Dictionary of American biography.
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons
Published: 1937
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 631
Subjects: United States -- Biography; United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries
Description: Part of an integrated online collection of primary documents, secondary reference sources, and journal articles covering all areas of U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present day. The DAB records the lives of prominent Americans who died by Dec. 31, 1980.
Notes: "The editors were unable to undertake...[the] task [of compiling this index]  Accordingly it was undertaken by the publishers, who have consulted with representatives of the American council of learned societies, but the publishers issue this volume on their own responsibility."--Note, p.v.