•American National Biography
–Included 17,500 biographies.
–The goal was to replace the DAB with a fresh source that
included many people that were
overlooked.
–Focused on ordinary men and women who made some contribution to the county’s history.
–“The ANB brings together the diverse voices of the past without claiming that they blend harmoniously…priority
was given to persons, especially women
and minorities, about whom information or new
ways of interpreting old data had become
available.”