BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES,

GUIDES, AND REFERENCE WORKS

 The (partially) annotated bibliography is divided into four categories:

· Bibliographies

· Biography: Dictionaries, Indexes, and Bibliographies

· Encyclopedias, Chronologies, and Other Information Sources

· Guides to Manuscript Resources and Special Collections

Each entry in the bibliography is identified as to national scope, i.e., whether it is specifically on American history or whether coverage is more general. Two points are warranted: (1) Many of the American sources are not limited to the 19th century and there are instances where only a minor part of a reference work may relate to that century because of the relative lack of development of the sciences at the time. These sources can be useful for what 19^th century information they do include, and, of course, also can aid with earlier or continuing aspects of a topic or with other related subjects of possible interest to the user. (2) Many of the general works do not take heed of a national approach to the history of science and therefore identifying the American entries in a bibliography, for example, may require a degree of prior knowledge and/or persistence in scanning the content. The annotations ordinarilly are descriptive of the structure and special features of the book rather than summaries or critiques of the content.

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Bibliography of Bibliographies

TYPE / SCOPE	CITATION
Bibliography American	Albree, Joe, David C. Arney, and V. Frederick Rickey. A Station Favorable to the Pursuits of Science: Primary Materials in the History of Mathematics at the United States Military Academy. (History of Mathematics, 18). 272pp. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, 2000. Not seen. (Annotated bibliography of 1340 "mathematical items" accessioned by the Academy, 1802-World War I)
Bibliography American	Aldrich, Michele L. "United States: Bibliographic Essay." In The Comparative Reception of Darwinism, edited by Thomas F. Glick, pp.207-226. Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1974.
Bibliography American	Asbell, M.B. A Bibliography of Dentistry in America, 1790-1840. 107pp. [Cherry Hill, N.J.]: Sussex House Publications, 1973. (Articles and books published 1790-1840. Annotated and with locations of copies)
Bibliography American	Austin, Robert B. Early American Medical Imprints: A Guide to Works Printed in the United States, 1668-1820. 240pp. Washington, D.C.: National Library of Medicine, 1961. (Medicine is broadly defined. Books, pamphlets, and other separately 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 Manufacturers' Trade Literature: A Descriptive Guide. 600pp. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, c1998. (Arranged by name of manufacturer or distributor, with brief historical accounts of their 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 published in U.S. 1665-1799)
Bibliography American	Beckham, Stephen Dow, Doug Erickson, Jeremy Skinner, and Paul Merchant. The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Bibliography and Essays. 315pp. Portland / Lincoln: Lewis & Clark College, and University of Nebraska Press, 2003.
Bibliography American	Beers, Henry P., compiler. Bibliographies in American History: Guide to Materials for Research. 487pp. New York: Wilson, 1942.
	————. Bibliographies in American History, 1942-1978: Guide to Materials for Research. 2 vols. Woodbridge, Conn.: Research Publications, 1982.
Bibliography American	Bell, Whitfield J., Jr. Early American Science: Needs and Opportunities for Study. 85pp. Williamsburg, Va.: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1955.
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 and Psychiatry, 5). 591pp. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1989. (Index to news and notes section of six journals; entries 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 Films, 1896-1949. 219pp. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Co., 1985. (Filmography of 375 works)
Bibliography American	Berger, Michael L. The Automobile in American History and Culture: A Reference Guide. (American Popular Culture). 487pp. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.
Bibliography American	Bertuca, David J., Donald K. Hartman, and Susan M. Neumeister, compilers. The World's Columbian Exposition: A Centennial Bibliographic Guide. (Bibliographies and indexes in American history; no. 26). 480 pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. (Some entries annotated. Includes articles, books, dissertations, guidebooks; both primary and secondary sources. Also a section on manuscript and archival collections relating to the Exposition)
Bibliography American	Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901. Compiled from the Data Bases of the American Antiquarian Society and the Research Libraries Group,Inc. 92 vols. New York: K.G. Saur, 1993. (Some 400,000 imprints are listed)
Bibliography American	Bibliography of the History of Medicine of the United States and Canada, 1939-1960. Edited by Genevieve Miller. 428pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1964. (Consolidation of annual bibliographies published in Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Also, Annual issues, 1961-1964, when this publication ceased)
Bibliography General	Bibliography of the History of Medicine, no. 1- , 1965-. Bethesda, Md.: U.S. Public Health Service, 1966-. (There are cumulative vols. covering 1964-69, 1970-74, 1975-79, 1980-84, 1985-89, 1990-94)
Bibliography American	Black, George W., Jr. American Science and Technology: A Bicentennial Bibliography. 170pp. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1979. Works published at the time of the American bicentennial)
Bibliography General	Bridson, Gavin D.R. The History of Natural History: An Annotated Bibliography. (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 991; Bibliographies on the History of Science and Technology, 24). 740pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994. (Somewhat complex in arrangement but inclusive, with a number of other bibliographies and reference works among its listings. Annotations tend to be short and descriptive. The geographical index has a number of entries under the U.S.)
Bibliography General	Brush, Stephen G., and Helmut E. Landsberg. History of Geophysics and Meteorology: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 7). 450pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
Bibliography General	Brush, Stephen G. The History of Modern Science: A Guide to the Second Scientific Revolution. 544pp. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988. (Covers 1800-1950. Works listed are recent, and the work is intended chiefly as an aid for teachers. Chapters are broadly topical, e.g., Evolution)
Bibliography General	Bullough, Bonnie, Vern L. Bullough, and Barrett Elcano. Nursing: A Historical Bibliography. (Reference Library of Social Science, 66). 408pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1981. (Most entries are not annotated)
Bibliography General	Channell, David F. The History of Engineering Science: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 16). 311pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1989. (Excludes chemical and electrical technologies)
Bibliography American	Clareson, Thomas D., compiler. Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources. (Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature, 1). 305pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984. (Bibliography of science fiction works. Includes works reprinted in the U.S.)
Bibliography American	Cordasco, Francesco. American Medical Imprints, 1820-1910: A Checklist of Publications Illustrating the History and Progress of Medical Science and Education and the Healing Arts in the United States: A Preliminary Contribution. 2 vols. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield; Fairview, N.J.: Junius-Vaughn Press, 1985. (Not annotated. At the outset there is a 30 page bibliography of bibliographies and other reference works. Includes locations of copies of the historical works. Continues: Austin, Early American Imprints, 1961, separately listed)
Bibliography General	Corsi, Pietro, and Paul Weindling, editors. Information Sources in the History of Science and Medicine. 531pp. London and Boston: Butterworth Scientific, 1983. (Essays with bibliographies. Includes: E. H. Beardsley, "The History of American Science and Medicine")
