| Bibliography–American |
Albree, Joe, David C. Arney, and V.
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Materials in the History of Mathematics at the United States Military
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items" accessioned by the Academy, 1802-World War I) |
| Bibliography–American |
Aldrich, Michele L. "United States:
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–American |
Austin, Robert B. Early American Medical
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240pp. Washington, D.C.: National Library of Medicine, 1961.
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published items. Annotations. Locations of copies. Coverage continued in: Cordasco, American Medical Imprints, 1820-1910
separately listed) |
| Bibliography–American |
Baker, T. Lindsay. North American Windmill
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University of Oklahoma Press, c1998. (Arranged by
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windmill activities. Gives locations of copies) |
| Bibliography–General |
Balay, Robert. Early Periodical Indexes: Bibliographies and
Indexes of Literature Published in Periodicals before 1900. 317pp. Lanham, Md.:
Scarecrow Press, 2000. (Annotated. Arranged by subject; science, technology,
medicine, pp.176-256. Not limited to works indexing only periodicals so that
many items also list other publication forms) |
| Bibliography–American |
Batschelet, Margaret W. Early American Scientific and Technical
Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides.
136pp. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990. (Items
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1665-1799) |
| Bibliography–American |
Beckham, Stephen Dow, Doug Erickson, Jeremy
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| Bibliography–American |
Beers, Henry P., compiler. Bibliographies in
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|
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————. Bibliographies in American History,
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Research Publications, 1982. |
| Bibliography–American |
Bell, Whitfield J., Jr. Early American Science: Needs and
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| Bibliography–American |
Benjamin, Ludy T.,
compiler. A History of American Psychology in Notes and News, 1883-1945:
An Index to Journal Sources. (Bibliographies in the History of Psychology
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by institutional and personal names, and topics. Includes brief context
information to identify the nature of the entry in the indexed journal) |
| Bibliography–American |
Benson, Michael. Vintage Science Fiction
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| Bibliography–American |
Berger, Michael L. The Automobile in American
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| Bibliography–American |
Bertuca, David J., Donald K. Hartman, and Susan M. Neumeister, compilers. The World's Columbian
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and secondary sources. Also a section on manuscript and archival collections
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| Bibliography–American |
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901. Compiled from the Data Bases of the American
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| Bibliography–American |
Bibliography of the History of Medicine of
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publication ceased) |
| Bibliography–General |
Bibliography of the History of Medicine, no. 1- , 1965-. Bethesda,
Md.: U.S. Public Health Service,
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| Bibliography–American |
Black, George W., Jr. American Science and
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| Bibliography–General |
Bridson, Gavin D.R. The History of Natural history: An
Annotated Bibliography. (Garland
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number of other bibliographies and reference works among its listings.
Annotations tend to be short and descriptive. The geographical index has a
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| Bibliography–General |
Brush, Stephen G., and Helmut E. Landsberg. History of Geophysics and Meteorology: An
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| Bibliography–General |
Brush, Stephen G. The History of Modern
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| Bibliography–General |
Bullough, Bonnie, Vern L. Bullough, and
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| Bibliography–General |
Channell, David F. The History of Engineering Science: An
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Technology, 16). 311pp. New York:
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| Bibliography–American |
Clareson, Thomas D., compiler. Science Fiction in America,
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| Bibliography–American |
Cordasco, Francesco. American Medical Imprints, 1820-1910: A
Checklist of Publications Illustrating the History and Progress of Medical
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bibliographies and other reference works. Includes locations of copies of the
historical works. Continues: Austin, Early American Imprints, 1961,
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| Bibliography–General |
Corsi, Pietro, and Paul Weindling, editors. Information Sources in the History
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| Bibliography–General |
Crowther, Simeon J., and Marion Fawcett, compilers. Science
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| Bibliography–American |
Cutliffe, Stephen H., and others. Technology and Values in
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articles, monographs, and other items; many bibliographies are listed.
Entries date from second half of the 19th century to 1978) |
| Bibliography–General |
Dauben, Joseph W., editor. The History of Mathematics from
Antiquity to the Present: A Selective Bibliography. (Bibliographies of
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| Bibliography–General |
DeVorkin, David H. History of Modern Astronomy and
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| Bibliography–General |
Dunbar, Gary S. History of Modern Geography:
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| Bibliography–General |
Durbin, Paul T., general editor. A Guide to
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the history, sociology, and Philosophy of science, technology, and medicine,
with a contemporary emphasis) |
| Bibliography–American |
Edwards, Everett
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| Bibliography–General |
Erlen, Jonathon. The History of the Health Care Sciences
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sources, including books, articles, government documents, dissertations, etc.
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| Bibliography–American |
Fahl, Ronald
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| Bibliography–General |
Ferguson, Eugene S. Bibliography of the History of Technology
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Society for the History of Technology, [1968]. (Lists primary and secondary
sources, and includes bibliographies and reference works. Annotated and with
occasional short essays on sources, e.g., on patents) |
| Bibliography–General |
Findling, John E., and Kimberly D. Pelle,
editors. Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions,
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bibliographic essays which include references to manuscript collections, etc.
