The American National Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries[1] and 20 million words,[2] first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.
| Country | United States |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press for the American Council of Learned Societies |
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| Media type | Print, Digital |
| No. of books | 26 |
| Preceded by | Dictionary of American Biography |
| Website | www |
Background
A 400-entry supplement appeared in 2002.[3] Additional funding came from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.[4]
The ANB bills itself as the successor of the Dictionary of American Biography, which was first published between 1926 and 1937. It is not, however, a strict superset of this older publication; the selection of topics was made anew.[5]
It is commonly available in the reference sections of United States libraries,[6][7] and is available online by subscription (see external links).
Awards and reception
In 1999, the American Library Association awarded the American National Biography its Dartmouth Medal[8] as a reference work of outstanding quality and significance. The American Historical Association's Waldo G. Leland Prize was awarded for 2001.[9]
It has been criticized for missing cross references and occasional errors,[10] and for its cost, which is said to limit availability in poor countries.[11]
Selected access
Volumes via Internet Archive (full access, free, with registration)
- → Vol. 2 ANB ("Baker, Belle" – "Blatch, Harriet Stanton"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127811; OCLC 772371682 (all editions).
- → Vol. 3 ANB ("Blatchford, Richard Milford" – "Burnet, William"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 019512782X; OCLC 246051296 (all editions).
- → Vol. 4 ANB ("Burnett, Alfred" – "Clarke, Lewis G."). 1999. Retrieved 28 May 2021. ISBN 0195127838; OCLC 772374229 (all editions).
- → Vol. 5 ANB ("Clarke, Mary Bayard Devereux" – "DaCosta, John Chambers"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127846; OCLC 795981225 (all editions).
- → Vol. 7 ANB ("Dubuque, Julien" – "Fishbein, Morris"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127862; OCLC 772374289 (all editions).
- → Vol. 8 ANB ("Fishberg, Maurice" – "Gihon, Albert Leary"). 1999. ISBN 978-0-19-520635-7. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127870; OCLC 795981232 (all editions).
- → Vol. 9 ANB ("Gilbert, Anne Hartley" – "Hand, Learned"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127889; OCLC 772374263 (all editions).
- → Vol. 10 ANB ("Handerson, Henry Ebenezer" – "Hofmann, Josef Casimir"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127897; OCLC 772371685 (all editions).
- → Vol. 11 ANB ("Hofstadter, Richard" – "Jepson, Willis Linn"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127900; OCLC 795981240 (all editions).
- → Vol. 12 ANB ("Jeremiah, Thomas" – "Kurtz, Benjamin"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127919; OCLC 246051972 (all editions).
- → Vol. 13 ANB ("Kurtzman, Harvey" – "Lovecraft, H.P."). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127927; OCLC 772371685 (all editions).
- → Vol. 14 ANB ("Lovejoy, Arthur O." – "McCurdy, Richard Aldrich"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127935; OCLC 772363691 (all editions).
- → Vol. 15 ANB ("McCutcheon, Floretta Doty" – "Moskowitz, Belle Lindner Israels"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127943; OCLC 246052109 (all editions).
- → Vol. 17 ANB ("Park, Edwards Amasa" – "Pushmataha"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 019512796X; OCLC 772371687 (all editions).
- → Vol. 19 ANB ("Rousseau, Lovell Harrison" – "Simmons, William Joseph"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127986; OCLC 795981272 (all editions).
- → Vol. 20 ANB ("Simms, Florence" – "Stratemeyer, George Edward"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195127994; OCLC 246052393 (all editions).
- → Vol. 21 ANB ("Stratton, Eugene" – "Tunney, Gene"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195128001; OCLC 795981277 (all editions).
- → Vol. 23 ANB ("Wellek, René" – "Wrenn, Robert Duffield"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN 0195128028; OCLC 1003045645 (all editions).
Volumes via Google Books
- → Vol. 16 ANB ("Mosler, Henry" – "Parish, Peggy"). 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Google Books (snippet view). ISBN 0195127951; OCLC 795981253 (all editions).
- → Vol. 18 ANB ("Putnam, Alice Harvey Whiting" – "Roush, Edd J."). 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Google Books (snippet view). ISBN 0195127978; OCLC 795981268 (all editions).
- → Vol. 22 ANB ("Tunnicliff, Ruth May" – "Welk, Lawrence"). 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Google Books (snippet view). ISBN 0-1951-2801-X; OCLC 772363698 (all editions).
- → Vol. 24 ANB ("Wright, Austin Tappan" – "Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma"). 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Google Books (snippet view). ISBN 0-1951-2803-6; OCLC 246052970 (all editions).
- → Supplement 1: "Cumulative Occupations Index" ANB. 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2021 – via Google Books (snippet view). LCCN 2003-541662 (Supps. 1 & 2); ISBN 0195150635, 9780195150636 OCLC 52547928 (all editions).
- → Supplement 2: "Cumulative Index by Occupations and Realms of Renown" ANB. 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Google Books. LCCN 2003-541662 (Supps. 1 & 2); ISBN 9780195222029, 0195222024; OCLC 52547928 (all editions).
