Fifty Basic Reference Works on Americana: With a Selection of Companion Works

·         Alden, John. and Dennis C. Landis: EUROPEAN AMERICANA: A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493 - 1776 VOLUME I: 1493 - 1600. with: ...VOLUME II: 1601 - 1650. with: ...VOLUME V: 1701 - 1725. New York / New Canaan: Readex Books. 1980-87. Three volumes

 

·         [American Book Prices]: AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT. 1896-1996. One hundred and one volumes. Volumes for 1975 to present are also available on CDRom.

 

·         Brigham, Clarence S.: HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS 1690 - 1820. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1947. Two volumes.

 

·         Clark. Thomas D.: TRAVELS IN THE OLD SOUTH A BIBLIOGRAPHY.... Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1956]. Three volumes.

 

·         Clark, Thomas D.: TRAVELS IN THE NEW SOUTH A BIBLIOGRAPHY.... Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1962]. Two volumes.

 

·         Coulter, E. Merton: TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1948.

 

·         Cole, George W.: A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE DISCOVERY AND EARLY HISTORY OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA FORMING A PART OF THE LIBRARY OF E.D. CHURCH. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1907. Five volumes.

 

·         [Decker, Peter]: CATALOGUE SEVENTEEN [through:] TWENTY-ONE AMERICANA BOOKS. MAPS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WITH OTHER RARE AND UN-COMMON ITEMS DEPICTING THE WESTWARD EXPANSION OF AMERICA UPON THE PLAINS AND THE PACIFIC SLOPE...TO BE DISPERSED...BY PETER DECKER.. [New York, nd]. Two volumes.

 

·         [Decker, Peter]: PETER DECKER'S CATALOGUES OF AMERICANA IN THREE VOLUMES INCLUDING INDEX CATALOGUES 22-50, 1944-1963. FOREWORD BY ARCHIBALD HANNA...PREFACE BY PETER DECKER. Austin: Jenkins Publishing Co. & Frontier America Corp., 1979. Three volumes.

 

·         DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.... New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-37. Twenty volumes plus index volume.

 

·         [Dictionary of American History]: Adams, James T.: DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY... New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1940. Five volumes plus index volume.

 

·         [Dictionary of National Biography]: Stephen. Leslie, and Sidney Lee: DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. [with:] ...SUPPLEMENT. [with:] ...SECOND SUPPLEMENT. London: Smith. Elder & Co.. 1908-12. Twenty-four volumes. including four supplement volumes.

 

·         Drake, Milton: ALMANACS OF THE UNITED STATES.... New York: The Scarecrow Press, 1962. Two volumes.

 

·         [Eberstadt, Edward, & Sons]: THE ANNOTATED EBERSTADT CATALOGS OF AMERICANA IN FOUR VOLUMES INCLUDING INDEX NUMBERS 103 TO 138 1936 -1956 INTRODUCTION BY ARCHIBALD HANNA JR. New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, Ltd., 1965. Four volumes.

 

·         Evans, Charles: AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY...A CHRONOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF ALL BOOKS. PAMPHLETS, AND PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM THE GENESIS OF PRINTING IN 1639 DOWN TO AND INCLUDING THE YEAR 1820 WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. Chicago: Privately Printed for the Author, 1903-34/55. Fourteen volumes, including index volume.

 

·         Bristol, Roger P.: SUPPLEMENT TO CHARLES EVANS' AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, [1970].

 

·         Shipton, Clifford K., and James E. Mooney: NATIONAL INDEX OF AMERICAN IMPRINTS THROUGH 1800 THE SHORT-TITLE EVANS.... [Worcester]: American Antiquarian Society and Barre Publishers, 1969. Two volumes.

 

·         Shaw, Ralph R., and Richard H. Shoemaker: AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY A PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST FOR 1801 [-1819].... [continued as:] Shoemaker, Richard H., et al: A CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN IMPRINTS FOR 1820 [-1833].... New York: The Scarecrow Press, 1958-79. Thirty-four volumes plus three index volumes. And subsequent volumes as issued.

 

·         [Imprints]: NORTH AMERICAN IMPRINTS PROGRAM. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society. [In progress.]

 

·         Field, Thomas W.: AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN INDIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. BEING A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, RELATING TO THE HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, LANGUAGES. CUSTOMS, RELIGION, WARS, LITERATURE, AND ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS, IN THE LIBRARY OF THOMAS W. FIELD.... New Haven: William Reese Company, 1991.

