The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography

The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography is a multi-volume collection of biographical articles and portraits of Americans, published since the 1890s. ^[1] The primary method of data collection was by sending questionnaires to subjects or their relatives. ^[1] It has over 60,000 entries, in 63 volumes. ^[2] The entries are not credited. ^[1] The overall editor was James Terry White. It is more comprehensive than the Dictionary of American Biography and the American National Biography , but less scholarly because it does not cite the original sources used for the information. ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography

References

1. "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography". New York Public Library . Retrieved 2009-11-30.
2. "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography". Rutgers University. October 28, 2001. Retrieved 2009-11-30.

External links

• Hathi Trust. National Cyclopaedia of American Biography fulltext
• The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography By James Terry White, online at Google Books:
  • Volume 2, published 1895. John Adams is in Volume 2, page 1.
  • Volume 3, published 1893.
  • Volume 4, published 1897. Ulysses S. Grant is in Volume 4, page 1.
  • Volume 5, published 1894.
  • Volume 8, published 1900.
  • Volume 9, published 1899.
  • Volume 10, published 1909. William Mason is in Vol.10, page 368.
  • Volume 11, published 1901.
  • Volume 12, published 1904.
  • Volume 14 (Supplement 1), published 1910.

• Other volumes are accessible from The Online Books Page