Bibliography General	Crowther, Simeon J., and Marion Fawcett, compilers. Science and Medicine to 1870: Pamphlets in the American Philosophical Society Library. (Library Publication, 1). 164pp. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1968.
Bibliography American	Cutliffe, Stephen H., and others. Technology and Values in American Civilization: A Guide to Information Sources. (American Studies Information Guide, 9). 704pp. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. (Annotated. Includes historical and contemporary 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 the History of Science and Technology, 6). 467pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
Bibliography General	DeVorkin, David H. History of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 1). 434pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1982.
Bibliography General	Dunbar, Gary S. History of Modern Geography: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 9). 386pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. (Covers from mid-18th century. Books and articles)
Bibliography General	Durbin, Paul T., general editor. A Guide to the Culture of Science, Technology, and Medicine. 723pp. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Free Press, 1980. (Bibliographically-oriented assessments of the history, sociology, and philosophy of science, technology, and medicine, with a contemporary emphasis)
Bibliography American	Edwards, Everett E. Bibliography of the History of Agriculture in the United States. (U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication, 84). 307pp. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1930. (Books and articles, chiefly from the years 1900-1929. Reprinted: Detroit: Gale Research, 1967; New York: Franklin, 1970)
Bibliography General	Erlen, Jonathon. The History of the Health Care Sciences and Health Care, 1700-1980: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 398). 1028pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1984. (Secondary sources, including books, articles, government documents, dissertations, etc. The subject is interpreted broadly. Arranged alphabetically by topic)
Bibliography American	Fahl, Ronald J. North American Forest and Conservation History: A Bibliography. 408pp. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press for the Forest History Society, 1977. (Articles, pamphlets, books. Some items briefly annotated)
Bibliography General	Ferguson, Eugene S. Bibliography of the History of Technology (Society for the History of Technology. Monograph series, v. 5). 347pp. Cambridge, Mass., 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, 1851-1988. 443pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990. (Brief histories and 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 Technology: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies on the History of Science and Technology, 18). 342pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1991.
Bibliography American	Fox, Claire G., Gordon L. Miller, and Jacquelyn C. Miller, compilers. Benjamin Rush, M.D.: A Bibliographic Guide. (Bibliographies and indexes in American history; no. 31). 216pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. (Lists works both by and about Rush. Some are annotated)
Bibliography American	Freemon, Frank R. Microbes and Minie Balls: An Annotated Bibliography of Civil War Medicine. 253pp. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London / Cranbury N.J.: Associated University Presses, 1993. (Lists both published primary and secondary sources)
Bibliography General	Gascoigne, Robert M. A Historical Catalogue of Scientific Periodicals, 1665-1900. (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 583). 205pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. (A selection of about 900 titles. Bibliography and historical analysis of scientific journals)
Bibliography General	Grainger, Thomas H., Jr. A Guide to the History of Bacteriology. (Chronica Botanica no. 18). 210pp. New York: Ronald Press, 1958. (An annotated bibliography. Includes a number of general works as well as those relating to bacteriology)
Bibliography General	Hall, H. W., editor. Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1878-1985: An International Author and Subject Index 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.: Libraries Unlimited, 1993.
	————. Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1992-1995: An International Author and Subject Index to History and Criticism. 503pp. Engelwood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 1997
Bibliography American	Harkanyi, Katalin, compiler. The Natural Sciences and American Scientists in the Revolutionary Era: A Bibliography. (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History, 17). 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, Penn.: Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, 1980. (Includes books, pamphlets, articles, maps, etc. Generally not 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: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. (A series of essay guides to the literature -- books 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 York: Garland Publishing, 1995.
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, editors. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History: Supplement I. 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 Military History: Supplement III. 531pp. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1993.
	————. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History: Supplement IV. 580pp. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1998.
Bibliography American	Hindle, Brooke. Technology in Early America: Needs and Opportunities for Study. 145pp. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1966. (Approaches and methodology; bibliographic essay; directory of artifact collections)
Bibliography American	Hoolihan, Christopher. An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform. 2 vols. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2001-2004..
Bibliography American	Hoy, Suellen M., and Michael C. Robinson. Public Works History in the United States: A Guide to the Literature. By the Public Works Historical Society. 477pp. Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local History, 1982. (Annotated bibliography of secondary literature -- books and articles, arranged by subject)
Bibliography General	Hurt, R. Douglas, and Mary Ellen Hurt. The History of Agricultural Science and Technology: An International Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 20). 485pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994.
Bibliography General	[Isis]. "Critical Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences." Isis, 1913-. (Annual classified bibliography; retitled "Current Bibliography," 1989. See combined issues in: Isis Cumulative Bibliography)
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, and subjects / time periods)
Bibliography General	Jayawardene, S. A. Reference Books for the Historian of Science: A Handlist. (Occasional Publications, 2). 229pp. London: Science Museum, 1982. (Some annotations. Includes sections on History and related subjects, and General reference, in addition to History of science)
Bibliography American	Karpinski, Louis Charles. Bibliography of Mathematical Works Printed in America through 1850. Supplements 1 and 2, Scripta Mathematica 8 [December 1941]: 233-236 and 11 [June 1945]: 173-177. 697pp. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press; London: Milford, Oxford University Press, 1940. (Covers North and South America. Includes editions and locations of copies)
Bibliography General	Kemper, Robert V., and John F.S. Phinney. The History of Anthropology: A Research Bibliography. 212pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1977. (No annotations. Most entries were published after 1950. Subject arrangement)
Bibliography American	King, Nydia, compiler. A Selection of Primary Sources for the History of Pharmacy in the United States: Books and Trade Catalogs from the Colonial Period to 1940. (Publication no. 9). 123pp. Madison, Wis.: American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1987. Not seen. (A bibliography)
Bibliography American	Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory, and Margaret W. Rossiter, editors. Historical Writing on American Science [issue title]. Osiris, 2nd ser., volume 1 (1985): 1-321. (Bibliographical essays assessing the state-of-the-art of American science. Reprinted: Philadelphia: History of Science Society, 1985; Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986)
