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Allibone’s Critical Dictionary of English Literature: A Supplement. British and American authors. Two volumes. By John Foster Kirk. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1891.[Alli SUP]
American Authors, 1600-1900. A biographical dictionary of American literature. Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft. Wilson Authors Series. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1938.[AmAu]
American Authors and Books. 1640 to the present day. Third revised edition. By W.J. Burke and Will D. Howe. Revised by Irving Weiss and Anne Weiss. New York: Crown Publishers, 1972.[AmAu&B]
American Biographies. By Wheeler Preston. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.[AmBi]
American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.[AmNatBi]
Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Six volumes. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888.[ApCAB]
Artists of the American West. A biographical dictionary. Volume I. By Doris Ostrander Dawdy. Chicago: Sage Books/Swallow Press, 1974.[ArtsAmW 1]
Authors of Books for Young People. Supplement to the second edition. By Martha E. Ward et al. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979.[AuBYP 2S]
Authors of Books for Young People. Third edition. By Martha E. Ward et al. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990.[AuBYP 3]
Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia of American Literature. First edition. Edited by George Perkins, Barbara Perkins, and Phillip Leininger. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991.[BenetAL]
The Bibliophile Dictionary. A biographical record of the great authors, with bibliographical notices of their principal works from the beginning of history. Originally published as Volumes 29 and 30 of The Bibliophile Library of Literature, Art, and Rare Manuscripts.. Compiled and arranged by Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan, and Caroline Ticknor. New York: International Bibliophile Society, 1904.[BbD]
Biographical Dictionary and Synopsis of Books Ancient and Modern. Edited by Charles Dudley Warner. Akron, OH: Werner Co., 1902.[BiD&SB]
Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 10: September, 1973-August, 1976. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1977.[BioIn 10]
Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 13: September, 1982-August, 1984. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1984.[BioIn 13]
Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 15: September, 1986-August, 1988. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1988.[BioIn 15]
The Carolyn Sherwin Bailey Historical Collection of Children’s Books. A catalogue. Edited and compiled by Dorothy R. Davis. New Haven, CT: Southern Connecticut State College, 1966. Not in strict alphabetic sequence.[CarSB]
Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. First edition. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1967.[ChhPo]
Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. First Supplement. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1972.[ChhPo S1]
Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. Second Supplement. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976.[ChhPo S2]
Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. Third Supplement. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980.[ChhPo S3]
Children’s Books and Their Creators. Edited by Anita Silvey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1995.[ChlBkCr]
Children’s Literature Review. Excerpts from reviews, criticism, and commentary on books for children and young people. Volume 24. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991.[ChlLR 24] Biography contains portrait.
A Companion to California. By James D. Hart. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.[CmCal]
Contemporary Authors. A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Volume 111. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984.[ConAu 111]
Contemporary Authors. A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Volume 185. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000.[ConAu 185]
A Dictionary of American Authors. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. By Oscar Fay Adams. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1904. Biographies are found in the 'Dictionary of American Authors' section which begins on page 1 and in the ’supplement' which begins on page 441.[DcAmAu]
Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1928.[DcAmB]
Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 42: American Writers for Children before 1900.. Edited by Glenn E. Estes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985.[DcLB 42] Biography contains portrait.
A Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased before 1950. Compiled by W. Stewart Wallace. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1951.[DcNAA]
The Junior Book of Authors. An introduction to the lives of writers and illustrators for younger readers from Lewis Carroll and Louisa Alcott to the present day. First edition. Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft. Wilson Authors Series. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1934.[JBA 1]
The Lincoln Library of Language Arts. Third edition. Two volumes. Columbus, OH: Frontier Press Co., 1978. Biographies begin on page 345 of Volume 1 and are continued in Volume 2.[LinLib L]
The Lincoln Library of Social Studies. Eighth edition. Three volumes. Columbus, OH: Frontier Press Co., 1978. Biographies begin on page 865 of Volume 3.[LinLib S]
The Men Behind Boys' Fiction. By W.O.G. Lofts and D.J. Adley. London: Howard Baker Publishers, 1970.[MnBBF]
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 7. New York: James T. White & Co., 1892. Use the Index to locate biographies.[NatCAB 7]
The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Fourth edition. By James D. Hart. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965.[OxCAmL 4]
The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Fifth edition. By James D. Hart. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.[OxCAmL 5]
The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Sixth edition. By James D. Hart. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.[OxCAmL 6]
The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature. By Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984.[OxCChiL]
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Edited by Jack Zipes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.[OxCFaT]
Something about the Author. Facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people. Volume 24. Detroit: Gale Research, 1981.[SmATA 24] Biography contains portrait.
St. James Guide to Children’s Writers. Fifth edition. Edited by Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 1999. Earlier editions published as Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers.. Appendix begins on page 1165.[SJGChWr 5A]
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Brief biographies of authors, administrators, clergymen, commanders, editors, engineers, jurists, merchants, officials, philanthropists, scientists, statesmen, and others who are making American history. 10 volumes. Edited by Rossiter Johnson. Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904.[TwCBDA]
Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers. Second edition. Edited by D.L. Kirkpatrick. Twentieth-Century Writers Series. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1983. Later editions published as St. James Guide to Children’s Writers.. Appendix begins on page 859.[TwCChW 2A]
Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers. Third edition. Edited by Tracy Chevalier. Chicago: St. James Press, 1989. Later editions published as St. James Guide to Children’s Writers.. Appendix begins on page 1083.[TwCChW 3A]
Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers. Fourth edition. Detroit: St. James Press, 1995. Later editions published as St. James Guide to Children’s Writers.. Appendix begins on page 1067.[TwCChW 4A]
Who Was Who in America. A component volume of Who’s Who in American History.. Volume 1, 1897-1942. Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1943.[WhAm 1]
Who Was Who in American Art. Compiled from the original thirty-four volumes of American Art Annual: Who’s Who in Art, Biographies of American Artists Active from 1898-1947.. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1985.[WhAmArt]
The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons. Two volumes. Edited by Maurice Horn. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. Published in association with Chelsea House Publishers, New York.[WorECar]
Who Was Who in Literature, 1906-1934. Based on entries that first appeared in Literary Yearbook (1906-1913), Literary Yearbook and Author’s Who’s Who (1914-1917), Literary Yearbook (1920-1922), and Who’s Who in Literature (1924-1934). Two volumes. Gale Composite Biographical Dictionary Series, Number 5. Detroit: Gale Research, 1979.[WhLit]
Source Citation: Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group, 1980-2001.
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