Covers more than the history of science and technology) |
| Bibliography–General |
Finn, Bernard S. The History of Electrical
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Science and Technology, 18). 342pp. New
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| Bibliography–American |
Fox, Claire G., Gordon L. Miller, and Jacquelyn
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| Bibliography–American |
Freemon, Frank R. Microbes and Minie
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| Bibliography–General |
Gascoigne, Robert M. A Historical Catalogue
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historical analysis of scientific journals) |
| Bibliography–General |
Grainger, Thomas H., Jr. A Guide to the
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annotated bibliography. Includes a number of general works as well as those
relating to bacteriology) |
| Bibliography–General |
Hall, H. W., editor. Science Fiction and
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to History and Criticism. 2 vols. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1987. |
|
|
————. Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference
Index, 1985-1991: An International Author and Subject Index to History and
Criticism. 677pp. Engelwood, Col.:
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|
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| Bibliography–American |
Harkanyi, Katalin, compiler. The
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510pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990. (Annotated. Though
centered on the pre-19th century period, the uncritical inclusion of sources
– primary and secondary – gives the content a more general value. Entries
1-1476 a bibliography of bibliographies and references works on U.S. history
in general and on science. Includes a section listing works by and about
individuals. Appendices include biographical data, 18th century chronology) |
| Bibliography–American |
Hazen, Robert M., and Margaret Hindle Hazen. American Geological Literature,
1669-1850. 431pp. Stroudsburg,
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annotated) |
| Bibliography–General |
Health Science Books 1876-1982. 4 vols. New
York: R.R. Bowker, 1982.
(Arranged by subject, with author and title indexes. Also see: Pure and Appied Science Books, 1982, separately listed) |
| Bibliography–General |
Hessenbruch, Arne, editor. Reader's Guide to the History of
Science. 934pp. London;
Chicago:
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and articles, with topical bibliographies and a combined bibliography at the
end of the volume. Essays include the U.S. and U.S.-women, but overall
American science does not appear to be a major element in this work) |
| Bibliography–General |
Higby, Gregory J., and Elaine C. Stroud. The History of
Pharmacy: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies on the History
of Science and Technology, 25). 321pp. New
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| Bibliography–American
|
Higham, Robin D. S., editor. A Guide to the Sources of United States
Military History. 559pp. Hamden,
Conn.: Archon Books, 1975. |
| ———— and Donald J. Mrozek,
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300pp. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1981. |
| ————. A Guide to the Sources of United States
Military History: Supplement II. 332pp. Hamden, Conn.:
Archon Books, 1986. |
| ————. A Guide to the Sources of United States
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Archon Books, 1993. |
| ————. A Guide to the Sources of United States
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| Bibliography–American |
Hindle, Brooke. Technology in Early America:
Needs and Opportunities for Study. 145pp. Chapel Hill, N.C.:
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| Bibliography–American |
Hoolihan, Christopher. An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C.
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| Bibliography–American |
Hoy, Suellen M., and
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A Guide to the Literature. By the Public Works Historical Society. 477pp.
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and articles, arranged by subject) |
| Bibliography–General |
Hurt, R. Douglas, and Mary Ellen Hurt. The
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| Bibliography–General |
[Isis].
"Critical Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural
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(Annual classified bibliography; retitled
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| Bibliography–General |
Isis Cumulative Bibliography: A Bibliography of the History
of Science Formed from Isis Critical Bibliographies
... London: Mansel; Boston: G. K. Hall; Canton, Mass.:
Science History Publications, in conjunction with the History of Science
Society, 1971-. (Critical Bibliographies 1-90, 1913-1965, in 6 vols.; 91-100,
1966-1975, in 2 vols.; 101-110, 1976-1985, in 2 vols.; 1986-1995, in 4 vols.
Within the several series, arranged in sections: personalities, institutions,
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| Bibliography–General |
Jayawardene, S. A. Reference Books for the Historian of Science:
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229pp. London:
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addition to History of science) |
| Bibliography–American |
Karpinski, Louis Charles. Bibliography of Mathematical Works
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| Bibliography–General |
Kemper, Robert V., and John F.S. Phinney. The History of Anthropology: A Research
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Subject arrangement) |
| Bibliography–American |
King, Nydia, compiler. A Selection of Primary
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| Bibliography–American |
Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory, and Margaret W. Rossiter,
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| Bibliography–American |
Lingenfelter, Richard E., editor. Mining West: A Bibliography
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Canadian West. 2 vols. Lanham,
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| Bibliography–American |
Marcell, David W., editor. American Studies: A Guide to
Information Sources. 207pp. Detroit:
Gale, 1982. (Annotated bibliography – books, articles. Relatively little
specifically on history of science, but of use for contextual purposes) |
| Bibliography–General |
May, Kenneth Ownsworth.
Bibliography and Research Manual on the History of Mathematics. 818pp.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973. (Largest section
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subjects such as accounting and calculating machines. Lists books and
articles but usefulness is compromised by not including article titles) |
| Bibliography–American |
McDonald, Nicholas G. The Connecticut Valley
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| Bibliography–General |
McIver, Tom. Anti-Evolution: An Annotated
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(Arranged alphabetically by author, chiefly books; essentially a bibliography
of primary sources. Brief identifying information on authors. Reprinted [with
new preface] as: Anti-Evolution: A Reader's Guide to Writings Before and
After Darwin. Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University
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| Bibliography–American |
Meisel, Max. A Bibliography of American Natural history: The
Pioneer Century 1769-1865; The Role Played by the Scientific Societies;
Scientific Journals; Natural History Museums and Botanic Gardens; State
Geological and Natural History Surveys; Federal Exploring Expeditions in the
Rise and Progress of American Botany, Geology, Mineralogy, Paleontology and
Zoology. 3 vols. Brooklyn,
N.Y.: Premier Publishing Co.,
1924-1929. (Includes references to general historical accounts and
biographies; also citations and tables of contents of a large number of
journals and other scientific publications issued during the period; also
includes historical accounts of organizations. Reprinted: New York: Hafner
Publishing Co., 1967) |
| Bibliography–American |
Melton, J. Gordon, and Isotta
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contextual sources) |
| Bibliography–General |
Miller, Gordon L. The History of Science: An
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| Bibliography–American |
Mitterling, Philip I. United States Cultural History: A Guide to
Information Sources. (Gale Information Guide Library: American Government
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(Annotated bibliography of books and articles; Includes chapter on science
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| Bibliography–General |
Molloy, Peter M. The History of Metal Mining
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of Science and Technology, 12). 319pp. New
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| Bibliography–American |
Morman, Edward T., with Jill Gates Smith and Margaret Jerrido. "Bibliography." In Women, Health,
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| Bibliography–General |
Morton, Leslie T. and Jeremy M. Norman, editors.
