Dictionary of American biography / under the auspices of the American council of learned societies.

London : Oxford University Press ; New York : Scribner's, 1928-1958.

22 volumes ; 26 cm

"... no living persons ... have biographies in the Dictionary ... [and] no persons who [have] not lived in the territory now known as the United States "--Introd., v.1, p. vii

Vols. 1-3 edited by Allen Johnson ; v. 4-7 edited by Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone ; v. 8-20 edited by Dumas Malone ; v. 21 (suppl. 1) edited by Harris E. Starr ; v. 22 (suppl. 2) edited by Robert Livingston Schuyler and Edward T. James

Vols. 21 and 22 (suppl. 1 and suppl. 2) published by Oxford University Press

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-Grimke.--v. 8. Grinell-Hibbard.--v. 9. Hibben-Jarvis.--v. 10. Jasper-Larkin.--v. 11. Larned-MacCracken.--v. 12. McCrady-Millington.--v. 13. Mills-Oglesby.--v. 14. Oglethorpe-Platner.--v. 15. Platt-Roberdeau.--v. 16. Robert-Seward.--v. 17. Sewell-Stevenson.--v. 18. Steward-Trowbridge.--v. 19. Troye-Wentworth.--v.20. Werden-Zunser.--v. 21. Supplement one (to December 31, 1935)--v. 22. Supplement two (to December 31, 1940).