Bibliography American	Lingenfelter, Richard E., editor. Mining West: A Bibliography and Guide to the History and Literature of Mining in the American and Canadian West. 2 vols. Lanham, Md. / London: Scarecrow Press, 2003.
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 relates to biographies; other sections on topics, mathematically-related 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 in the Age of Dinosaurs: A Guide to the Geologic Literature, 1681-1995. (State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 116). 242pp. Hartford, Conn.: State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 1996.
Bibliography General	McIver, Tom. Anti-Evolution: An Annotated Bibliography. 385pp. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1988. (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 Press, 1992)
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 Poggi. Magic, Witchcraft, and Paganism in America: A Bibliography. 2nd ed. (Religious Information Systems, 3). 408pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992. (Includes books, pamphlets, articles. Section essays but no annotations. Not science but potentially useful in certain studies as contextual sources)
Bibliography General	Miller, Gordon L. The History of Science: An Annotated Bibliography. (Magill Bibliographies). 193pp. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1992. (Content called "selective sample." Secondary works, chiefly books. Topical arrangement with section on "Basic Resources and Reference Works")
Bibliography American	Mitterling, Philip I. United States Cultural History: A Guide to Information Sources. (Gale Information Guide Library: American Government and History Information Guide Series, vol. 5). Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1979. (Annotated bibliography of books and articles; Includes chapter on science and medicine. Also chapter on reference materials)
Bibliography General	Molloy, Peter M. The History of Metal Mining and Metallurgy: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 12). 319pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
Bibliography American	Morman, Edward T., with Jill Gates Smith and Margaret Jerrido. "Bibliography." In Women, Health, and Medicine in America: A Historical Handbook, edited by Rima D. Apple, pp.517-556. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1992.
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 Press; Brookfield, Vt.: Gower, 1991. (Topical arrangement, 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 Publishing, 1983.
Bibliography American	Ogden, Gerald, compiler. The United States Forest Service: A Historical Bibliography, 1876-1972. 439pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1976. (Alphabetical, with occasional explanatory annotations)
Bibliography General	Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey and Kerry Lynne Meek. Women and Science: An Annotated Bibliography. (Garland reference library of social science; v.859). 556 pp. New York: Garland Pub., 1996. (Alphabetical by author)
Bibliography General	Osier, Donald V. and Robert H. Wozniak. A Century of Serial Publications in Psychology, 1850-1950: An International Bibliography. (Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychiatry Series). 805pp. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1984. (Chronological arrangement; notes the journals' primary editors. In the circumstance, relatively little on the U.S.)
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 Publishing, 1989.
Bibliography General	Owings, Loren C. Environmental Values, 1860-1972: A Guide to Information Sources. (Gale Information Guide Library, 4). 324pp. Detroit: 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 Science Books, 1982, separately listed)
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 African Studies, 26). 206pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990. (Alphabetical by author within three chronological divisions, beginning with 1871-1919)
Bibliography American	Richardson, R. Alan and Bertrum H. Macdonald. Science and Technology in Canadian History: A Bibliography of Primary Sources to 1914. 105 microfiche and 17pp. Pamphlet. Thornbill, Ont.: HSTC Publication, 1987. (Includes books, pamphlets, articles)
Bibliography American	Rink, Evald. Technical Americana: A Checklist of Technical Publications Printed before 1831. Sponsored by Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. 776pp. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1981. (Lists separately published works only. Gives locations of copies. Generally not annotated)
Bibliography American	Roland, Charles E., compiler. Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine: A Bibliography. 190pp. Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, for the Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine, 1985. (Includes books, chapters, articles, theses, etc. No annotations)
Bibliography American	Roos, Arnold E. A Bibliography of the History of Canadian Science and Technology. 272 pp. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association, 1995. (Subject arrangement; no annotations. Includes books, articles, dissertations)
Bibliography American	Rossiter, Margaret, compiler. A List of References for the History of Agricultural Science in America. 62pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1980. (Classified arrangement. No annotations)
Bibliography American	Rothenberg, Marc. The History of Science and Technology in the United States: A Critical and Selective Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 2, 17). 2 vols. New York: Garland Publishing, 1982, 1993. (Annotated. Includes books, articles, dissertations. Secondary literature published 1940-1987)
Bibliography General	Royal Society of London. Catalogue of Scientific Papers [1800-1900]. 19 vols. London: C. J. Clay; Cambridge University Press, 1867-1925. (Author catalogue. An incomplete subject index, covering pure mathematics, mechanics, and physics, was issued by Cambridge University Press, 1908-1914, 4 vols.)
Bibliography American	Rutkow, Ira M. The History of Surgery in the United States, 1775-1900. (Norman Surgery Series, 2, 4). [2] vols. San Francisco: Norman Pub., 1988-[in progress] (Annotated bibliography. Volumes issued: 1. textbooks, monographs, treatises by surgeons living in the U.S.; 2. periodicals and pamphlets. Annotations include biographical information)
Bibliography American	Salzman, Jack, editor. American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography. 2058pp. (3 vols.). New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Books only. Divided into broad subject areas, including section on science, technology, medicine. Each section is preceded by a general introduction. Multiple contributors)
Bibliography American	————. American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography, 1984-1988. 1085pp. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990
Bibliography American	Sandy, John H. and Jay Fussell. Bibliography of Nebraska Geology 1843-1976. 198pp. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, 1983. (Author listing of scientific texts)
Bibliography General	Sarjeant, William A.S. Geologists and the History of Geology: An International Bibliography from the Origins to 1978. 5 vols. New York: Arno Press, 1980. (Books and articles; no annotations. In section about individuals, includes biographical information in addition to citations; also entries on institutions and other subjects of general interest to history of science)
	————. Geologists and the History of Geology: An International Bibliography from the Origins to 1978: Supplement 1979-1984 and Additions. 2 vols. Malabar, Fla.: R. E. Krieger, 1987.
	————. Geologists and the History of Geology: An International Bibliography from the Origins to 1978: Supplement 2, 1985-1993 and Additions. 3 vols. Malabar, Fla.: R. E. Krieger, 1996.
Bibliography General	Sarton, George. A Guide to the History of Science: A First Guide for the Study of the History of Science with Introductory Essays on Science and Tradition. 316pp. Waltham, Mass.: Chronica Botanica Co., 1952. (Essays on the history of science, followed by longer bibliographic section covering history, science, and history of science)
Bibliography General	Schatzberg, Walter, Ronald A. Waite, and Jonathan K. Johnson, editors. The Relations of Literature and Science: An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarship, 1880-1980. 458pp. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1987.
