OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS IS IN NEED OF AUTHORS TO PROVIDE

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ON FAMOUS AMERICANS FOR

THE _AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY_



The _American National Biography_, which is to be published by

Oxford in 1998 in conjunction with the American Council of Learned

Societies, will be a twenty-volume reference set comprising more

than 19,000 articles on historical figures from all fields. We

have been commissioning articles since 1990, and most of the

articles (particularly major figures) have already been assigned.

However, there are important figures in every area that remain

without authors and it is our intention to locate writers for these

remaining subjects.



Historical figures from as far back as the earliest European

explorations of North America up to the very recent past will be

included. Those whose contributions to American culture and

history that have often been neglected in the past will have a

strong presence in the ANB. Along with the most famous

politicians, military leaders, writers, and ministers, people from

all walks of life will be illuminated in the ANB's pages: social

reformers and filibusters, geologists and fundamentalists,

phrenologists and psychiatrists, classicists and jazz musicians,

baseball players and bankers, among other categories of occupation,

notoriety, and renown. Memorializing their lives will reveal the

country's ongoing diversity, its essential pluralism.





The subjects of articles have been selected by the general editor,

John A. Garraty (Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History,

Columbia University) and his immediate staff; a group of associate

editors, some 193 eminent scholars and nonacademic experts located

around the country and abroad; various other scholars who have

taken a keen interest in the project; and, with the advice of both

associate editors and contributors, the four project editors in the

Cary, North Carolina, office of Oxford University Press.



Most articles average 1000 words in length (exclusive of the

bibliography), at $50.00 per essay (a result of funding from grants

obtained by the ACLS in the late 1980s). Our scheduled publication

date is late 1998, but we must have essays in our office much

earlier for editing purposes. Because we deal with so many

contributors (over 10,000), we ask them to establish their own due

dates depending on the number of essays they wish to contribute and

their schedules. (For 1st time contributors, the first essay must

arrive within three to four months so it can be evaluated prior to

making additional assignments final.)



A sample manuscript is attached to this announcement to give you a

better idea of the style, format, and content of ANB articles.



When manuscripts are submitted, they are sent to appropriate

associate editors for review. They then are passed along to

Professor Garraty's office at Columbia, where they are approved or

returned to authors for revision. The approved manuscripts go back

to Oxford University Press in Cary to be factchecked and copyedited

under the supervision of the project's copy chief and two

assistants. Authors see the copyedited versions of their

manuscripts and give their approval or request changes. After

copyedited manuscripts are returned to the Cary office, they are

put in final shape for typesetting.



Because the project has been ongoing for nearly six years, we have,

for the most part, already approached the obvious senior scholars

for the areas being covered. Thus, in our attempts to broaden the

network of ANB authors, WE WELCOME SUGGESTIONS OF AND VOLUNTEERS

FROM JUNIOR FACULTY, POST DOCTORATES, AND PHD CANDIDATES who are

seeking to publish in a scholarly work like the ANB.



Lists of currently unassigned subjects are available in the

following categories:

Precolonial and Colonial History Politics, the Military and

Diplomacy (separate lists by era: 1763-1815, 1815-1850,

1850-1878, 1878-1914, 1914-1945, 1945-1995), Religion, Education,

Business, Law, Medicine, Science and Technology, Social Sciences,

Social Reform, Literature, Art, Architecture, and Applied Arts,

Performing Arts, Sports, and Miscellaneous Persons



To obtain a copy of one or more of these lists, please email or

write to:

Available Subjects

American National Biography 2001

Evans Road Cary, NC 27513

Internet Inquiries to: anb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]oup-usa.org



Please include your name and mailing address (email and regular

mail) and a brief summary of your writing/research experience.