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HISTORY 152 Note: A number of important historical
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HISTORY 152 Note: A number of important historical
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1860 |
JANE ADDAMS, b. 1860 American heroine: the life and legend of Jane Addams. Call number: HV28 .A35 D38 (Social Work Library) Cuny+ catalog information Jane Addams and the dream of American democracy: a life.
Twenty years at Hull-House, with autobiographical notes.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, b. 1860
William Jennings Bryan .
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN, b. 1860
HENRIETTA SZOLD, b. 1860
MARAGRET A. HALEY, b. 1861
GEORGE W. NORRIS, b. 1861
FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER, b. 1861
ALBERT BEVERIDGE, b. 1862
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, b. 1862
Charles Evans Hughes and American democratic statesmanship,
IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT, b. 1862
To keep the waters troubled: the life of Ida B. Wells.
Memphis diary of Ida B. Wells.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett: an exploratory study of an American Black woman,1893-1930.
ELIZABETH ROBINS, b. 1862
Elizabeth Robins: staging a life.
BLACK ELK, b. 1863
Later edition: Cuny+
catalog information
HENRY FORD, b. 1863
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, b. 1863
MARY CHURCH TERRELL, b. 1863
Quest for equality: the life and writings of Mary Eliza Church Terrell.
NELLIE BLY, b. 1864
ALFRED STIEGLITZ, b. 1864
WILLIAM SURREY HART, b. 1864 or 1865
MARY WHITE OVINGTON, b. 1865
The walls came tumbling down.
GIFFORD PINCHOT, b. 1865
ALICE AUSTEN, b. 1866
LILLIAN D. WALD, b. 1867
MADAM C. J. WALKER, b. 1867
HENRY STIMSON, b. 1867
EDWARD CURTIS, b. 1868
SCOTT JOPLIN, b. 1868
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, b. 1868
LEFT HANDED, b. 1868
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) DU BOIS, b. 1868
W.E.B. Du Bois.
EMMA GOLDMAN, b. 1869
Love, anarchy, and Emma Goldman, Revised ed.
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1870 |
BERNARD M. BARUCH, b. 1870 The speculator, Bernard M. Baruch in Washington, 1917-1965. Call number: E 748 .B32 S3 1981 (Social Work) Cuny+ catalog information Mr. Baruch.
CORDELL HULL, b. 1871
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, b. 1871
The autobiography of an ex-coloured man.
James Weldon Johnson, Black leader, Black voice.
JOHN SLOAN, b. 1871
FLORINE STETTHEIMER, b. 1871
JULIA MORGAN, b. 1872
ALFRED (AL) SMITH, b. 1873
HAROLD L. ICKES, b. 1874
Harold Ickes of the New Deal: his private life and public career.
Roosevelt's warrior: Harold L. Ickes and the New Deal.
CHARLES IVES, b. 1874
ROBERT FROST, b. 1874
Robert Frost: a life.
HARRY HOUDINI, b. 1874
MARY McLEOD BETHUNE, b. 1875
GEORGE M. COHAN, b. 1878
MARGARET SANGER, b. 1879
Woman of valor: Margaret Sanger and the birth control movement in America.
WILL ROGERS, b. 1879
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1880 |
HELEN KELLER, b. 1880 Helen Keller: a life. Call number: HV 1624 .K4 H47 1998 Cuny+ catalog information Midstream: my later life.
The story of my life.
Call number: HV 1624 .K4 A3 1765
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, b. 1880
GEORGE C. MARSHALL, b. 1880
H. L. MENCKEN, b. 1880
JOHN BARRYMORE, b. 1882
EDWARD HOPPER, b. 1882
FIORELLO LA GUARDIA, b. 1882
Little flower: the life and times of Fiorello La Guardia.
Patience and fortitude: Fiorello La Guardia: a biography.
SAM RAYBURN, b. 1882
COCO CHANEL, b. 1883
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, b. 1883
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, b. 1883
MOUNTAIN WOLF WOMAN, b. 1884
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, b. 1884
Grandmère: a personal history of Eleanor Roosevelt.
