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21Title:  National portrait gallery of eminent Americans: including orators, statesmen, naval and military heroes, jurists, authors, etc., etc., from    
 Creator:  Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878 
 Chappel, Alonzo
 Publication:  Johnson, Fry & Company, New York,[1862] 
 Call #:  E176 D987 
 Extent:  2 v. fronts., ports, 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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22Title:  Biographical sketches of preeminent Americans    
 Creator:  Harrison, Frederick G. 
 Publication:  Consolidated Book Co, Boston,[c1892-93] 
 Notes:  Pages not numbered. 
 Call #:  H176 H319 
 Extent:  4 v. ports. 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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23Title:  The national portrait gallery of distinguished Americans    
 Creator:  Herring, James, 1794-1867 
 Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869
 American Academy of the Fine Arts
 Publication:  Bancroft, New York,1834-39. 
 Notes:  Issued in monthly parts. Vol. I-III have added title-pages engraved. Vol 4 as bound, consists of pt. XXXVII-XL, in original covers. Contains 12 of the 39 biographies belonging to the volume. 
 Call #:  E176 H567 
 Extent:  4v. : ports ; 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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24Title:  American elite and sociologist: a distinct cyclopedia of twenty thousand America's best families, the national social blue book, twentieth century living Americans prominent in the social, industrial and financial world    
 Creator:  Herringshaw, Thomas William, 1858- 
 Publication:  American blue book publishers, Chicago,[c1927] 
 Notes:  Lettered on cover: American elite and sociologist blue book. 
 Call #:  E663 H563 
 Extent:  746 p. incl. front. (port.) 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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25Title:  The biographical review of prominent men and women of the day: With biographical sketches and reminiscences. To which is added a birdseye view of the history of our Republic and much other valuable information    
 Creator:  Herringshaw, Thomas William, 1858- 
 Publication:  Home Publishing House, Chicago,[c1888] 
 Call #:  E663 H565 
 Extent:  1 p. leaf, iv, xii, [19]-576 p. illus. (ports.) 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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26Title:  Contemporaries    
 Creator:  Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 
 Publication:  Houghton, Mifflin, Boston,1900. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Call #:  PS1925 A2 1900 
 Extent:  379 p. ; 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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27Title:  The American biographical sketch book    
 Creator:  Hunt, William. 
 Publication:  Nafis & Cornish, Nafis, Cornish & Co, New York, St. Louis, Mo,1849. 
 Notes:  Title vignette. 
 Call #:  E176 H943 
 Extent:  2 p. Á., [3]-38, [9]-18, 39-408 p. front., plates, ports. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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28Title:  American portrait gallery, containing correct portraits and brief notices of the principal actors in American history ... from Christopher Columbus down to the present time    
 Creator:  Jones, A. D. (Abner Dumont), 1807-1872 
 Publication:  Henry Miller, New York,1869. 
 Call #:  E176 J68 
 Extent:  iv, 768 p. illus. 26 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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29Title:  Haphazard personalities: chiefly of noted Americans    
 Creator:  Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895 
 Publication:  Lee and Shepard, C.T. Dillingham, Boston, New York,1886. 
 Call #:  E339 L291 
 Extent:  387 p. 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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30Title:  American portrait gallery: containing portraits of men now living; with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions    
 Creator:  Livingston, John. 
 Publication:  The author], S. Low, Son & Co. [etc., etc.], New York, London,1854- 
 Notes:  Cover-title. This seems to be the same as his "Portraits of eminent Americans now living" published serially. Arrangement of contents is different. 
 Call #:  E339 L786A 
 Extent:  v. ports. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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31Title:  Portraits of eminent Americans now living: including President Pierce and his cabinet; with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions    
 Creator:  Livingston, John. 
 Publication:  R. Craighead, printer], S. Low, son & co, New York, London,1854. 
 Call #:  E339 L787 1854 
 Extent:  xvi, 542 p. ports. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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32Title:  Portraits of eminent Americans now living: with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions    
 Creator:  Livingston, John. 
 Publication:  Lamport & co, New York, Cornish,1853-1854. 
 Notes:  Vols. 3-4 have imprint: New York [The author] 157 Broadway; London, S. Low, son & co.; [etc., etc.] Originally issued in parts, with cover-title: American portrait gallery, containing portraits of men now living. 
 Call #:  E339 L786P 
 Extent:  4 v. ports. 23 cm. (v.4: 24 cm.) 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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33Title:  Eminent Americans: comprising brief biographies of three hundred and thirty distinguished persons    
 Creator:  Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 
 Publication:  Mason brothers, New York,1857. 
 Notes:  Earlier editions published under title: Our countrymen; or, Brief memoirs of eminent Americans. Later editions appeared under title: Lives of celebrated Americans. 
 Call #:  E176 L881 
 Extent:  viii, [9]-416 p. front. illus. (ports) 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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34Title:  Lives of celebrated Americans: comprising biographies of three hundred and forty eminent persons    
 Creator:  Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 
 Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
 Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
 Publication:  Belknap, Hartford [Conn.],1869. 
 Notes:  Also published under titles, "Our countrymen" and "Eminent American." 
 Call #:  E176 L882 
 Extent:  448 p. illus. (ports.) 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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35Title:  The national portrait gallery of distinguished Americans    
 Creator:  Herring, James, 1794-1867 
 Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869
 American Academy of the Fine Arts
 Publication:  Henry Perkins, Philadelphia,1835-1839. 
 Notes:  On spine of vol. 1: National portraits, 1834. Blind and gold tooled red leather binding. Vol. 1: 1836. Each vol. has also special engraved title page with vignette. Vol. 4 has imprint: Philadelphia : James B. Longacre ; New York : James Herring, 1839. Original issue has imprint: New York : M. Bancroft, 1834-1839. 
 Call #:  E176 H567 1834/9a 
 Extent:  4 v. : ports. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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36Title:  Little visits with great Americans: or, Success ideals and how to attain them    
 Creator:  Marden, Orison Swett, 1848-1924 
 Publication:  Success, New York,1905, c1904. 
 Call #:  CT211 M322 
 Extent:  742 p. plates, ports. 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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37Title:  The Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University: official handbook    
 Creator:  New York University Hall of Fame for Great Americans. 
 Morello, Theodore
 Publication:  New York University Press, New York],1962. 
 Notes:  Published in 1927-29 under title: Hand-book of the Hall of Fame, New York University. 
 Call #:  LD3885 H174 
 Extent:  192 p. illus., ports., diagr. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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38Title:  Famous Americans of recent times    
 Creator:  Parton, James, 1822-1891 
 Publication:  Ticknor and Fields, Boston,1867. 
 Notes:  "The papers contained in this volume were originally published in the North American Review, with four exceptions. Those upon Theodosia Burr and John Jacob Astor first appeared in Harper's Magazine; that upon Commodore Vanderbilt, in the New York Ledger; and that upon Henry Ward Beecher and his church, in the Atlantic Monthly."--Note. 
 Call #:  E339 P274 
 Extent:  3 p. Á., [3]-473 p. front. (port.) 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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39Title:  Progressive Americans of the twentieth century: containing biographical sketches of distinguished Americans    
 Publication:  Progressive Pub. Co, Chicago,1910. 
 Call #:  E747 P96 
 Extent:  4 p. Á., 664 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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40Title:  Leaders of men, or, Types and principles of success, as illustrated in the lives and careers of famous Americans of the present day    
 Creator:  Ruoff, Henry W. (Henry Woldmar), 1865-1935 
 Publication:  King-Richardson, Springfield, Mass,c1902. 
 Call #:  B 2105 
 Extent:  695 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography
 
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