 

·         Freidel, Frank. and Richard K. Showman: HARVARD GUIDE TO AMERICAN HISTORY REVISED EDITION. Cambridge & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1974. Two volumes bound in one, as issued.

 

·         Gephart, Ronald M.: REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA 1763-1789 A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Washington: Library of Congress, 1984. Two volumes.

 

·         Greely, A.W.: PUBLIC DOCUMENTS OF THE FIRST FOURTEEN CONGRESSES, 1789-1817. Washington. 1900.

 

·         Hanna, Archibald: A MIRROR FOR THE NATION AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN SOCIAL FICTION, 1901 - 1950. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.

 

·         Howes, Wright: U.S.IANA (1650-1950) A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY IN WHICH ARE DESCRIBED 11,620 UNCOMMON AND SIGNIFICANT BOOKS RELATING TO THE CONTINENTAL PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION. New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1962.

 

·         Hubach, Robert T.: EARLY MIDWESTERN TRAVEL NARRATIVES AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1634 - 1850. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. 1961,

 

·         Kaplan, Louis, et al: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHIES. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1961.

 

·         [Kress Library]: THE KRESS LIBRARY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS CATALOGUE COVERING MATERIAL PUBLISHED THROUGH 1776 WITH DATA UPON COGNATE ITEMS IN OTHER HARVARD LIBRARIES: Boston: Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, [1940-67]. Five volumes, including two supplementary volumes.

 

·         Lamar, Howard R.: THE READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN WEST. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1977].

 

·         [Lande, Lawrence M.]: THE LAWRENCE LANDE COLLECTION OF CANADIANA IN THE REDPATH LIBRARY OF McGILL UNIVERSITY A BIBLIOGRAPHY COLLECTED, ARRANGED AND ANNOTATED BY LAWRENCE LANDE WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EDGAR ANDREW COLLARD. [with:] RARE AND UNUSUAL CANADIANA FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO THE LANDE BIBLIOGRAPHY. Montreal: The Lawrence Lande Foundation / McGill University, 1965-1971. Two volumes.

 

·         Littlefield, Daniel F., Jr., and James W. Parins: AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS, 1826-1924. Westport: Greenwood Press, [1984].

 

·         [Maggs Bros.]: BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA ET PHILIPPINA. London: Maggs Bros., 1922-30. Nine parts issued as nine separate catalogues, with continuous numeration.

 

·         Meisel, Max: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN NATURAL HISTORY THE PIONEER CENTURY, 1769-1865.... New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1967. Three volumes.

 

·         Murdock, George P., and Timothy J. O'Leary: ETHNOGRAPHIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA 4TH EDITION VOLUME 1: GENERAL NORTH AMERICA. [with:] ...VOLUME 2: ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC. [with:] ...VOLUME 3: FAR WEST AND PACIFIC COAST. [with:] ...VOLUME 4: EASTERN UNITED STATES. [with:] ...VOLUME 5: PLAINS AND SOUTHWEST. New Haven: Human Relations Area Files Press, 1975. Five volumes.

 

·         [National Union Catalogue]: THE NATIONAL UNION CATALOGUE. Mansell. 1968-81. Seven hundred and fifty-two volumes.

 

·         Palau y Dulcet, Antonio: MANUAL DEL LIBRERO HISPANO-AMERICANO BIBLIOGRAFIA GENERAL ESPANOLA E HISPANO-AMIERICANA DESDE LA INVENCION DE LA IMPRENTA HASTA NUESTROS TIEMPOS CON EL VALOR COMERCIAL DE LOS IMPRESOS DESCRITOS.... Barcelona and Oxford: Antonio Palau y Dulcet / Dolphin Book Co., 1948-87. Twenty-eight volumes plus seven index volumes.

 

·         Parrish, T. Michael, and Robert M. Willingham, Jr.: CONFEDERATE IMPRINTS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTHERN PUBLICATIONS FROM SECESSION TO SURRENDER EXPANDING AND REVISING THE EARLIER WORKS OF MARJORIE CRANDALL & RICHARD HARWELL. Austin: Jenkins Publishing Co., [1987].

 

·         Phillips, Philip L.: A LIST OF MAPS OF AMERICA IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRECEDED BY A LIST OF WORKS RELATING TO CARTOGRAPHY. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901.

 

·         Phillips, Philip L.: A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.... [with:] Le Gear, Clara: GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES VOLUME 5 [- 8]. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909-20 and 1958-74. Eight volumes.

