Author talk:Hubert Howe Bancroft

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Name: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Birth - Death: 1832-1918
Source Citation:

  • Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History: From 458 A.D. to 1915. New edition entirely revised and enlarged. 10 volumes. By Benson John Lossing. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1915. (HarEnUS)
  • Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature: A Supplement. British and American authors. Two volumes. By John Foster Kirk. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1891. (Alli SUP)
  • 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- 1889. (ApCAB)
  • 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 of American Indian History to 1900. Second edition. By Carl Waldman. New York: Facts on File, 2001. First edition published as Who Was Who in Native American History (BiDAmIn)
  • 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 1: January, 1946-July, 1949. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1949. (BioIn 1)
  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 2: August, 1949-August, 1952. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1953. (BioIn 2)
  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 8: September, 1967-August, 1970. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1971. (BioIn 8)
  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 9: September, 1970-August, 1973. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1974. (BioIn 9)
  • 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 15: September, 1986-August, 1988. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1988. (BioIn 15)
  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 20: September, 1994-August, 1995. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1995. (BioIn 20)
  • The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia. Second edition. Edited by David Crystal. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998. (CamBiEn)
  • Chambers Biographical Dictionary. Sixth edition. Edited by Melanie Parry. New York: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, 1997. (ChamBiD)
  • Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature. A history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day with specimens of their writings. Volume III: 19th-20th Century. Edited by David Patrick, revised by J. Liddell Geddie. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1938. Use the Index to locate biographies. (Chambr 3)
  • 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 179. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. (ConAu 179)
  • Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers. By Donald C. Dickinson. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. (DcAmAnt)
  • 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, 1928-1936. (DcAmB)
  • Dictionary of American Book Collectors. By Donald C. Dickinson. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. (DcAmBC)
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 47: American Historians, 1866-1912. Edited by Clyde N. Wilson. Detroit: Gale Research, 1986. (DcLB 47) Biography contains portrait.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 140: American Book- Collectors and Bibliographers. First Series. Edited by Joseph Rosenblum. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. (DcLB 140) Biography contains portrait.
  • A Dictionary of Literature in the English Language. From Chaucer to 1940. Compiled and edited by Robin Myers. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1970. (DcLEL A)
  • A Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased before 1950. Compiled by W. Stewart Wallace. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1951. (DcNAA)
  • Encyclopedia of American Agricultural History. By Edward L. Schapsmeier and Frederick H. Schapsmeier. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1975. (EncAAH)
  • Encyclopedia of World Biography. Second edition. Seventeen volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. First edition published as The McGraw- Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography with six supplement volumes published as Encyclopedia of World Biography: 20th Century Supplement. (EncWB 2) Biography contains portrait.
  • The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. (HouMifDB)
  • 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 Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Fourth edition. Edited by W. Stewart Wallace. Revised, enlarged, and updated by W.A. McKay. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1978. (MacDCB)
  • The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography. New York: McGraw- Hill, 1973. Supplemental volumes published as Encyclopedia of World Biography: 20th Century Supplement. (McGEWB)
  • The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 5. New York: James T. White & Co., 1891. Use the Index to locate biographies. (NatCAB 5)
  • The New Encyclopedia of the American West. Edited by Howard R. Lamar. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. (NewEAmW)
  • Ohio Authors and Their Books. Biographical data and selective bibliographies for Ohio authors, native and resident, 1796-1950. Edited by William Coyle. Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1962. (OhA&B)
  • The Oxford Companion to American History. By Thomas H. Johnson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. (OxCAmH)
  • 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 Canadian History and Literature. By Norah Story. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967. Reprinted with corrections, 1968. (OxCCan)
  • The Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. By Max J. Herzberg. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1962. (REnAL)
  • The Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West. Edited by Howard R. Lamar. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1977. (REnAW)
  • 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)
  • Webster's American Biographies. 1974 edition. Edited by Charles Van Doren. Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1974. (WebAB 1974)
  • Webster's American Biographies. 1979 edition. Edited by Charles Van Doren. Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1979. (WebAB 1979)
  • 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 Native American History. Indians and non-Indians from early contacts through 1900. By Carl Waldman. New York: Facts on File, 1990. (WhNaAH)
  • The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography. Edited by John S. Bowman. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995. (CamDcAB)

Sorting out the works edit

See this useful list of volumes, an ongoing effort to match the numbers with titles: User:Ineuw/Sandbox2 -Pete (talk) 18:05, 3 June 2020 (UTC)Reply