Morton's Medical Bibliography: An Annotated Check-List of Texts Illustrating
the History of Medicine (Garrison and Morton). 5th ed. Edition edited by
Jeremy M. Norman. 1243pp. Aldershot,
Hants,England: Scolar
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chiefly primary medical and scientific publications, although some secondary
sources are noted; also a separate section of works on medical history and
biography) |
| Bibliography–General |
Multhauf, Robert, compiler. The History of Chemical
Technology: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of
Science and Technology, 5). 299pp. New
York: Garland
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| Bibliography–American |
Ogden, Gerald, compiler. The United States Forest Service: A Historical
Bibliography, 1876-1972. 439pp. Davis,
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| Bibliography–General |
Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey and Kerry Lynne Meek. Women and
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science; v.859). 556 pp. New York:
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| Bibliography–General |
Osier, Donald V. and Robert H. Wozniak. A
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Series). 805pp. Millwood,
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| Bibliography–General |
Overmier, Judith A. The History of Biology: A Selected,
Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and
Technology, 15(. 157pp. New York:
Garland
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| Bibliography–General |
Owings, Loren C. Environmental Values,
1860-1972: A Guide to Information Sources. (Gale Information Guide
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Gale Research, 1976. (Not science per se but development of attitudes to
nature; excludes natural history, but nature study is included. Annotated;
includes books, pamphlets, articles, documents, reference works) |
| Bibliography–General |
Porter, Roy.
The Earth Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the
History of Science and Technology, 3). 192pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1983. |
| Bibliography–General |
Pure and Applied Science Books, 1876-1982. 6 vols. New
York: R.R. Bowker, 1982.
(Arranged by subject, with author and title indexes. Also see: Health
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| Bibliography–American |
Rice, Mitchell F. and Woodrow Jones, Jr.,
compilers. Health of Black Americans from Post-Reconstruction to
Integration, 1871-1960: An Annotated Bibliography of Contemporary Sources.
(Biblographies and Indexes in Afro-American and
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| Bibliography–American |
Richardson, R. Alan and Bertrum
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| Bibliography–American |
Rink, Evald. Technical
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Kraus International Publications, 1981. (Lists separately published works
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| Bibliography–American |
Roland, Charles E., compiler. Secondary
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Laurier University
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books, chapters, articles, theses, etc. No annotations) |
| Bibliography–American |
Roos, Arnold E. A Bibliography of the History of Canadian
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arrangement; no annotations. Includes books, articles, dissertations) |
| Bibliography–American |
Rossiter, Margaret, compiler. A List of References for the
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Agricultural History
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| Bibliography–American |
Rothenberg, Marc. The History of Science and
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| Bibliography–General |
Royal Society of London. Catalogue of Scientific Papers
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incomplete subject index, covering pure mathematics, mechanics, and physics,
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–American |
Salzman, Jack, editor. American Studies: An Annotated
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Multiple contributors) |
| Bibliography–American |
————. American Studies: An Annotated
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–General
|
Sarjeant, William A.S. Geologists and the History of Geology:
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to citations; also entries on institutions and other subjects of general
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| ————. Geologists and the History of Geology:
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| ————. Geologists and the History of Geology:
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| Bibliography–General |
Sarton, George. A Guide to the History of Science: A First
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| Bibliography–General |
Schatzberg, Walter, Ronald A. Waite, and Jonathan K. Johnson,
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| Bibliography–American |
Schlebecker, John T. Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on the
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| Bibliography–American |
Scholnick, Robert S. Bibliography: American Literature and
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–American |
Sharrer, G. Terry, compiler. 1001 References for the History
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| Bibliography–General |
Shiers, George. Bibliography of the History of Electronics.
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| Bibliography–American
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Shuffelton, Frank. Thomas Jefferson: A Comprehensive Annotated
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| ————. Thomas Jefferson, 1981-1990: An
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–General |
Stapleton, Darwin H. The History of Civil
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–American
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Walker, Robert H., editor. American Studies:
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| ———— and Jefferson Kellogg, editors. Sources
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–General |
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–American |
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| Bibliography–American |
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| TOPIC / SCOPE |
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| Biography–American |
Abbott, Robert Tucker, editor. American Malacologists: A National Register of Professional and
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| Biography–American |
American Men and Women of Science: A
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–General |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–General |
Axelrod, Alan and Charles Phillips. The
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| Biography–American |
Bailey, Martha J. American Women in Science:
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| Biography–General |
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| Biography–General |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–General |
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| Biography–American |
Bullough, Vern L., Olga Church, and Alice P. Stein, editors. American
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| Biography–General |
Bynum, W. F. and Helen
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| Biography–General |
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| Biography–General |
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| Biography–General |
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| Biography–General |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–American |
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| Biography–General |
Fruton, Joseph S. A Bio-Bibliography for the History of
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sources, and to other publications about the subject. No biographical
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| Biography–General |
————. A Supplement to a Bio-Bibliography for
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| Biography–General |
Gascoigne, Robert M. A Historical Catalogue
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| Biography–American |
Geiser, Samuel W. Men of Science in Texas, 1820-1880. approx. 245pp. Dallas: Southern
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| Biography–General |
Gilbert, Pamela. A Compendium of the
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| Biography–General |
Grinstein, Louise S., Rose K. Rose, and Miriam
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| Biography–General |
Grinstein, Louise S., Carol A. Biermann and Rose K. Rose. Women in the Biological
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| Biography–General |
Grinstein, Louise S., and Paul J. Campbell,
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about) |
| Biography–General |
Herzenberg, Caroline L., editor. Women Scientists from Antiquity
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| Biography–American |
Holloway, Lisabeth M. Medical
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| Biography–General |
Howsam, Leslie. Scientists since 1660: A Bibliography of
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| Biography–American |
Humphrey, Harry B. Makers of North American
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| Biography–General |
Ireland, Norma. Index to Scientists of the
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| Biography–American |
Kaufman, Martin, Stuart Galishoff,
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| Biography–American |
Kaufman, Martin, editor-in-chief. Dictionary
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| Biography–American |
Kelly, Howard A., and Walter L. Burrage. Dictionary of American Medical Biography.