Bibliography American	Schlebecker, John T. Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on the History of Agriculture in the United States, 1607-1967. 183pp. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1969. (Alphabetical by author, with extensive subject index. Generally not annotated; excludes articles. Some items from 19th century. Goal is to be comprehensive)
Bibliography American	Scholnick, Robert S. Bibliography: American Literature and Science through 1989. In American Literature and Science, edited by Robert S. Scholnick, pp.251-272. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992. (No annotations. Entries are arranged by topic)
Bibliography General	Science in Society: An Annotated Guide to Resources. Prepared under the direction of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto. Project directed by David McGee, with contributors. 82pp. Toronto: Wall & Thompson, 1989. (General introduction to the field through a series of essays and a bibliography of works cited. Includes history, philosophy, social studies, and special issues in relation to science and technology)
Bibliography American	Sharrer, G. Terry, compiler. 1001 References for the History of American Food Technology. 103pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1978. (Books, articles, dissertations. Some brief annotations)
Bibliography General	Shiers, George. Bibliography of the History of Electronics. 323pp. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972. (Articles and books. Most entries annotated)
Bibliography American	Shuffelton, Frank. Thomas Jefferson: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of Writings about Him (1826-1980). 486pp. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1983. (Books and articles)
	————. Thomas Jefferson, 1981-1990: An Annotated Bibliography. 238pp. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1992.
Bibliography General	Smit, Pieter. History of the Life Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography. 1071pp. New York: Hafner Press [1974] (Topical arrangement. Section on reference includes many general and standard works. Includes medicine)
Bibliography American	Smith, Maryanna S., compiler. A List of References for the History of the United States Department of Agriculture. 88pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1974. (Annotated. Books, articles, etc.)
Bibliography General	Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. The Books of the Fairs: Materials About World's Fairs, 1834-1916, in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. With an introductory essay by Robert W. Rydell. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries Research Guide, 6). 268pp. Chicago: American Library Association, 1992. (Essay on the literature of fairs and a catalogue the Smithsonian collection, which was filmed and reel numbers are included)
Bibliography American	Spamer, Earle E. Bibliography of the Grand Canyon and the Lower Colorado River, 1540-1980. (Monograph 2). 119pp. Grand Canyon, Arizona: Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 1981. (Books and articles, including popular items and professional geological literature. Also: 2nd ed., looseleaf volume, 1990; Supplement, 1993)
Bibliography American	Spamer, Earle E. Geology of the Grand Canyon: An Annotated Bibliography, 1857-1982, with an Annotated Catalog of Grand Canyon Type Fossils. (Microfilm Publication 13). 543pp. on six microfiche cards. [Boulder, Col.]: Geological Society of America, 1983-[1992]. (Supplements to 1983 fiche have been issued)
Bibliography American	Stannard, Jerry. "Early American Botany and Its Sources." In Bibliography & Natural History: Essays Presented at a Conference Convened in June 1964, pp.73-102. Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1966. (Cites primary and secondary sources, for the pre-Civil War era)
Bibliography General	Stapleton, Darwin H. The History of Civil Engineering Since 1600: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 14). 232pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
Bibliography American	Sturchio, Jeffrey L., editor. Corporate History and the Chemical Industries: A Resource Guide. (Center for History of Chemistry Publication, 4). 53pp. Philadelphia: Center for History of Chemistry, 1985. (Includes annotated bibliography, with general works and works on particular firms. Also sections on archives and records management and on oral history)
Bibliography General	Surgical and Dental Instrument Catalogues from the Civil War Era: Snowden and Brother (1860) and John Weiss and Son (1863). (Norman surgery series; no. 10). 1 v. (various pagings). San Francisco: Norman Pub. in association with the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1997. (Facsimiles of two catalogues, with historical introduction. Snowden & Brother was a Philadelphia firm)
Bibliography General	Technology and Culture. Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, 1962-. Technology and Culture, vol. 5-, 1964-. (Some annotations. Beginning with bibliography covering 1990, produced as a separate issue of Technology & Culture)
Bibliography General	Tucher, Andrea J., compiler. Agriculture in America, 1622-1860: Printed Works in the Collections of the American Philosophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia. (Americana to 1860, 2). 212pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1984. (Some annotations explanatory of content, etc.)
Bibliography General	Tucher, Andrea J., compiler. Natural History in America, 1609-1860: Printed Works in the Collections of the American Philosophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia. (Americana to 1860, 4). 287pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. (Books, broadsides, circular letters; periodicals listed by title but not individual articles. Botany, zoology, geology)
Bibliography General	Viney, Wayne, Michael Wertheimer, and Marilyn Lou Wertheimer. History of Psychology: A Guide to Information Sources. (Gale Information Guide Library). 502pp. Detroit: Gale Research, 1979. (Books and articles. Some annotations)
Bibliography American	Walker, Robert H., editor. American Studies: Topics and Sources. (Contributions in American Studies, no. 24). 393pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1976. (Bibliographical essays by various authors, with combined list of cited sources at the end. Relatively little specifically on history of science, but of use for contextual purposes). Supplement published as:
	———— and Jefferson Kellogg, editors. Sources for American Studies. 766pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.
Bibliography General	Watson, Robert Irving. The History of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences: A Bibliographic Guide. 241pp. New York: Springer, 1978. (Annotated. Books and articles. Some general interest works not limited to psychology are included)
Bibliography General	Weisbard, Phyllis Holman, with Rima Apple, editors. The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines. 2nd ed. 100pp. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian, Memorial Library, 1993. (Includes books and articles. Selectively annotated)
Bibliography General	Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. Subject Catalogue of the History of Medicine and Related Sciences. 18 vols. Munchen: Kraus International, 1980. (Copy of card catalogue in three sections: subjects, biography, and geographical areas. Secondary literature, 1954-1977; indexes a number of journals)
Bibliography American	Whitehead, Vivian B., compiler. A List of References for the History of Agricultural Technology. 76pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1979. (Books and articles; some explanatory annotations. Some primary references but mainly secondary sources)
Bibliography American	Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim and Jack Becker. American Garden Literature in the Dumbarton Oaks collection (1785-1900): From The Newengland Farmer to Italian Gardens: An Annotated Bibliography. 243pp. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c1998. (Pre-1900 books published in the United States, including European works reprinted, found in the Dumbarton Oaks landscape architecture collection. Annotated)
Bibliography American	Wright, Thomas L. and Taeko Jane Takahishi. Observations and Interpretations of Hawaiian Volcanism and Seismicity, 1779-1955: An Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index. 270pp. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989.

