History: Biography

A tool that provides access to a wide range of resources for genealogical and historical research. Includes information from the United States Census; military records; court, land, and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists; etc.

Offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography. Among more than 30 browseable genre categories are actors, authors, composers, explorers, figures relevant to U.S. & world history, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, and current world leaders.

A database of English-language oral histories, i.e., full-text content available in Alexander Street Press collections. Also an index (with over 100,00 entries) to free oral history information on the Web, covering material provided by archives, repositories, individuals, and organizations around the world.

Biographical dictionary of about 17,500 notable American men and women from all eras of American history who are no longer alive. Includes illustrations and links to other online resources. ACCESS NOTE: One simultaneous user only.

Photographs, biographies, archival information, and bibliographies about current and former senators, congresspersons, vice presidents, territorial delegates, resident commissioners and delegates to the Continental congress. Covers 1774-present.

Registration (free) required for first-time users.

Streaming video interviews and testimonies from genocide survivors and witnesses including content from the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide, 1937 Nanjing Massacre in China, the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and the Guatemalan Genocide of 1978-1996.