1364pp. New York:
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| Biography–American |
Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory. "Biographical Directory of the
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| Biography–American |
Krapp, Kristine M., editor. Notable Black American
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works by and about the subject. Includes timetable) |
| Biography–General |
Larkin, Robert P., and Gary L. Peters. Biographical
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sources) |
| Biography–General |
Lee, H. S. J. The Medical Millennium: 1000
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| Biography–General |
Mann, Thomas L. editor. Biographical
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identification with references to standard biographical sources) |
| Biography–American |
Miles, Wyndham D., editor. American Chemists
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American Chemical Society, 1976; Guilford,
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| Biography–General |
Morton, Leslie T., and Robert J. Moore. A
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| Biography–American |
NationalAcademy of Sciences. Biographical Memoirs, vol. 1-. Washington, D.C.:
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| Biography–General |
Oakes, Elizabeth H. A to Z of Chemists.
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| Biography–General |
Oakes, Elizabeth H. International
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| Biography–General |
Ogilvie, Marilyn and Joy Harvey, editors. The Biographical
Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the
Mid-Twentieth Century. 1499pp. New
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scientists by country included) |
| Biography–General |
Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey. Women in Science: Antiquity Through
the Nineteenth Century. A Biographical Dictionary and Annotated Bibliography.
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| Biography–General |
Pelletier, Paul A. Prominent Scientists: An
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| Biography–General |
Poggendorff, Johann C. [and others]. Biographisch-literarisches
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mathematics, astronomy, geophysics, physics, chemistry, mineralogy, and
related sciences. Includes brief biographical information and references to publications
by and about the person. Reprinted: Band 1-6, to 1931. Ann Arbor, Mich.:
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| Biography–General |
Proffitt, Pamela, editor. Notable
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| Biography–American |
Roysdon, Christine, and Linda A. Khatri.
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purpose for the subsequent period. Brief identifications along with the
biographical references.) |
| Biography–American |
Sammons, Vivian Ovelton.
Blacks in Science and Medicine. 293pp. New York: Hemisphere Publishing, 1990. (A
biographical directory of living and deceased individuals. Cites works by and
about the subject) |
| Biography–General |
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara Smith Shearer,
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440pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. (Includes
bibliographical references) |
| Biography–General |
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara Smith Shearer,
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Dictionary. 479pp. Westport,
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| Biography–American |
Siegel, Patricia Joan, and Kay Thomas Finley. Women
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| Biography–American |
Smith, Ben A. and James W. Vining. American Geographers, 1784–1812: A
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| Biography–General |
Smith, Roger. Biographies of Scientists: An
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| Biography–American |
Spangenburg, Ray and Diane Moser. African-Americans in Science,
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| Biography–American |
Sterling, Keir B. and others, editors. Biographical
Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists.
937pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. (Signed entries,
which include references to biographical works and unpublished sources) |
| Biography–American |
Stroud, Richard H., editor. National Leaders
of American Conservation. 432pp. Washington,
D.C.: Smithsonian Institution
Press, 1985. (Signed articles, with citations to sources. Includes both
living and deceased subjects) |
| Biography–General |
Watson, Robert Irving, ed. Eminent
Contributors to Psychology. 2 vols. New York: Springer Publishing Co.,
1974-1976. (Vol. 1 lists primary publications, and vol. 2 biographical
references on the authors of those works. |
| Biography–American |
Who Was Who in American History: Science and
Technology. 688pp. Chicago: Marquis's Who's Who, 1976.
(Compiled from Who Was Who volumes) |
| Biography–General |
Williams, Trevor I., editor. Collins
Biographical Dictionary of Scientists. 4th ed. 602pp. Glasgow: HarperCollins, 1994. (Signed
entries; sources cited. Previous editions as Biographical Dictionary of
Scientists) |
| Biography–General |
World Who's Who in Science: A Biographical
Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present. Edited by Allen G. Debus. 1855pp. Chicago: Marquis-Who's Who, 1968. |
| Biography–General |
Young, Robyn V. and Zoran
Minderovic, editors. Notable Mathematicians:
From Ancient Times to the Present. 612pp. Detroit: Gale, 1998. (Entries include
selected lists of primary and secondary sources) |
| Biography–General |
Yount, Lisa. A to Z of Women in Science and Math.
(Facts on File library of world history). 254pp. New York: Facts on File, 1999. (Includes
lists of works for further reading with entries. Most subjects are 20th
century) |
| Biography–General |
Zusne, Leonard. Biographical Dictionary of Psychology.
563pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984. (Includes
bibliographical references. Previous edition as: Names in the History of
Psychology. 1975.) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's Chronology of Science
and Discovery. Updated and Illustrated. 790pp. New York: HarperCollins, 1994. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Brown, Travis. Historical First Patents: The
First United States
Patent for Many Everyday Things. 216pp. Metuchen, N.J.:
Scarecrow Press, 1994. (Includes more than 80 common devices, with historical
account; patent number and illustration) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Bunch, Bryan H., and Alexander Hellemans. The Timetables of Technology: A Chronology
of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Technology. 490
pp. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1993. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Bynum, William, E. Janet Browne, and Roy Porter,
editors. Dictionary of the History of Science. 494pp. Princeton, N.J.:
Princeton University Press, 1981. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Cayton, Mary Kupiec and Peter W.
Williams, editors. Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual
History. 3 vols. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. (Essays generally short, about 5 pages, with
bibliographies. Some entries specifically on science, medicine, technology
topics, in both chronological and thematic sections. Also potentially useful
for context provided by other topical entries) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Davis, Henry B.O. Electrical and Electronic
Technologies: A Chronology of Events and Inventors. 3 vols. Metuchen, N.J.:
Scarecrow, 1981-1985. (Vols. cover to 1900, 1900 to 1940, 1940-1980) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Davis, Richard C., editor-in-chief. Encyclopedia
of American Forest and Conservation History. Forest History Society. 2 vols. Riverside, N.J.:
Macmillan Publishing Co., 1983. (Lists of additional readings included) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Dictionary of American History. Rev. ed. 8 vols. New
York: Scribner, 1976-1978. (Signed articles, some
with bibliographical references. Science entries on popularization,
education, periodicals, societies, etc.; also on disciplines, institutions.
New edition in process 2002) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Downard, William L. Dictionary of the History of the American
Brewing and Distilling Industries. 320pp. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood
Press, 1980. (Includes entries on topics, individuals, companies, etc. Some entries
cite sources) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Elliott, Clark
A. History of Science in the United States: A Chronology and
Research Guide. (Garland
Reference Library of Social Science, v. 1711). 543pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Encyclopedia of American Business History and
Biography [series title]. New York: Facts on
File, 1988-. (A series of works, each organized and titled by broad subject
area and time period and designed to stand alone. Works on the airline,
automobile, and iron and steel industries, and on banking, and railroads have
been noted) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Finkelman, Paul, editor-in-chief. Encyclopedia of the United States
in the Nineteenth Century. 3 vols. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. (List of
topics at the the beginning of volume one reveals a
fair number of articles relating to science, technology, medicine. Entries
include bibliographies. Includes year-by-year chronology) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Gascoigne, Robert M. A Chronology of the
History of Science, 1450-1900. 585pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1987. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Gibbon, Guy E., editor. Archaeology of
Prehistoric Native America:
An Encyclopedia. (Garland reference library of the humanities; v. 1537).
941pp. New York:
Garland Publ., 1998. (Entries have lists for further reading) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Good, Gregory, editor. Sciences of the Earth:
An Encyclopedia of Events, People, and Phenomena. (Garland encyclopedias in the history of science;
vol. 3). 2 vols. (901pp.). New York:
Garland Pub.,
1998. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Grossman, Mark. The ABC-Clio Companion to the
Environmental Movement. (ABC-Clio Companions to Key Issues in American
History and Life). 445pp. Santa
Barbara, Calif.:
ABC-Clio, 1994. (An encyclopedia. Bibliography (pp.381-402) includes
secondary and primary sources; includes references to manuscript and archival
collections) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Guthorn, Peter J. United States Coastal Charts, 1783-1861.
224pp. Exton, Penn.: Schiffer
Publishing, 1984. (General introduction, with background information on
private publishers, the navy, army, and coast survey, followed by
reproductions of chart examples with descriptions) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Harding, Anne S. Milestones in Health and
Medicine. 267pp. Phoenix:
Oryx Press, 2000. (Entries include, for example, medical conditions, drugs,
procedures, instruments, social agencies; arranged alphabetically. Includes a
timeline and bibliography) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of
Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History
of Science. 656pp. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 1988. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
History of Science and Technology: A
Narrative Chronology. Editorial
director, Edgardo Marcorini.
2 vols. New York
and Oxford:
Facts on File, 1988. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Howells, John G., and M. Livia
Osborn. A Reference Companion to the History of Abnormal Psychology. 2
vols. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984.
(Alphabetical arrangement including biographies, medical terms, institutions,
etc.; sources are cited) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Hubbard, Freeman. Encyclopedia of North American
Railroading: 150 Years of Railroading in the United States and Canada.
448pp. New York:
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1981. (Some entries have brief bibliographies) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
International Directory of Company Histories. Edited by Thomas Derdak, and
others. Chicago:
St. James Press, vol. 1-, 1988-. (Arranged
by name of company within industry categories. Company histories are 2-4pp.
