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Dictionary of American biography
Title
Dictionary of American biography / under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Published
New York : Scribner's, 1928-<1958>
Physical Description
volumes <1-22 > ; 26 cm.
Numbering Peculiarities
Supplements 1-2 also called v. 21-22.
Notes
"No living persons ... have biographies in the Dictionary ... [and] no persons who ... [have] not lived in the territory now known as the United States"--Introduction, volume 1, p. vii.
Main set comprised of 20 volumes; kept up to date by numbered supplements and comprehensive index.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 19, 1990
Incomplete contents
v. 1. Abbe-Barrymore.
v.2. Barsotti-Brazer.
v. 3. Brearly-Chandler.
v. 4. Chanfrau-Cushing.
v. 5. Cushman-Eberle.
v. 6. Echols-Fraser.
v. 7. Fraunces-Grimkı.
v. 8. Grinnell-Hibbard.
v. 9. Hibben-Jarvis.
v. 10. Jasper-Larkin.
v. 11. Larned-MacCracken.
v. 12. McCrady-Millington.
v. 13. Mills-Ogelsby.
v. 14. Ogelthorpe-Platner.
v. 15. Platt-Roberdeau.
v. 16. Robert-Seward.
v. 17. Sewell-Stevenson.
v. 18. Steward-Trowbridge.
v. 19. Troye-Westworth.
v. 20. Werden-Zunser.
v. 21. Supplement one. <To December 31, 1935>
v. 22. Supplement two. <To December 31, 1940>
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