David Harrington is the author of The Crinoid Fauna of the Hampton Formation at LeGrand, Iowa (1935), The Woody Plants of Iowa in Winter Condition (1934), Heliantheae of Iowa (1934), Key to the Genera of Common Trees Adapted for Iowa and Adjacent States (1933), An Ecological Study Concerning the Winter Condition of the Buds and Twigs of Iowa Trees (1931).