Pittsburgh History: Biographical Resources

Photos, articles, letters and more about Andrew Carnegie's life and work.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, c1981.
HUNT STACKS-2 F159 .P653 A23 1981

Published irregularly from 1914 to 1967 by the Lewis Publishing Company. Biographies profile thousands of prominent Pennsylvanians who contributed to the development of the Commonwealth in many fields of endeavor. The online version offered by Penn State contains ONLY the volumes of the Encyclopedia known to be in the public domain (the first 14 volumes published before 1923).

4 vols. New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1931.
HUNT STACKS-2 F159 .P6 H27
HUNT REF-1 F159 .P6 H27
Biographies are in volumes 3-4.

2 vols. Chicago, Century Pub. Co., 1904.

Includes history of Pittsburgh and some major industries as well as biographies of western Pennsylvanians.