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Allison, John Roy V. ''Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits.'' Two Volumes. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association, 1905. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=312485&disp=Notable+men+of+Tennessee++ 24567].) A surname index is included. Digital versions are available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30084 Ancestry] ($); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdtn10025_notablemenportraits World Vital Records] ($).
Allison, John Roy V. ''Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits.'' Two Volumes. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association, 1905. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=312485&disp=Notable+men+of+Tennessee++ 24567].) A surname index is included. Digital versions are available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30084 Ancestry] ($); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdtn10025_notablemenportraits World Vital Records] ($).
Temple, Oliver Perry and Mary Boyce Temple. ''Notable Men of Tennessee, from 1833 to 1875: Their Times and Their Contemporaries.'' New York, New York : Cosmopolitan Press, 1912. Digital versions available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25364 Ancestry] ($); [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH32&CISOPTR=52982 BYU Family History Archives]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=ha0DAAAAYAAJ Google Books] [full view]; and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdtn10024_notablemen World Vital Records] ($).


''American Genealogical-Biographical Index.'' Volumes 1–198+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–.  (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=193375&disp=The+American+genealogical%2Dbiographical%20%20&columns=*,0,0 973 D22am ser. 2; on 31 films starting with 1698167].) This is a continuing series. An earlier edition of 48 volumes was published as The American Genealogical Index 1942–1951. The expanded edition consists of more than 198 volumes, indexing over 12 million brief citations (name, date, and source) to more than 1,150 manuscripts, periodicals, or books. This index is also available for a membership fee through [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&f2=&gskw=American+Genealogical-Biographical+Index&f21=&f30=&f11=&rg_f10__date=&rs_f10__date=0&f26=&ctx=%2FMercury%2FPages%2FCardCatListBoolean.aspx&ccType=search&db=dbatitles&ti=5561&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3&_F0003A49-int=1 Ancestry].
''American Genealogical-Biographical Index.'' Volumes 1–198+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–.  (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=193375&disp=The+American+genealogical%2Dbiographical%20%20&columns=*,0,0 973 D22am ser. 2; on 31 films starting with 1698167].) This is a continuing series. An earlier edition of 48 volumes was published as The American Genealogical Index 1942–1951. The expanded edition consists of more than 198 volumes, indexing over 12 million brief citations (name, date, and source) to more than 1,150 manuscripts, periodicals, or books. This index is also available for a membership fee through [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&f2=&gskw=American+Genealogical-Biographical+Index&f21=&f30=&f11=&rg_f10__date=&rs_f10__date=0&f26=&ctx=%2FMercury%2FPages%2FCardCatListBoolean.aspx&ccType=search&db=dbatitles&ti=5561&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3&_F0003A49-int=1 Ancestry].
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''Key Title Index to the American Genealogical Biographical Index: Register of Family History Library Call Numbers.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+D22am+index 973 D22am index]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=655803&disp=Key+title+index+to+the+American+genealog%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1698167 item 4]; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=655803&disp=Key+title+index+to+the+American+genealog++ 6088377].) This shows the call numbers for those sources that are at the Family History Library.  
''Key Title Index to the American Genealogical Biographical Index: Register of Family History Library Call Numbers.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+D22am+index 973 D22am index]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=655803&disp=Key+title+index+to+the+American+genealog%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1698167 item 4]; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=655803&disp=Key+title+index+to+the+American+genealog++ 6088377].) This shows the call numbers for those sources that are at the Family History Library.  
Speer, William S. ''Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans: Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee. 1888.'' Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1997. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3s 976.8 D3s]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=220890&disp=Sketches+of+prominent+Tennesseans++ 833388].) A surname index is included.


McBride, Robert M. ''Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3mc 976.8 D3mc].) There are six volumes, each representing a specific time period between 1796 and 1991. A surname index is included in each volume.  
McBride, Robert M. ''Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3mc 976.8 D3mc].) There are six volumes, each representing a specific time period between 1796 and 1991. A surname index is included in each volume.  


''Memorial and Biographical Record: An Illustrated Compendium of Biography, Containing a Compendium of Local Biography,'' ''Including Biographical Sketches of Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of Part of the Cumberland Region of Tennessee, with a Review of Their Life Work; Their Identity with the Growth and Development of This Region; Reminiscences of Personal History and Pioneer Life; and Other Interesting and Valuable Matter Which Should Be Preserved in History''. Also a ''Compendium of Biography, Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of the Greatest Men and Celebrities America Has Produced in Various Walks of Life, Including Great Statesmen, Lawyers, Jurists, Scientists, Editors, Poets, Writers, Financiers, Railroad Magnates, Army and Navy Officers, Inventors, Speculators, Scouts, Merchant Princes, Humorists, Manufacturers, Abolitionists, Explorers, All the Presidents, Etc.''Chicago, Illinois: George A. Ogle and Company, 1898. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1291 1291].) A partial index is included in this record.  
''Memorial and Biographical Record: An Illustrated Compendium of Biography, Containing a Compendium of Local Biography,'' ''Including Biographical Sketches of Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of Part of the Cumberland Region of Tennessee, with a Review of Their Life Work; Their Identity with the Growth and Development of This Region; Reminiscences of Personal History and Pioneer Life; and Other Interesting and Valuable Matter Which Should Be Preserved in History''. Also a ''Compendium of Biography, Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of the Greatest Men and Celebrities America Has Produced in Various Walks of Life, Including Great Statesmen, Lawyers, Jurists, Scientists, Editors, Poets, Writers, Financiers, Railroad Magnates, Army and Navy Officers, Inventors, Speculators, Scouts, Merchant Princes, Humorists, Manufacturers, Abolitionists, Explorers, All the Presidents, Etc.''Chicago, Illinois: George A. Ogle and Company, 1898. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1291 1291].) A partial index is included in this record.  
''Prominent Tennesseans, 1796 - 1938.'' Lewisburg, TN: Who's Who Pub. Co. 1940. Digital versions available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30085 Ancestry] ($) and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdtn3007_prominent World Vital Records] ($).
Speer, William S. ''Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans: Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee. 1888.'' Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1997. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3s 976.8 D3s]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=220890&disp=Sketches+of+prominent+Tennesseans++ 833388].) A surname index is included.
Temple, Oliver Perry and Mary Boyce Temple. ''Notable Men of Tennessee, from 1833 to 1875: Their Times and Their Contemporaries.'' New York, New York : Cosmopolitan Press, 1912. Digital versions available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25364 Ancestry] ($); [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH32&CISOPTR=52982 BYU Family History Archives]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=ha0DAAAAYAAJ Google Books] [full view]; and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdtn10024_notablemen World Vital Records] ($).


''The Calvin M. McClung Collection'', which is described in the “[[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” section of this outline, contains biographical material for residents of Tennessee.  
''The Calvin M. McClung Collection'', which is described in the “[[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” section of this outline, contains biographical material for residents of Tennessee.  
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