephen Girard" by Henry Atlee Ingram, 1884

"Handbook of Girard College" by David Scattergood, 1888, 1900

"The Life and Times of Stephen Girard" by John Bach McMaster, 1918, Two Volume set

"History of Girard College" by Cheesman A. Herrick, 1927

"Stephen Girard: A Great American" by William C. Bispels '53, 1998

"In Marbled Halls" by Vincent Filipone '43, 2003

"Stephen Girard: The Man, His College and Estate" by Thomas J. DiFillippo '43, 1999

"Girard Estate Coal Lands in Pennsylvania 1804-1884" by John N. Hoffman, 1972

Contributions by Tom Yocom

An American Plague by Jim Murphy 2003, Clarion Books, New York

Whale Ships and Whaling by Albert Cook Church 1938, Bonanza Books, New York

Bring out Your Dead by J. H. Powell 1949, The University of Pennsylvania Press 1949