Tennessee Biographies: Difference between revisions

*Allison, John Roy V. ''Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits.'' Two Volumes. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association, 1905. {{FHL|312485|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 24567}}; digital versions are at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30084 Ancestry] ($); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdtn10025_notablemenportraits World Vital Records] ($). Includes a surname index.  

*''American Genealogical-Biographical Index.'' Volumes 1–198+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–.  {{FHL|193375|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Books 973 D22am ser. 2; on 31 films starting with 1698167}}; or online at [http://search.ancestry.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] ($) or [http://www.godfrey.org/ Godfrey Memorial Library] ($). 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. To help interpret citations and to locate the original sources, use the colored pages in some volumes, or use: ''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. {{FHL|973 D22am index|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 D22am index}}; Film {{FHL|655803|title-id|disp=1698167 item 4}}; Fiche {{FHL|655803|title-id|disp=6088377}}. This shows the call numbers for those sources that are at the Family History Library.  

*McBride, Robert M. ''Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975. {{FHL|976.8 D3mc|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 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. {{FHL|1291|film|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 1291}}. A partial index is included in this record.  

*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. {{FHL|976.8 D3s|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 D3s}}; Film {{FHL|220890|title-id|disp=833388}}. A surname index is included. [http://www.archive.org/details/sketchesofpromin01spee Free digital copy Sloan Foundation].

*''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?Submit=Search&action=search&keyword=Libraries Draper Manuscript Collection]''<ref> Draper, Lyman Copeland. ''[http://frontierfolk.org/draper.htm Draper Manuscript Collection]'' Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Library, 197–?. (On 147 Family History Library films beginning with http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp; columns=*,0,0 889098

{{dead link}}.)</ref> The collection consists of nearly 500 volumes of manuscripts, papers, and books collected by Lyman Copeland Draper about the history of the trans-Allegheny West, a region including the western areas of the Carolinas and Virginia, all the Ohio River Valley, and part of the upper Mississippi Valley from the 1740s to 1830. The collection is divided into 50 series. Some series are titled by geographic area, some by the names of prominent frontier leaders, and some by topic. The bulk of the collection consists of notes from interviews, questionnaires, and letters gathered during Draper’s extensive travels and research to learn about frontier history. Personal papers are much more rare than government or military records.

*''Guide to the Draper Manuscripts'' <ref>Harper, Josephine L. ''Guide to the Draper Manuscripts''. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983. (Family History Library book http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&amp;amp;allno=977.583%2FM1+A3h 977.583/M1 A3h

{{dead link}}.) </ref>This guide gives series and volume descriptions for some of the Draper manuscripts. There are several indexes at the end of the book, including a name and subject index, an additional personal data index, and a list of references to Illinois.

*''Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts.'' <ref>Wolfe, Barbara Schull. ''Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts.'' Logansport, Indiana: B.S. Wolfe, 197–?. (Family History Library book {{FHL|977.583%2FM1 A3w|disp=977.583/M1 A3w}}.) </ref>The name index gives the series and volume numbers, but is not complete.