MILTON AVERY, b. 1885
WILLIAM S. GRAY, b. 1885
LOUIS B. MAYER, b. 1885
GEORGE S. PATTON, b. 1885
ALICE PAUL, b. 1885
BESS TRUMAN, b. 1885
MARCUS GARVEY, b 1887
The world of Marcus Garvey: race and class in modern society.
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, b. 1887
IRVING BERLIN, b. 1888
JOHN FOSTER DULLES, b. 1888.
John Foster Dulles: a statesman and his times.
THOMAS HART BENTON, b.1889
Thomas Hart Benton: an American original.
Thomas Hart Benton: artist, writer, and intellectual.
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, b. 1889
A. Philip Randolph: a biographical portrait.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN, b. 1889
Tramp: the life of Charlie Chaplin.
WALTER LIPPMANN, b. 1889
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1890 |
ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN, b. 1890 The rebel girl: an autobiography, my first life (1906-1926). Call number: HX 84 .F5 A3 1973 (2 copies) Cuny+ catalog information HARRY HOPKINS, b. 1890
Harry Hopkins: ally of the poor and defender of Democracy.
ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY, b. 1890
FANNY BRICE, b. 1891
ZORA NEALE HURSTON, b. 1891
Wrapped in rainbows: the life of Zora Nealr Hurston.
COLE PORTER, b. 1891
EARL WARREN, b. 1891
PEARL S. BUCK, b. 1892
PAUL HOWARD DOUGLAS, b. 1892.
JAMES FORRESTAL, b.1892
James Forrestal, a study of personality, politics, and policy.
ARCHIBALD MACLEISH, b. 1892
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, b. 1892
MARGARETT SARGENT, b. 1892
DEAN ACHESON, b. 1893
Fragments of my fleece.
KATHARINE CORNELL, b. 1893
HUEY LONG, b. 1893
MARY PICKFORD, b. 1893
MAE WEST, b. 1893
WALTER FRANCIS WHITE, b. 1893
Call number: E 185.97 .W6 A3 1948
DASHIELL HAMMETT, b. 1894
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, b. 1895
LORENZ HART, b. 1895
J. EDGAR HOOVER, b. 1895
Secrecy and power, the life of J. Edgar Hoover.
BUSTER KEATON, b. 1895
Keaton, the man who wouldn't lie down.
HATTIE McDANIEL, b. 1895
LEWIS MUMFORD, b. 1895
EVERETT DIRKSEN, b. 1896
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, b. 1896
MARIAN ANDERSON, b. 1897
AMELIA EARHART, b. 1897
The sound of wings: the life of Amelia Earhart.
WILLIAM FAULKNER, b. 1897
William Faulkner: life glimpses.
JOSEPHINE HERBST, b. 1897
MARGARET CHASE SMITH, b. 1897
TAMARA DE LEMPICKA, b. 1898
WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS, b. 1898
Go east, young man: the early years; the autobiography of William O.
Douglas.
Wild Bill: the legend and life of William O. Douglas.
GEORGE GERSHWIN, b. 1898
PAUL ROBESON, b. 1898
HUMPHREY BOGART, b. 1899
DUKE ELLINGTON, b. 1899
ERNEST HEMINGWAY, b. 1899
Hemingway: a life without consequences.
EVA LeGALLIENNE, b. 1899
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1900 |
WILLIAM BENTON, b. 1900. The lives of William Benton. Call number: E 748 .B337 H9 1969 Cuny+ catalog information AARON COPLAND, b. 1900
ZELDA FITZGERALD, b. 1900
HELEN HAYES, b. 1900
ADLAI STEVENSON, b. 1900
Adlai Stevenson: his life and legacy.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois: the life of Adlai E. Stevenson.
ETHEL WATERS, b. 1900
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, b. 1901
WHITTAKER CHAMBERS, b. 1901
WALT DISNEY, b. 1901
PHILIP EVERGOOD, b. 1901
MARGARET MEAD, b. 1901
LINUS PAULING, b. 1901
ANSEL ADAMS, b 1902
Ansel Adams and the American landscape: a biography.
TALLULAH BANKHEAD, b. 1902
W. C. HANDY, b. 1902
LANGSTON HUGHES, b. 1902
I wonder as I wonder: an autobiographical journey.