and include brief references to further readings) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Jelks, Edward B. and Juliet C. Jelks,
editors. Historical Dictionary of North American Archaeology. 760pp. New York/ Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood
Press, 1988. (Entries, for example, on major prehistoric cultures, sites,
artifact types. Much of the site excavation data is 20th century, but some on
earlier efforts. Articles by individual authors; includes sources, which are
compiled in alphabetical bibliography at end of the volume) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Kiger, Joseph C., editor. Research Institutions and Learned
Societies. (Greenwood
Encyclopedia of American Institutions, 5). 551pp. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood
Press, 1982. (Historical accounts, with contemporary information on programs,
etc. Bibliographies. Non-governmental, non-profit institutions that are of
national importance; no universities, foundations, professional societies) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Lankford, John, editor. History of Astronomy:
An Encyclopedia. (Garland
encyclopedias in the history of science; vol. 1. Garland reference library of
social science; v. 7). 594 pp. New
York: Garland
Pub., 1997. (Bibliographies with entries. In addition to other entries
touching on American aspects, there is an article on astronomy in the U.S) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Marti, Donald B. Historical Directory of
American Agricultural Fairs. 300pp. Westport,
Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986. (Alphabetical
entries on individual fairs, including present-day and historical data,
citing sources. Appendix lists other fairs, by state. Also includes a general
history of fairs. Of limited value for historical study but may be a starting
point) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
McGrew, Roderick, with Margaret B. McGrew. Encyclopedia
of Medical History. 400pp. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. (103 entries, topical, generally
several pages in length, no biographies. Includes bibliographical references) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
McShane, Clay. The Automobile: A Chronology of Its
Antecedents, Development, and Impact. 222pp. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press,
1997. (Focuses on U.S.
Some pre-automobile entries, such as the bicycle. Includes social and other
aspects of the subject) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Merchant, Carolyn. The Columbia Guide to American Environmental
History. 448pp. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Morton, Leslie T. and Robert J. Moore. A
Chronology of Medicine and Related Sciences. 784pp.Aldershot, Hants, England:
Scolar Press; Bookfield, Vt.,
USA: Ashgate Pub. Co., 1997.
(Among features are references to journals where breakthroughs were
published) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Mount, Ellis, and Barbara A. List. Milestones
in Science and Technology: The Ready Reference Guide to Discoveries,
Inventions, and Facts. 2nd ed. 206pp. Phoenix, Ariz.:
Oryx, 1994. (Alphabetical by topic. Includes bibliographical references for
further information. Chronological and other indexes) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Mulligan, William H., Jr., editor. A
Historical Dictionary of American Industrial Language. 332pp. New York and Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood
Press, 1988. (Relates chiefly to the period before Word War I; little
historical information per se in entries. Appendix includes listing of terms
by industry) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Narins, Brigham, editor. World of Mathematics. 2 vols.
(771pp.). Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2001. (An alphabetical
encyclopedia with a considerable amount of historical information. Topical
entries, biographies. Also an historical chronology. Some biographies
originally published in Robyn V. Young, ed., Notable Mathematicians,
1998) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Ochoa, George and Melinda Corey. The Wilson
Chronology of Science and Technology. 440pp. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1997. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Parkinson, Claire L. Breakthroughs: A
Chronology of Great Achievements in Science and Mathematics, 1200-1930.
576pp. Boston:
G.K. Hall, 1985. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Richter, William L. The ABC-CLIO Companion to
Transportation in America.
(ABC-CLIO companions to key issues in American history and life). 653 pp. Santa Barbara, Calif.:
ABC-CLIO, c1995. (Encyclopedia covering all modes of Transportation, and all
aspects, of which technological is only one. Includes a chronology) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Rosner, Lisa M., editor. Chronology of Science: From Stonehenge to the Human Genome Project. 566pp. Santa Barbara, CA:
ABC-CLIO, 2002. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Rothenberg, Marc, editor. The History of
Science in the United
States: An Encyclopedia. 615pp. New York: Garland, 2001. (Signed
articles, with bibliographies) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Schapsmeier, Edward L., and Frederick H. Schapsmeier.
Encyclopedia of American Agricultural History. 467pp. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood
Press, 1975. (Special indexes grouping the brief articles by broader topics
help to identify articles relevant to history of science. Sources sometimes
cited) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Schlager, Neil, editor. Science and Its Times: Understanding
the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery. 7 vols. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000- (19th century
volume includes chapters on Exploration and discovery, Life sciences,
Mathematics, Medicine, Physical sciences, Technology and invention. Each
chapter has chronology and overview, individual signed essays on special
topics with lists of further readings, biographical entries, and annotated
bibliographies of primary sources. Audience is high school and beginning
undergraduate student) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Schodek, Daniel L. Landmarks in American Civil Engineering.
383pp. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1987. (Arranged by
category, e.g., tunnels, with chapter introductions, and descriptions of
individual projects. Citations in bibliography at the end of the work) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Sebastian, Anton, editor. Dates in Medicine:
A Chronological Record of Medical Progress over Three Millennia. 436pp. New York: Parthenon
Pub. Group, 2000. (No index) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Sebastian, Anton. A Dictionary of the History
of Medicine. Sebastian, Anton. 781pp. New York: Parthenon Pub. Group, 1999.
(Includes biographical, medical, and biological terms) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Sebastian, Anton. A Dictionary of the History
of Science. Sebastian, Anton. 373pp. New York: Parthenon Pub. Group, 2001.
(Brief biographical and topical entries) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Simonis, Doris A., editor. Scientists, Mathematicians, and
Inventors: Lives and Legacies: An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed the
World. (Lives and legacies). 244pp. Phoenix,
Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1999. (200
entries. Not many 19th century Americans) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Stern, Madeleine B, compiler. A Phrenological Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Americans.
430pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982. (Facsimiles of
analyses of 100 individuals, taken chiefly from the Phrenological
Journal) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Street, Warren R. A Chronology of Noteworthy
Events in American Psychology. 425pp. Washington, D.C.:
American Psychological Association, 1994. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Thompson, Susan J. A Chronology of Geological
Thinking from Antiquity to 1899. 320pp. Metuchen, N.J.:
Scarecrow Press, 1988. (Chronological bibliography in one column and summary
of its major contentions, with references, in the second column) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Travers, Bridget, editor. World of Invention.