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Biography: Dictionaries, Indexes, and Bibliographies

TOPIC / SCOPE	CITATION
Biography American	Abbott, Robert Tucker, editor. American Malacologists: A National Register of Professional and Amateur Malacologists and Private Shell Collectors and Biographies of Early American Mollusk Workers Born Between 1618 and 1900. 494pp. Falls Church, Va.: American Malacologists, 1973.
Biography American	American Men and Women of Science: A Biographical Directory. New York, N.Y.; Garrison, N.Y.; Lancaster, Pa.: Science Press; New York: Bowker, 1906-. (Prior to 12th edition , 1971, titled American Men of Science)
Biography American	American Men and Women of Science: Cumulative Index [to] Editions 1-14. Compiled by Jacques Cattell Press. 847pp. Ann Arbor, Mich.: R.R. Bowker Co., 1983. (Covers editions published 1906-1979)
Biography American	American Science Leaders. CD-ROM and user’s guide. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO Interactive, 1998.
Biography American	American Society of Civil Engineers. A Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers. (ASCE Historical Publication, 2). 163pp. New York: Committee on History and Heritage of American Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1972. (Based in part on Biographical Archive of American Civil Engineers at the Smithsonian Institution)
Biography American	American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical Engineers in America Born Prior to 1861: A Biographical Dictionary. Sponsored by the History and Heritage Committee. 330pp. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1980. (Based in part on the Biographical Files of the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the National Museum of History and Technology at the Smithsonian Institution)
Biography General	Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: The Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present Chronologically Arranged. 2nd rev. ed. 941pp. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1982.
Biography American	Auk. Biographies of Members of the American Ornithological Union. By T.S. Palmer, and others. 630pp. Washington, D.C.: 1954. (Reprinted from The Auk, 1884-1954)
Biography General	Axelrod, Alan and Charles Phillips. The Environmentalists: A Biographical Dictionary from the 17th Century to Today. 258 pp. New York: Facts on File, 1993. (Emphasis is on the U.S. In addition to persons, there are entries on societies, government agencies, etc.)
Biography American	Bailey, Martha J. American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary. 463pp. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1994. (Sources cited)
Biography General	Barnhart, John H., compiler. Biographical Notes upon Botanists, Maintained in the New York Botanical Garden Library. 3 vols. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1965. (Photocopy of card file. Includes brief biographical notes, and bibliographical references)
Biography General	Barr, Ernest Scott. An Index to Biographical Fragments in Unspecialized Scientific Journals. 294pp. University: University of Alabama Press, 1973. (Indexes seven British and American journals, 1798-ca.1920. Includes field, dates, nationality)
Biography American	Becher, Anne, with others. American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present. 2 vols. (921pp.) Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2000. (In spite of title, chiefly 20th century. Includes scientists, activists, poets, administrators, etc. Bibliographies included)
Biography American	Bell, Whitfield J., Jr. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American Philosophical Society. (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, v. 226). Philadelphia: The Society, 1997.
Biography General	Biographical Dictionary of Scientists. 3rd ed. Roy Porter and Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, consultant editors. 2 vols. (1196pp.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. (Includes short overviews of the history of scientific disciplines; chronologies; alphabetical list of "discoveries;" glossary of scientific terms)
Biography American	Bullough, Vern L., Olga Church, and Alice P. Stein, editors. American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary. (Garland Reference Library of Social Science, 368, 684). 2 vols. New York: Garland Publishing, 1988-1992.
Biography General	Bynum, W. F. and Helen Bynum, editors. Dictionary of Medical Biography. 5 vols. (1415pp.). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2007.
Biography General	Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Complete through supplement II [vol. 18]. 2nd ed. [Sponsored by] American Council of Learned Societies. 1097pp. New York: Scribner's, 2000. (Includes lists of scientist by nationality, i.e., place of birth)
Biography General	Daintith, John, Sarah Mitchell, Elizabeth Tootill, and Derek Gjersten. Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Bristol and Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1994. (Includes chronology, histories of scientific institutions, book list)
Biography General	Day, Lance and Ian McNeil, editors. Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology. (Routledge reference). 844pp. London; New York: Routledge, 1996. (Includes short bibliographies of works by and about the person)
Biography General	Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Edited by Charles C. Gillispie. 16 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1970-1980. (Supplement II, vols. 17-18, edited by Frederic L. Holmes. New York: Scribner's, 1990. Also see: Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography, separately listed)
Biography American	Elliott, Clark A. Biographical Dictionary of American Science: The Seventeenth Through the Nineteenth Centuries. 360pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979. (Cites sources by and about the subject)
Biography American	Elliott, Clark A. Biographical Index to American Science: The Seventeenth Century to 1920. (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History, 16). 300pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990. (Entries include brief identifying information for the individual, together with references to biographical sources)
Biography American	Elliott, Clark A. "Collective Lives of American Scientists: An Introductory Essay and a Bibliography." In Beyond History of Science: Essays in Honor of Robert E. Schofield, edited by Elizabeth Garber, pp.81-104. Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press; London and Toronto: Associated University Presses, 1990.
Biography American	Ewan, Joseph and Nesta Dunn Ewan. Biographical Dictionary of Rocky Mountain Naturalists: A Guide to the Writings and Collections of Botanists, Zoologists, Geologists, Artists, and Photographers 1682-1932. (Regnum Vegetabile 107). 253pp. Utrecht and Antwerp: Bohn, Scheltema and Holkema; The Hague and Boston: W. Junk; (distributed by Kluwer Boston, Inc., 190 Old Derby St., Hingham, Mass. 02043), 1981. (Includes biographical data and information on collections, notes, related archival material, and biographical sources)
Biography General	Fruton, Joseph S. A Bio-Bibliography for the History of Biochemical Sciences Since 1800. 885pp. Philadelphia, Penn.: American Philosophical Society, 1982. (References to standard biographical sources, and to other publications about the subject. No biographical information is given except dates)
Biography General	————. A Supplement to a Bio-Bibliography for the History of the Biochemical Sciences Since 1800. 262pp. Philadelphia, Penn.: American Philosophical Society, 1985.
Biography General	Gascoigne, Robert M. A Historical Catalogue of Scientists and Scientific Books: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Nineteenth Century. 1177pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1984. (Includes the names of 13,300 scientists, with citations to major biographical reference works; some entries have names of the individual's major published works)
Biography American	Geiser, Samuel W. Men of Science in Texas, 1820-1880. approx. 245pp. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, [1959]. (Entries include references to works by and about the scientist. Reprinted from Field and Laboratory 26 and 27 (1958-1959), and retains that page numbering)
Biography General	Gilbert, Pamela. A Compendium of the Biographical Literature on Deceased Entomologists. (Publications-British Museum (Natural History), 786). 455pp. London: British Museum (Natural History), 1977.