ANN MORROW LINDBERGH, b. 1902
CHARLES LINDBERGH, b. 1902
Charles A. Lindbergh, lone eagle
BARABARA McCLINTOCK, b. 1902
The tangled field: Barbara McClintock’s search for the patterns of genetic
control.
RICHARD RODGERS, b. 1902
Richard Rodgers.
WALKER EVANS, b. 1903
MARSDEN HARTLEY, b. 1903
ESTES KEFAUVER, b. 1903
MARK ROTHKO, b. 1903
BENJAMIN SPOCK, b. 1903
MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE, b. 1904
Portrait of myself.
RALPH BUNCHE, b. 1904
Ralph Bunche, the man and his times.
ALGER HISS, b. 1904
GEORGE F. KENNAN, b. 1904
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, b. 1904
HOWARD HUGHES, b. 1905
JOSEPHINE BAKER, b. 1906
CLARK CLIFFORD, b. 1906
LILLIAN HELLMAN, b. 1906
LISETTE MODEL, b. 1906
RACHEL CARSON, b. 1907
KATHARINE HEPBURN, b. 1907
ROSALIND RUSSELL, b. 1907
JOHN WAYNE, b. 1907
John Wayne: American.
CHARLES WOODRUFF YOST, b. 1907
BETTE DAVIS, b. 1908
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, b. 1908
JOSEPH McCARTHY, b. 1908
THURGOOD MARSHALL, b. 1908
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, b. 1908
RICHARD WRIGHT, b. 1908
GEORGE W. BALL, b. 1909
BARRY GOLDWATER, b. 1909
DEAN RUSK, b. 1909
EUDORA WELTY, b. 1909
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1910 |
PAULI MURRAY, b. 1910 A song in a weary throat. Call number: E 185.97 .M95 A3 1987 Cuny+ catalog information BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS, b. 1911
HUBERT HUMPHREY, b. 1911
CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, b. 1911
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, b. 1911
ARCHIBALD COX, b. 1912
MARY McCARTHY, b. 1912
JACKSON POLLOCK, b. 1912
STUDS TERKEL, b.1912
JAMES HOFFA, b. 1913
JESSE OWENS, b. 1913
ROSA PARKS, b. 1913
Rosa Parks.
FRANCES FARMER, b. 1914
NORMAN LLOYD, b. 1914
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, b. 1914
BILLIE HOLIDAY, b. 1915
FRANK SINATRA, b. 1915
JEAN STAFFORD, b. 1915
ORSON WELLES, b. 1915
Orson Welles: the road to Xanadu.
Rosebud: the story of Orson Wells.
ISHI, b.? d. 1916
Call number: E 99 .Y23 K76 1976
ROBERT McNAMARA, b. 1916
GWENDOLYN BROOKS, b. 1917
OSSIE DAVIS, b. 1917
FANNIE LOU HAMER, b. 1917
Fannie Lou Hamer, a biography.
LENA HORNE, b. 1917
ROBERT LOWELL, b. 1917
PEARL BAILEY, b. 1918
LEONARD BERNSTEIN, b. 1918
RICHARD FEYNMAN, b. 1918
ELLA FITZGERALD, b. 1918
BILLY GRAHAM, b. 1918
RITA HAYWORTH, b. 1918
JACKIE ROBINSON, b. 1919
Jackie Robinson: a life remembered.
GEORGE WALLACE, b. 1919
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1920 |
TUNG POK CHIN, b. 1920 Paper son: one man's story. Call number: E 184.C5 P27 2000 Cuny+ catalog information MONTGOMERY CLIFT, b. 1920
JAMES FARMER, b. 1920
BETTY FRIEDAN, b. 1921
JOHN GLENN, b. 1921
ROSALYN YALLOW, b. 1921
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, b. 1921
JACK KEROUAC, b. 1922
GEORGE McGOVERN, b. 1922
PAUL JENKINS, b. 1923
HENRY KISSINGER, b. 1923
CHUCK YEAGER, b. 1923
JAMES BALDWIN, b. 1924
TRUMAN CAPOTE, b. 1924
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, b. 1924
Unbought and unbossed. (2 copies)
RUBY DEE, b. 1924
ALEXANDER M. HAIG, b. 1924
ED KOCH, b. 1924
RUSSELL BAKER, b. 1925
SAMMY DAVIS JR., b. 1925
MEDGAR EVERS, b. 1925
ROBERT FRANKLIN, b. 1925
MALCOLM X, b. 1925
Malcolm: the life of a man who changed Black America.
Malcolm X: the man and his times.
RALPH ABERNATHY, b. 1926
ALLEN GINSBERG, b. 1926
MARILYN MONROE, b. 1926
ROSALYNN CARTER, b. 1927
CESAR CHAVEZ, b. 1927
MAYA ANGELOU, b. 1928
BERNARD BRAGG, b. 1928
JOHN NASH, b. 1928
ANDY WARHOL, b. 1928
JAMES WATSON, b. 1928
AUDREY HEPBURN, b. 1929
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., b. 1929
King: a critical biography.
Let the trumpet sound: the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
BEVERLY SILLS, b. 1929
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1930 |
DAVID AMRAM, b. 1930 Vibrations; the adventures and musical times of David Amram. Call number: ML 410.A534 A3 1968 Cuny+ catalog information LORRAINE HANSBERRY, b. 1930
ROBERT NATKIN, b. 1930
YI-FU TUAN, b. 1930
SYLVIA PLATH, b. 1932
ANDREW YOUNG, b. 1932
RALPH NADER, b. 1934
GLORIA STEINEM, b. 1934
Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions.
CARL SAGAN, b. 1934
Carl Sagan: a life in the cosmos.
SUSAN BROWNMILLER, b. 1935
ELVIS PRESLEY, b. 1935
BARBARA JORDAN, b. 1936
Barbara Jordan, American hero.
FRANK STELLA, b. 1936
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, b. 1937
CLAUDE BROWN, b. 1937
COLIN POWELL, b. 1937
DAVID BALTIMORE, b. 1938
RUSSELL MEANS, b. 1939
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1940 |
ANNE MOODY, b. 1940 Coming of age in Mississippi. Call number: E 185.97 .M65 A3 1968 Cuny+ catalog information GREGORY HOWARD WILLIAMS, b. 1940
BOB DYLAN, b. 1941
JESSE JACKSON, b. 1941
TWYLA THARP, b. 1941
HARRY EDWARDS, b. 1942
BILLIE JEAN KING, b. 1943
ANGELA DAVIS, b. 1944
RUDOLPH GIULIANI, b. 1944
THOMAS E. DEWEY, b. 1945.
EVA HOFFMAN, b. 1945
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, b. 1946
CHRISTA McAULIFFE, b. 1948
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1950 |
AMY TAN, b. 1952 The opposite of fate: a book of musings. Call number: PS 3570 .A48 Z47 2003 (2 copies) Cuny+ catalog information MARY BRAVE BIRD, b. 1956
PHILIP E. SIMMONS, b. 1957
CATHRYN E. SMITH, b. 1957
JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN, b. 1958
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PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIES |
RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES, b. 1822 Term 1877-1881 Call number: E 682 JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD, b. 1831
CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR, b. 1829
GROVER CLEVELAND, b. 1837
BENJAMIN HARRISON, b. 1833
GROVER CLEVELAND, b. 1837
WILLIAM McKINLEY, b. 1843
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, b. 1858
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, b. 1857
WOODROW WILSON, b. 1856
WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING, b. 1865
CALVIN COOLIDGE, b. 1872
HERBERT CLARK HOOVER, b. 1874
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, b. 1882
HARRY S. TRUMAN, b. 1884
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER, b. 1890
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, b. 1917
LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, b. 1908
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON, b. 1913
GERALD RUDOLPH FORD, b. 1913
JIMMY (JAMES EARL) CARTER, b. 1924
RONALD REAGAN, b. 1911
GEORGE H. W. BUSH, b. 1924
BILL (WILLIAM JEFFERSON) CLINTON, b. 1946
GEORGE W. BUSH, b. 1946
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