African American Biographical Database [Harvard Login]
Includes biographical sketches of thousands of African Americans
American National Biography [Harvard Login]
Biographical sketches of notable Americans deceased since 1995. A standard source for U.S. historical biography and successor to Dictionary of American Biography [Print Only]. Most have biographies have a bibliography that mentions if personal papers are available in archival collections. Some biographies include portraits.
Dictionary of American Biography [Print Only]
The predecessor of American National Biography [Harvard Login]. Contains over 15,000 biographical sketches of notable Americans who are deceased.
Marquis who's who on the web [Harvard Login]
Includes Who Was Who [Print Only] which provides brief biographical entries about notable Americans. This source is good for confirming, birth and death dates, names of spouses and children, and career paths.
Notable American Women
Biographies of notable American women deceased before 1999. The first volume was published in 1971 was a watershed event in women's history. By uncovering and documenting the enormous contributions that women had made--previously overlooked or under appreciated in earlier reference works--these volumes changed the way historians thought and wrote about American history.
Oxford African American Studies Center [Harvard Login]
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