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Biographical Sources on Microfiche

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    Title Description Call No.
    African Biographical Archive Entries from 231 works on individuals (including missionaries, settlers, and explorers), from the age of the Pharaohs through the 20th century. Micfich 2525
    American Autobiographies Series I, 1676-1850

    See also: Pamphlets in American History, Micfich 557, for other autobiographical and biographical items.

    		 Micfich S-72

    Fiche numbers in this set correspond to entries in Louis Kaplan's A Bibliography of American Autobiographies, Call Number Z 1224. K4 1961, Alderman Reference Room

    American Biographical Archive Entries from nearly 500 sources on individuals from North American history from the 17th century through 1980. No index but fiche headers provide access. Micfich 1641
    Archives Biographiques Francaises Entries from 180 sources published from the 17th to the early 20th century. Includes coverage of France and French speaking countries. Micfich 2015
    Archivio Biografico Italiano Entries from 321 sources published from 1646-1934. Micfich 1889
    Archivo Biografico de Espana, Portugal e Iberoamerica Entries from hundreds of sources published from 1602 through the 1950's. Subjects are from all walks of life; some women have been included. Entries in Spanish and Portuguese. Micfich 1422 and 1422a
    Black Biographical Dictionaries, 1790-1950 Full text of 300 rare books of biographical essays on over 30,000 individuals, with thousands of portraits. Micfich 2129

    Note:
    This set is indexed in VIRGO only by source title, e.g. One Hundred Distinguished Leaders, or source author, not by name of subject.
    See also 3 volume index Black biography, 1790-1950 : a cumulative index, Z 1361.N39 B52 1991, located in Alderman Reference. See guide to index.
    British and Irish Biographies, 1840-1940 Micfich 1089 (Reference Fiche section)
    See guide to index.
    Deutsches Biographisches Archiv. Entries from hundreds of sources published between 1700 and the 1960's. Micfich 2059 and Micfich 1367 (Neue Folge) (Reference Fiche section)