770pp. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1994. (Alphabetical entries, including subjects and
biographies) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–General |
Travers, Bridget, editor. World of Scientific
Discovery. 776pp. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1994. (Alphabetical entries, including subjects and
biographies. Audience is lay reader and high school students) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Wells, Edward R. and Alan M. Schwartz. Historical
Dictionary of North American Environmentalism. (Historical dictionaries
of religions, philosophies, and movements; no. 14). 226pp. Lanham, Md.:
Scarecrow Press, 1997. (Includes entries for people, substances such as Agent
Orange, legislative acts, organizations. Chronology and topical bibliography.
Entries are largely 20th century) |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Wright, Russell O. Chronology of
Communication in the United
States. 176pp. Jefferson, N.C.:
McFarland, 2004. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Wright, Russell O. Chronology of Energy
in the United States.
120pp. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2003. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Wright, Russell O. Chronology of Public Health in the United States. 176pp. Jefferson, N.C.:
McFarland & Co., 2005. |
| Encyclopedias/Chronologies, etc.–American |
Zierdt-Warshaw, Linda, Alan Winkler, and Leonard Bernstein. American
Women in Technology: An Encyclopaedia. 384pp. Santa Barbara, Calif.:
ABC-CLIO, 2000. (Alphabetical, including subjects, institutions, biographies.
Especially 20th century, but some information on earlier period) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Academyof Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia. Compiled by Venia T. Phillips and Maurice E. Phillips. (Special
Collections, 5). 553pp. Philadelphia:
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1963. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Allard, Dean C., Mary W. Edmison,
and Martha L. Crawley. U.S.
Naval History Sources in the United
States. 235pp. Washington, D.C.:
Naval History Division, Dept. of the Navy: for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt.
Print. Off., 1979. (Lists sources in some 250 archives and libraries,
especially private papers of officers, enlistees, and Naval civilian
officials. Little specific information on the content of the collections.
Science and engineeering materials identifiabled by scanning text and the personal and
institutional name index) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
American Medical Association. Guide to the
American Medical Association Historical Health Fraud and Alternative Medicine
Collection. Executive editor, Arthur W. Hafner;
senior editor, James G. Carson; contributing editor, John F. Zwick. 215pp. Chicago,
Ill.: American Medical
Association, 1992. (Strength of collection is 1880-1983. Includes
correspondence, clippings and other printed matter, product and packaging
samples) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
American Philosophical Society. Catalog of
Manuscripts in the American Philosophical Society Library, Including the
Archival Shelflist. 10 vols. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1970. (Photocopy of card catalog. Catalog of book collection
published in the same year, in 28 vols.) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
American Philosophical Society. A New Guide
to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical Society.
Edited by J. Stephen Catlett. 414pp. Philadelphia,
Penn.: American Philosophical
Society, 1987. (Catalogue of manuscript and archival collections) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Ashby, Charlotte Munchmeyer,
and others. Guide to Cartographic Records in the National Archives.
(Publication no. 71-16). 444pp. Washington, National Archives and Records
Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Bedi, Joyce E., Ronald R. Kline, and Craig Semsel, compilers. Sources in Electrical History:
Archives and Manuscript Collections in U.S. Repositories. 234pp. New York: Center for
the History of Electrical Engineering, 1989. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Bragg, Terry A., compiler. Guide to the
Archives of the McLean Hospital Corporation. 88pp. Belmont, Mass.:
Archives, McLean
Hospital, 1984. Not
seen. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Brandt, E. N. and Barbara Schettig
Brennan. The Papers of Herbert H. Dow: A Guide for the Scholarly.
113pp. Midland, Mich.: Post Street Archives, 1990. (Not the
usual archival finding aid but a combination of historical notes and
selective description of the Dow papers) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Cobb, David A., compiler. Guide to U.S. Map
Resources. 2nd ed. 495pp. Chicago:
American Library Association, 1990. (A directory of institutions with
relevant holdings) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Cohen, Paul S. and Brenda H. Cohen. America's
Scientific Treasures: A Travel Companion. 446pp. Washington, D.C.:
American Chemical Society, c1998. (Includes Museums, zoos, planetaria. Not a research but, rather, a tour guide.
Potentially useful, nonetheless, in tracking resources) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Collegeof Physicians of Philadelphia.
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Archives of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Prepared by the Francis
Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine. Edited by Rudolf Hirsch,
and others. 259pp. Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press, and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1983. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Collins, Terry and Steven P. Johnson, compilers.
Guide to the Archives of the New
York Zoological Society. 46pp. Bronx, N.Y.:
The Society, 1982. Not seen. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Crawford, Anthony R. and Deborah W. Bolas,
editors. The Lewis and Clark Expedition:
A Guide to the Holdings in the Division of Library and Archives of the Missouri Historical
Society. 40pp. St. Louis:
Missouri
Historical Society, 1981. Not seen. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Davis, Richard
C. North
American Forest
History: A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States
and Canada.
376pp. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Books for the Forest History Society, 1977. |
| Mss/Special Collections–General |
Ehrenberg, Ralph E. Scholar's Guide to Washington, D.C.,
for Cartography and Remote Sensing Imagery (Maps, Charts, Aerial Photographs,
Satellite Images, Cartographic Literature and Geographic Information
Systems). (Woodrow
Wilson International
Center for Scholars
Series). 385pp. Washington,
D.C.: Smithsonian Institution
Press, 1987. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Ehrenberg, Ralph E., "Appendix A:
Bibliography to Resources on Historical Geography in the National
Archives." In Pattern and Process: Research in Historical Geography,
edited by Ralph E. Ehrenberg, pp.315-349. (National Archives Conferences no.
9). Washington, D. C.: Howard
University Press, 1975.
