cc: SPANBORD--ASUACAD From: Anita Cohen-Williams Subject: THE BACKCOUNTRY I wonder if they are including the Spanish Borderlands in their subject area? Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 PHONE: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169 [log in to unmask] Owner: HISTARCH, SPANBORD, SUB-ARCH *** Forwarding note from MUSEUM --CMSNAMES 09/11/95 12:52 *** Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from ASUACAD (NJE origin SMTP@ASUACAD) by ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8121; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 12:52:38 -0700 Received: from POST1.INRE.ASU.EDU by ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Mon, 11 Sep 95 12:52:37 MST Received: from UNMVMA.UNM.EDU (MAILER@UNMVMA) by asu.edu (PMDF V4.3-10 #7723) id <[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 12:52:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from UNMVMA.UNM.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UNMVMA) by UNMVMA.UNM.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9529; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 09:07:23 -0600 Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 07:05:40 -0400 From: Nelson Lynn A <[log in to unmask]> Subject: THE BACKCOUNTRY Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list MUSEUM-L <[log in to unmask]> Reply-to: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Message-id: <[log in to unmask]> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Comments: To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Please cross-post and distribute: ************************************************************************ Announcing: THE BACKCOUNTRY: A Multidisciplinary Forum on Early American Frontiers. ************************************************************************ Since the publication of Robert Mitchell's pathbreaking _Commercialism and Frontier_, there has been an explosion of interest and scholarship in the development of America's internal frontier during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Increasingly convinced that the study of the post-settlement migrations into the interior of the American continent provided the key to understanding the development of American culture and society, scholars have produced an enormous amount of new research into the early American frontier. Coalescing around the general term "Backcountry", these studies have opened new ground into the history of American migration, race and ethnic relations, economic development, and political culture. Over the past several years, a series of biennial backcountry conferences have revealed an extent of interest in the field which demanded a new level of discussion and cooperation. To further that discussion, THE BACKCOUNTRY was launched. Building on the scholarly interest developed at the recent backcountry conferences, THE BACKCOUNTRY is a newsletter and resource which hopes to increase cooperation and the exchange of ideas and information among scholars of all disciplines, within academia, in public history, and among the general public, interested in the early american frontier. THE BACKCOUNTRY hopes to cover the internal migrations in North America between 1492 and the outbreak of the Civil War, including the causes of the movement of peoples, the cultures they carried with them and those they developed in frontier regions, their economies and material life, their relations with peoples of other racial, ethnic, and religious groups, and the consequences of these migrations to the subsequent course of American history. Regular features of THE BACKCOUNTRY include: Lead articles analyzing major developments in the field. Backcountry bibliography Article and book reviews Interviews with leading backcountry scholars Conference announcements, CFP's, and conference reports Museum exhibits and Information on manuscript resources Recent issues have included reviews of Faragher's _Daniel Boone_ and Sara Hughes _Surveyors and Statesmen_, conference announcements and CFP's, and the ever-popular BACKCOUNTRY bibliographies. THE BACKCOUNTRY is organized along disciplinary lines, with section editors coordinating materials from the scholars of various fields involved in backcountry research. Current section editors include: Archaeology: David Colin Crass, Savannah River Archaeological Research Program (University of South Carolina). Archives: Fred J. Hay, Appalachian State University. Family History: Dorothy Boyd-Rush, James Madison University. Geography: Open. History: Kenneth Koons, Virginia Military Institute. Literature and Folklife: Open. Material Culture: Bradford Rauschenberg, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. Public History: Tyler Blethen, Mountain Heritage Center (Western Carolina University). THE BACKCOUNTRY is currently being published with grant assistance from the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program, and has been being sent this year gratis to a brief mailing list of possibly interested persons. In order to continue its publication, we are developing a list of regular subscribers. THE BACKCOUNTRY is published quarterly, and the annual subscription rate is five dollars ($5). If you would like to subscribe, send a check for the above amoung with your mailing address to: Circulation Manager THE BACKCOUNTRY P.O. Box 1518 Williamsburg, Va 23187-1518 THE BACKCOUNTRY is edited by Lynn A. Nelson, Sheila R. Phipps, and David A. Rawson of the College of William and Mary. If you have any questions about the newsletter, or would like to contribute, you can reach us by regular mail as "The Editors" at the above address, or by e-mail at: [log in to unmask]