Biography General	Grinstein, Louise S., Rose K. Rose, and Miriam H. Rafailovich, editors. Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook. 721 pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. Biographical information, with bibliographies of works by and about)
Biography General	Grinstein, Louise S., Carol A. Biermann and Rose K. Rose. Women in the Biological Sciences: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook. 609pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. (Biographical information, with bibliographies of works by and about)
Biography General	Grinstein, Louise S., and Paul J. Campbell, editors. Women of Mathematics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook. 292pp. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. (Biographical information, with bibliographies of works by and about)
Biography General	Herzenberg, Caroline L., editor. Women Scientists from Antiquity to the Present: An Index. An International Reference Listing and Biographical Directory of Some Notable Women Scientists from Ancient to Modern Times. 200pp. West Cornwall, Conn.: Locust Hill, 1986. Entries give brief indentications with abbreviations of biographical sources)
Biography American	Holloway, Lisabeth M. Medical Obituaries: American Physicians' Biographical Notices in Selected Medical Journals before 1907. (Garland Reference Library of Social Sciences, 104). 513pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1981. (Includes brief biographical data with the bibliographical entries)
Biography General	Howsam, Leslie. Scientists since 1660: A Bibliography of Biographies. 150pp. Aldershot, UK; Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate, 1997. (Also includes autobiographies)
Biography American	Humphrey, Harry B. Makers of North American Botany. 265pp. New York: Ronald Press Co., 1961. (Biographical dictionary with bibliographies of biographical sources)
Biography General	Ireland, Norma. Index to Scientists of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: Biographies and Portraits. (Useful Reference Series, 90). 662pp. Boston: Faxon, 1962.
Biography American	Kaufman, Martin, Stuart Galishoff, and Todd L. Savitt, editors. Dictionary of American Medical Biography. 2 vols. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984. (Signed entries. Lists major works)
Biography American	Kaufman, Martin, editor-in-chief. Dictionary of American Nursing Biography. 462pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1988. (Signed entries. Includes lists of sources by and about the subject)
Biography American	Kelly, Howard A., and Walter L. Burrage. Dictionary of American Medical Biography. 1364pp. New York: Appleton, 1928. (Reprinted: Boston: Milford House, 1971)
Biography American	Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory. "Biographical Directory of the AAAS, 1848-60." Appendix in The Formation of the American Scientific Community: The American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1848-1860. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1976.
Biography American	Krapp, Kristine M., editor. Notable Black American Scientists. 349pp. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. Not seen. (Biographical sketches, with bibliographies of works by and about the subject. Includes timetable)
Biography General	Larkin, Robert P., and Gary L. Peters. Biographical Dictionary of Geography. 361pp. New York: Greenwood Press, 1993. (Entries include bibliographies of major works and additional sources)
Biography General	Lee, H. S. J. The Medical Millennium: 1000 Pioneers Who Have Contributed to the Development of Medicine over the Last 1000 Years. 113pp. New York: Parthenon Pub. Group, 2000. (Short entries without sources; essentially a catalogue of names)
Biography General	Mann, Thomas L. editor. Biographical Directory of Anthropologists before 1920. Compiled by Library - Anthropology Resource Group. (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 439). 245pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1988. (Brief identification with references to standard biographical sources)
Biography American	Miles, Wyndham D., editor. American Chemists and Chemical Engineers. Vol. 2 edited with Robert F. Gould. 2 vols. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1976; Guilford, Conn.: Gould Books, 1994. (Signed entries; include biographical references [notes based on examination of vol. 1])
Biography General	Morton, Leslie T., and Robert J. Moore. A Bibliography of Medical and Biomedical Biography. 2nd ed. 333pp. Aldershot, Hants, England: Scolar Press; Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 1994. (Books and periodical literature. Some entries note location of archival collections)
Biography American	National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoirs, vol. 1-. Washington, D.C.: The Academy, 1877-. (Deceased members of the Academy. Memoirs ordinarily include a bibliography of the scientist's writing)
Biography General	Oakes, Elizabeth H. A to Z of Chemists. (Notable scientists). 276pp. New York: Facts on File, 2002. (Includes US subjects)
Biography General	Oakes, Elizabeth H. International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists. (Facts on File science library). 448pp. New York: Facts on File, 2002. (No sources with entries)
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 York and London: Routledge, 2000. (Entries are signed and include lists of major works and sources for additional information. List of scientists by country included)
Biography General	Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey. Women in Science: Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century. A Biographical Dictionary and Annotated Bibliography. 254pp. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986. Includes references to major works and to sources of additionl biographical information)
Biography General	Pelletier, Paul A. Prominent Scientists: An Index to Collective Biographies. 3rd ed. 353pp. New York: Neal-Schumann, 1994.
Biography General	Poggendorff, Johann C. [and others]. Biographisch-literarisches Handworterbuch der exakten Naturwissenschaften. Leipzig: Barth, 1863-1904; Leipzig: Verlag Chemie, 1925-1940; Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1955-. (Title varies. Encompasses 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.: Edwards, 1945.)
Biography General	Proffitt, Pamela, editor. Notable Women Scientists. 668pp. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 1999.
Biography American	Roysdon, Christine, and Linda A. Khatri. American Engineers of the Nineteenth Century: A Biographical Index. (Garland Library of Social Science, 53). 247pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1978. (An index to technical / engineering journals. Engineers deceased before 1901; Engineering Index is said to serve the same 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, editors. Notable Women in the Life Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary. 440pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. (Includes bibliographical references)
Biography General	Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara Smith Shearer, editors. Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary. 479pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. (Includes bibliographical references. Few 19th century American entries)
Biography American	Siegel, Patricia Joan, and Kay Thomas Finley. Women in the Scientific Search: An American Bio-Bibliography, 1724-1979. 399pp. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1985. (Biographical information with annotated bibliographical references)
Biography American	Smith, Ben A. and James W. Vining. American Geographers, 1784–1812: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide. 312pp. Westport: Praeger, 2003.
Biography General	Smith, Roger. Biographies of Scientists: An Annotated Bibliography. (The Magill bibliographies). 293pp. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press; Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1998. (Books only. Section on collective biography. Includes autobiographies)
Biography American	Spangenburg, Ray and Diane Moser. African-Americans in Science, Math, and Invention. (Facts on File Library of American History: A to Z of African Americans). 254pp. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
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.)