(Selected publications, finding aids, and other items that relate to records
in the National Archives. Annotated) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. A Guide to the Manuscripts
in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. By
John Beverley Riggs. 2 vols. Greenville,
Del.: Eleutherian
Mills Historical Library, 1970, 1978. (Vol. 1 covers accessions through 1965,
most of which relate to DuPont family and company; vol. 2 covers accessions
1966-1975, when much of the effort was devoted to manufacturing records) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Elliott, Clark
A. "Sources for the History of Science in the Harvard University
Archives." Harvard Library Bulletin 22 (1974): 49-71. |
| Mss/Special Collections–General |
Fleming, James R. Guide to Historical
Resources in the Atmospheric Sciences: Archives, Manuscripts and Special
Collections in the Washington,
D.C. Area. (NCAR-327+1A;
NCAR Technical Note). 167pp. Boulder,
Colo.: Climate and Global
Dynamics Division, National
Center for Atmospheric
Research, 1989. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Gibbs, Tyson. A Guide to Ethnic Health
Collections in the United
States. (Bibliographies and indexes in
medical studies; no. 13). 139pp. Westport,
Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. (Rev. ed. Of: Ethnic
Health Collections in the United
States. East Point, Ga.:
Jamilla Powers, 1993. Chiefly 20th century but
there are some earlier materials noted) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Griffenhagen, George, Ernst W. Stieb, and
Beth D. Fisher. Pharmacy
Museums and
Historical Collections in the United
States and Canada. Rev. ed. (Publication
no. 18, new series). 143pp. Madison,
Wis.: American Institute of the
History of Pharmacy, 1999. Not seen. (A museum directory, with some
descriptive information on facilities and exhibits – these notes based on
earlier edition: Sami K. Hamarneh, and Ernst W. Stieb, Pharmacy Museums and Historical Collections on
Public View in the United States and Canada, 1981) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Harding, Robert S. Register of the Western
Union Telegraph Company Collection, 1848-1963. 96pp. Washington, D.C.:
Archives Center, National Museum of American
History, Smithsonian Institution, 1990. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Heynen, William J., compiler. United States
Hydrographic Office Manuscript Charts in the National Archives, 1838-1908.
(Special list - National Archives and Records Service; 43). 250pp. Washington: National
Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1978. (Indexes
include: Landscape views and other illustrations; Charts from U.S. Navy
expeditions to the Pacific 1838-1859. Also see: Johnson and Heynen, Inventory of the Records of the Hydrographic
Office, 1971, separately listed) |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Ho, Judith J. and Willie Yuille,
compilers and editors. The Papers of Charles Valentine Riley: A Register
of His Papers in the National Agricultural Library. (National Library of
Agriculture Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture, no. 92). 124pp. Beltsville, Md.:
National Agricultural Library, 1990. Not seen. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Hughes, Barbara. Catalog of the Scientific
Apparatus at the College
of Charleston,
1800-1940. Edited with additional material by Ralph Melnick.
94pp. Charleston, S.C.: College of Charleston
Library Associates, 1980. |
| Mss/Special Collections–General |
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Guide
to the Botanical Records and Papers in the Archives of the Hunt Institute,
Part 1 (A-B), Part 2 (C-F), Part 3 (G-H). Compiled by Michael T. Stieber and Anita L. Karg. Pittsburgh: Hunt
Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1981, 1984, 1988. (Also published in Huntia, vol. 4, no.1 [1981], vol. 5, no.3 [1984],
vol. 8, no.1 [1989]. No more published?) |
| Mss/Special Collections–General |
Index to Personal Names in the National Union
Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1984. 2 vols. Alexandria:
Chadwyck-Healey, 1988. |
| Mss/Special Collections–General |
Index to Subjects and Corporate Names in the
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1984. 3 vols. Alexandria,
Va.: Chadwyck-Healey,
1994. |
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Johnson, Maizie H. and
William J. Heynen, compilers. Inventory of the
Records of the Hydrographic Office, Record Group 37. Supersedes
Preliminary inventory 39, compiled by Walter W. Weinstein, and unpublished NM
52, compiled by Harry Schwartz. (National Archives inventory series; no. 4).
28pp. Washington:
National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1971,
[i.e. 1974] (Also see: Heynen, United States
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Layton, Edwin T., Jr. A Regional Union Catalogue of
Manuscripts Relating to the History of Science and Technology Located in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Program in
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| Mss/Special Collections–General |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Lick Observatory. Preliminary Finding Aid to the
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Massa, William R. Guide to the Charles D. Walcott
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute
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108pp. Cambridge, Mass.: Institute Archives and Special
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
MerrimackValley Textile Museum. The Merrimack
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Multhauf, Robert P. and Gregory Good. A Brief History of
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|
| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Nebeker, Frederik. Astronomy and
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material, a directory of astonomers and
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
New
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
New
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| Mss/Special Collections–General |
Overmier, Judith A. and John Edward Senior. Books and
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Parascandola, John, and Elizabeth Keeney, compilers. Sources in
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references to manuscript collections; and biographical sketches with related
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Rider, Robin E., and Henry E. Lowood. Guide to Sources in Northern
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Sackheim, Donald E., compiler. Historic American Engineering
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Smith, Murphy D. Historical American
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| Mss/Special Collections–General |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Sokal, Michael M., and Patrice A. Rafail.
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Stanton, William. American Scientific
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Stapleton, Darwin
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| Mss/Special Collections–General |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
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| Mss/Special Collections–General |
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| Mss/Special Collections–General |
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
Warnow, Joan N. A Selection of Manuscript Collections at
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| Mss/Special Collections–American |
WashingtonState University Library. Northwest Botanical Manuscripts: An Indexed
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