 

·         Le Gear, Clara E.: UNITED STATES ATLASES A LIST OF NATIONAL, STATE, COUNTY, CITY, AND REGIONAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS [with:] ...VOLUME 2. Washington: The Library of Congress, 1950-53. Two volumes.

 

·         Pilling, James C.: PROOF-SHEETS OF A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LANGUAGES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885.

 

·         Prucha, Francis P.: HANDBOOK FOR RESEARCH IN AMERICAN HISTORY. A GUIDE TO BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND OTHER REFERENCE WORKS. Lincoln: University of Nebraska. 1987.

 

·         Reps, John W.: VIEWS AND VIEWMAKERS OF URBAN AMERICA LITHOGRAPHS OF TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, NOTES ON THE ARTISTS AND PUBLISHERS, AND A UNION CATALOG OF THEIR WORK, 1825-1925. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1984.

 

·         Sabin, Joseph, et al: A DICTIONARY OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA, FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME. New York: Joseph Sabin, 1868-1936. Twenty-nine volumes.

 

·         [Sabin, Joseph]: Molnar, John E.: AUTHOR-TITLE INDEX TO JOSEPH SABIN'S DICTIONARY OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA. Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1974. Three volumes.

 

·         Schwartz, Seymour I., and Ralph E. Ehrenberg: THE MAPPING OF AMERICA. New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1980].

 

·         Silveira de Braganza, Ronald L., and Charlotte Oakes: THE HILL COLLECTION OF PACIFIC VOYAGES...ANNOTATIONS BY JONATHAN A. HILL. San Diego: University of California. 1974-83. Three volumes, including index volume.

 

·         Spear, Dorothea N.: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN DIRECTORIES THROUGH 1860. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1961.

 

·         Staton, Frances M., and Marie Tremaine: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIANA BEING ITEMS IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF TORONTO, CANADA, RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA...INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE H. LOCKE. [with:] Boyle, Gertrude M., and Marjorie Colbeck: ...FIRST SUPPLEMENT...INTRODUCTION BY HENRY C. CAMPBELL. [with:] Alston, Sandra, and Karen Evans: ...SECOND SUPPLEMENT VOLUME 2 1801 - 1849. Toronto: The Public Library, 1934-85 [i.e. 1965-85]. Three volumes.

 

·         Storm, Colton: A CATALOGUE OF THE EVERETT D. GRAFF COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968.

 

·         Streeter, Thomas W.: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS 1795-1845. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955-60. Five volumes.

 

·         Streeter, Thomas W.: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS 1795-1845...SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED BY ARCHIBALD HANNA.... Woodbridge: Research Publications, 1983.

 

·         [Streeter, Thomas W.]: THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF AMERICANA FORMED BY THE LATE THOMAS WINTHROP STREETER.... New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1966-70. Seven volumes plus index volume.

 

·         Sturtevant, William C.: HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. 1978-84. Seven volumes.

 

·         Taft, Robert: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AMERICAN SCENE A SOCIAL HISTORY, 1839 - 1889. New York: Dover Publications, [1964].

 

·         Tanselle, G. Thomas: GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF UNITED STATES IMPRINTS. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. Two volumes.

 

·         Vail, R.W.G.: THE VOICE OF THE OLD FRONTIER. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1949.

 

·         Wagner, Henry R.: THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORIGINAL NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE 1800-1865 THIRD EDITION REVISED BY CHARLES L. CAMP. Columbus, Oh. : Long's College Book Company, 1953.

 

·         Wagner, Henry R., and Charles L. Camp: THE PLAINS & THE ROCKIES A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EXPLORATION, ADVENTURE AND TRAVEL IN THE AMERICAN WEST 1800 - 1865 FOURTH EDITION REVISED, ENLARGED AND EDITED BY ROBERT H. BECKER. San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1982.

 

·         Wagner, Henry R.: THE SPANISH SOUTHWEST 1542-1794 AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. New York: Arno Press, 1967. Two volumes.

 

·         Wheat, Carl I.: 1540 - 1861 MAPPING THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST.... San Francisco: The Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63. Six volumes.

 

·         Wheat, James C., and Christian F. Brun: MAPS AND CHARTS PUBLISHED IN AMERICA BEFORE 1800 A BIBLIOGRAPHY REVISED EDITION. [London]: Holland Press, [1978].

 

·         Wright, Lyle: AMERICAN FICTION, 1774 [through:] 1900. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1948 -1978. Three volumes, plus supplements .