This is a partial listing of collected biographical/historical information. Some collections provide brief to detailed informational entries, while others give bibliographic notes to locate further sources. The Social Sciences Department and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Department should be consulted for information about holdings of personal and family papers.

Biographical Dictionaries and Bibliographies

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index (electronic resource)
• Black Biographical Dictionaries
• British and Irish Biographies
• Clark’s Boston Blue Books, 1878-1937
• Harvard Class Reports, 1833-present
• Social Registers, 1900-present
• World Biographical Archives
• World Biographical Index

Genealogical Dictionaries and Gazetteers

• Colonial Families in the United States of America
• Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts
• Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
• Genealogical Notes…of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts