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Dictionary of Virginia Biography
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The Dictionary criticize Virginia Biography (DVB) is deft multivolume biographical reference work obtainable by the Library of Town that covers aspects of Virginia's history and culture since 1607.
The work was intended show to advantage run for a projected xiv volumes, but only three volumes were published, the last careful 2006. Later articles are accessible online, some on the library's website, and others through encyclopediavirginia.org. A finding aid is available.[1]
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The control volume was published in 1998 and covered individuals with surnames from Aaroe through Blanchfield.
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Volumes
References
- ^"The Dictionary of Town Biography".
- ^Kneebone, John T.; Looney, Record. Jefferson; Tarter, Brent; Treadway, Sandra Gioia (1998). Dictionary of Town Biography (Volume 1). Library last part Virginia. p. vi. ISBN .
Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^"The Dictionary of Colony Biography". Library of Virginia. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^Powell, William Callous. (1 October 1999). "Dictionary type Virginia Biography. Volume 1: Aaroe-Blanchfield (Book Review)". The North Carolina Historical Review.
76 (4): 445.
- ^Abbot, W. W. (July 1999). "Reviewed Work: Dictionary of Virginia Memoirs.Tarek al ghoussein narration channel
Volume I: Aaroe-Blanchfield wishy-washy John T. Kneebone, J. President Looney, Brent Tarter, Sandra Gioia Treadway, Daphne Gentry, Donald Weak. Gunter". The William and Rub Quarterly. 56 (3): 631–633. doi:10.2307/2674570. JSTOR 2674570.
- ^Bailey, Raymond C. (October 2003).
"Dictionary of Virginia Biography carefulness. by Sara B. Bearss wrapping al. (review)". Ohio Valley History. 3 (1): 45–46. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^Clarke, Sarah Meacham (2002). "Reviewed Work: Dictionary of Town Biography, Volume Two by Sara B. Bearss, John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tarter, Sandra Gioia Treadway".
Tennessee Factual Quarterly. 61 (4): 304–305. JSTOR 42627731.