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Bibliography of Encyclopedias, Chronologies, and Other Information Sources

TYPE / SCOPE	CITATION
Ency/Chron/Etc General	Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery. Updated and Illustrated. 790pp. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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.
Ency/Chron/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.
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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.
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/Etc General	Gascoigne, Robert M. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. 585pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1987.
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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.
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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.
Ency/Chron/Etc General	History of Science and Technology: A Narrative Chronology. Editorial director, Edgardo Marcorini. 2 vols. New York and Oxford: Facts on File, 1988.
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/Etc American	Merchant, Carolyn. The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History. 448pp. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002.
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/Etc General	Ochoa, George and Melinda Corey. The Wilson Chronology of Science and Technology. 440pp. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1997.
Ency/Chron/Etc General	Parkinson, Claire L. Breakthroughs: A Chronology of Great Achievements in Science and Mathematics, 1200-1930. 576pp. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985.
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/Etc General	Rosner, Lisa M., editor. Chronology of Science: From Stonehenge to the Human Genome Project. 566pp. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
Ency/Chron/Etc American	Rothenberg, Marc, editor. The History of Science in the United States: An Encyclopedia. 615pp. New York: Garland, 2001. (Signed articles, with bibliographies)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/Etc American	Street, Warren R. A Chronology of Noteworthy Events in American Psychology. 425pp. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1994.
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/Etc General	Travers, Bridget, editor. World of Invention. 770pp. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. (Alphabetical entries, including subjects and biographies)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/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)
Ency/Chron/Etc American	Wright, Russell O. Chronology of Communication in the United States. 176pp. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2004.
Ency/Chron/Etc American	Wright, Russell O. Chronology of Energy in the United States. 120pp. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2003.
Ency/Chron/Etc American	Wright, Russell O. Chronology of Public Health in the United States. 176pp. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2005.
Ency/Chron/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)

