November 09, 2007
American National Biography Online Adds Resources
The latest update to the American National Biography Online is now available from Oxford University Press. The biographies of 43 notable persons have been added to the more than 18,000 American biographies currently available, from the world-renowned concert violinist, Isaac Stern, to Clifton Keith Hillegass, the promoter and publisher of Cliffs Notes.
Other such notables added to this dynamic and easy-to-use resource include:
- Emma Tenayuca, labor organizer and Communist party leader
- Buck O'Neil, baseball player and the first African American major league coach
- Arthur Tracy, popular singer and actor
- Hans Kurath, a pioneer in the systematic geographical treatment of English vocabulary and pronunciation
- Paul Rhymer, a writer for radio in the early-mid 20th century
The update includes key corrections to existing biographies and several bibliographical updates, ensuring that resource information is the most accurate available.
Visit the ANB update Web page for a full list of the individuals whose biographies have been added to the database.New African American National Biography Print Set
The African American National Biography, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, is a new eight-volume print set publishing in February 2008. It presents American history through the lives of thousands of individuals, illuminating the profound and lasting influence of persons of African descent on the life of this nation from 1529 to the present day. The biographies in this set are also regularly added to the African American Studies Center. Oxford University Press is offering a special, limited-time prepublication discount.
For subscription information about the African American Studies Center, the online authority on the African American experience, contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).
