>Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:55:43 -0400

>From: "Laura Gosling" <gosling@astreetpress.com>

CFP: Biographical Entries Sought -- North American Historical Figures

Alexander Street Press seeks short biographical entries for inclusion in

its  EARLY ENCOUNTERS IN NORTH AMERICA database.

Alexander Street Press -- an electronic publishing firm noted for its North

American Women's Letters and Diaries and for Civil War Letters and Diaries

-- is publishing a full-text searchable database titled EARLY ENCOUNTERS IN

NORTH AMERICA. Collecting together such well known series' as The Jesuit

Relations and Allied Documents and Early Western Travels with lesser known

works from European explorers and American Indians, EARLY ENCOUNTERS IN

NORTH AMERICA spans writing about North American history from its earliest

days to the mid-1870's.

Short (200-500) biographical entries on approximately 100 people important

to the history of North America are sought from those working in and around

the academy. Contributors' names and institutional affiliations will be

prominently displayed on the biography pages.

A sample list of people for whom biographies are needed follows. Please

contact Laura Gosling at gosling@astreetpress.com for a full list of names.

Adrian Van der Donck Description of the New Netherlands

Alexander Mackenzie Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Lawrence

Bartholome de las Casas Tears of the Indians

Black Hawk Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak

Elias Boudinot An Address to the Whites

Francois Andre Micheaux Andre Micheaux's Travels into Kentucky, 1793-1769

George Catlin Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the

North American Indians

Laura Gosling, Editor

Alexander Street Press, LLC

<gosling@astreetpress.com>