"No living persons ... have biographies in the Dictionary... [and] no persons who ... [have] not lived in the territory known as the United States"--Introd., v.l, p. vii.
v. 1. Abbe-Barrymore -- v. 2. Barsotti-Brazer -- v. 3. Brearly-Chandler -- v. 4. Chanfrau-Cushing -- v. 5. Cushman-Eberle -- v. 6. Echols-Fraser -- v. 7. Fraunces-Grimke -- v. 8. Grinell-Hibbard -- v. 9. Hibben-Jarvis -- v. 10. Jasper-Larkin -- v. 11. Larned-MacCracken -- v. 12. McCrady-Millington -- v. 13. Mills-Oglesby -- v. 14. Ogelthorpe-Platner -- v. 15. Platt-Roberdeau -- v. 16. Robert-Seward -- v. 17. Sewell-Stevenson -- v. 18. Steward-Trowbridge -- v. 19. Troye-Wentwoth -- v. 20. Werden-Zunser -- v. 21. Supplement one: [To December 31, 1935] -- v. 22. Supplement two: [To December 31, 1940]