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Guides to Manuscript Resources and Special Collections

TYPE / SCOPE	CITATION
Mss/SpeCollns American	Academy of 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns American	Bragg, Terry A., compiler. Guide to the Archives of the McLean Hospital Corporation. 88pp. Belmont, Mass.: Archives, McLean Hospital, 1984. Not seen.
Mss/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns American	College of 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns American	Elliott, Clark A. "Sources for the History of Science in the Harvard University Archives." Harvard Library Bulletin 22 (1974): 49-71.
Mss/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns General	Index to Personal Names in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1984. 2 vols. Alexandria: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988.
Mss/SpeCollns 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/SpeCollns 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 Hydrographic Office Manuscript Charts, 1978, separately listed)
Mss/SpeCollns 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 the History of Science and Technology, 1. 215pp. Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University, 1971.
Mss/SpeCollns General	Library of Congress. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Began with 1959/61; ceased with index 1991-1993. "Based on reports from American repositories of manuscripts." Washington: Library of Congress, 1962-1994. (Available online through ArchivesUSA. Also see: Index to Personal Names ..., 1988, and, Index to Subjects and Corporate Names ..., 1994, which are separately listed. These indexes cover the NUCMC issues for 1959-1984)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Lick Observatory. Preliminary Finding Aid to the Archives of the Lick Observatory, from the Card Catalogs Maintained by the Lick Observatory Archives Staff, University of California at Santa Cruz. Edited by David DeVorkin. (AIP Publication R-293; National Catalog of Sources for History of Physics, report 5). 56pp. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1980.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Massa, William R. Guide to the Charles D. Walcott Collection, 1851-1940. (Guides to collections / Smithsonian Archives; no. 2). 80pp. City of Washington: Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution, 1984.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute Archives and Special Collections. Selective Guide to the Collections. 108pp. Cambridge, Mass.: Institute Archives and Special Collections, 1988. (Also: 1989 edition, 135 pp. [not seen])
Mss/SpeCollns American	Merrimack Valley Textile Museum. The Merrimack Valley Textile Museum: A Guide to the Manuscript Collections. Edited by Helena E. Wright. 378pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1983. (Collections chiefly those of companies and other organizations)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Multhauf, Robert P. and Gregory Good. A Brief History of Geomagnetism and a Catalog of the Collection of the National Museum of American History. (Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, 48). 87pp. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Nebeker, Frederik. Astronomy and the Geophysical Tradition in the United States in the Nineteenth Century: A Guide to the Manuscript Sources in the Library of the American Philosophical Society. (APS Library Publication, 16). 114pp. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society Library, 1991. (In addition to identifying manuscript material, a directory of astonomers and geophysicists is appended, with brief identification and references to standard biographical sources)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Nelson, Clifford M., editor. Records and History of the United States Geological Survey. (U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1179). Washington, D.C.: Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Interior, 2000. (Includes inventory of National Archives Record Group 57 accessions through 1997; and Mary C. Rabbitt, The United States Geological Survey 1879-1989, originally published 1989)
Mss/SpeCollns American	New York Botanical Garden. Library. Catalog of the Manuscript and Archival Collections, and an Index to the Correspondence of John Torrey. Compiled by Sara Lanley, and others. 473pp. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1973. (Photocopy of card catalogue)
Mss/SpeCollns American	New York Botanical Garden. Library. Guide to the Archives and Manuscripts of the New York Botanical Garden. Prepared by Terry Collins, and Steven P. Johnson. 91pp. New York: New York Botanical Garden Library, 1983.
Mss/SpeCollns General	Overmier, Judith A. and John Edward Senior. Books and Manuscripts of the Bakken. 512pp. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1992. (Catalogue of the Bakken Library of Electricity in Life, Minneapolis. Lists books, offprints, extracts)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Parascandola, John, and Elizabeth Keeney, compilers. Sources in the History of American Pharmacy. 59pp. Madison, Wis.: American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1983. (Research guide with historical introduction to the subject; bibliographic essay that includes references to manuscript collections; and biographical sketches with related bibliographic references)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Rider, Robin E., and Henry E. Lowood. Guide to Sources in Northern California for History of Science and Technology. (Berkeley Papers in History of Science, 10). 194pp. Berkeley: Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California, 1985.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Sackheim, Donald E., compiler. Historic American Engineering Record Catalog 1976. 193pp. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service; Government Printing Office, 1976. (Guide to research material on historically significant structures, gathered or created by National Park Service and deposited in the Library of Congress)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Schubert, Frank N. "Legacy of the Topographical Engineers: Textual and Cartographic Records of Western Exploration, 1829-1860." Government Publications Review 7A, no. 2 (1980): 111-116. (A footnoted essay discussing major guides to sources and publications of the Engineers)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Smith, Murphy D. Historical American Sketches: An Illustrated Guide to Sketches in the Manuscript Collections of the American Philosophical Society. 275pp. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984.
Mss/SpeCollns General	Smithsonian Institution. Guide to Photographic Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Prepared by Diane Vogt O'Connor. 4 vols. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989-1995.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Guide to the Smithsonian Archives. (Archives and special collections of the Smithsonian Institution; no. 5). 796pp. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Smithsonian Institution. National Anthropological Archives. Catalog to Manuscripts at the National Anthropological Archives. Department of Anthropology, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 4 vols. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1975. (Copies of catalogue cards for documents collected for use by the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1879-1965)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Smithsonian Institution. National Anthropological Archives. Guide to the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. By James R. Glenn. 314pp. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1992.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of History and Technology. Guide to Manuscript Collections in the National Museum of History and Technology, 1978. (Archives and special collections of the Smithsonian Institution; no. 3). 143pp. [Washington]: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Sokal, Michael M., and Patrice A. Rafail. A Guide to Manuscript Collections in the History of Psychology and Related Areas. 212pp. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1982.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Stanton, William. American Scientific Explorations, 1803-1860: Manuscripts in Four Philadelphia Libraries. (APS Library Publication, 15). 140pp. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1991. (Listed by expedition)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Stapleton, Darwin H. Accounts of European Science, Technology and Medicine Written by American Travellers Abroad, 1735-1860, in the Collections of the American Philosophical Society. (APS Library Publication no. 9). 48pp. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1991. (References manuscript and printed sources)
Mss/SpeCollns General	Steinke, Cynthia A., editor. History of Science and Technology: A Sampler of Centers and Collections of Distinction. (Science and Technology Libraries, 14, no. 4). 124pp. New York: Haworth Press, 1994. (Essays on history, programs, holdings, with varying emphasis; very selective representation)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Stewart, Elizabeth C., editor. Guide to the Roebling Collections at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rutgers University. 136pp. Troy, N.Y.: Friends of the Library, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1983. (Concerning John and Washington Roebling)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Stieber, Michael T. Register of Plant Collectors' Field Notes Held in North American Institutions. (Huntia, vol 4, no. 3). pp. 151-202. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1982.
Mss/SpeCollns General	Tselos, George D., and Colleen Wickey, compilers. A Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the History of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. (Center for History of Chemistry Publication, 7). 198pp. Philadelphia: Center for History of Chemistry, 1987.
Mss/SpeCollns General	Van Keuren, David K. The Proper Study of Mankind: An Annotated Bibliography of Manuscript Sources on Anthropology and Archeology in the Library of the American Philosophical Society. (APS Library Publication, 10). 79pp. Philadelphia, Penn.: American Philosophical Society, 1986.
Mss/SpeCollns American	Warnow, Joan N. A Selection of Manuscript Collections at American Repositories. (AIP National Catalog of Sources for History of Physics, Report 1). 73pp. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1969. (Emphasis is on period from late 19th century)
Mss/SpeCollns American	Washington State University Library. Northwest Botanical Manuscripts: An Indexed Register of the Papers, 1867-1957, of Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf, William Conklin Cusick, Charles Vancouver Piper, Rolla Kent Beattie, and Harold St. John in the Washington State Universty Library. 62pp. Pullman: Washington State University, 1976.

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