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Encyclopedia > Alexander Street Press

Alexander Street Press, LLC was founded in May, 2000 in Alexandria, Virginia by Stephen Rhind-Tutt (President) and Eileen Lawrence (Vice President, Sales and Marketing). Don McCrae and Ron Rietdyk were also founders in non-executive roles. Graham Dimmock and Pat Carlson completed the management team, handling development and production respectively. Laura Gosling, Daryl Baker, John O'Keefe, Kelly Connor, Jennifer Hewitt, George Chinnery, and Christina Keller were the earliest employees--as of August 2006, the company had grown to more than 60 employees and offices in the US, Brazil, and the UK, with sales staff and agents around the world. This article is about the city in Egypt. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ... The name John OKeefe, sometimes spelled as OKeeffe may refer to: John OKeefe (British writer) (1747 - 1833) John A. OKeefe (1916 - 2000), American planetary scientist John C. OKeefe, religious leader John OKeefe (cognitive neuroscientist) John OKeeffe, Irish footballer John OKeeffe - me Category... Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer. ... George Chinnery (錢納利) was an English painter who spent most his life in Asia, especially India and southern China. ...


The mission of the company is to publish large, online (Web-based) collections of digital content in the Humanities and Social Sciences.


The company's first product was North American Women's Letters and Diaries, a collection of 150,000 pages of letters and diaries by women from colonial times through the 1950s. Its distinctive feature was an unprecedented level of indexing that allowed the writings to be used to analyze history and find personal communications specific to historical events. Charter customers included Boston College, the California Digital Library (for all campuses of the University of California System), Columbia University, Emory University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Michigan State University, New York University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, University of Wisconsin, Vassar College, and Yale University. For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ... The California Digital Library, or CDL, is a joint project of the University of California libraries. ... Columbia University is a private research university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... Michigan State University (MSU) is a public university in East Lansing, Michigan. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... The Ohio State University (OSU) is a coeducational public research university in the U.S. state of Ohio. ... The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ... The University of Notre Dame IPA: is a private, coeducational, Roman Catholic university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, immediately northeast of and actually connecting to South Bend, Indiana, United States. ... The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Vassar College is a private, coeducational, highly selective liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. ... Yale redirects here. ...


In November 2004, Alexander Street acquired the principal assets of Classical International, a London and New York-based publisher of streaming music for libraries. This led to a new range of music publications, including a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to provide Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries and African American Song. The founders of Classical International - Roger Press and Tim Lloyd hold senior positions at Alexander Street. The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ...


In November 2005 Alexander Street acquired the range of religious products produced by the Ad Fontes company, including The Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts and The Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation. Most of the Ad Fontes staff became Alexander Street employees. Peter Cooper, one of the founders of Ad Fontes, now heads up religious publishing for Alexander Street. Ad fontes is a Latin expression which means that fundamental research is very important in politics, history and science. ... For other people named Peter Cooper, see Peter Cooper (disambiguation). ...


As of June 2006, Alexander Street Press had some estimated revenues in excess of $5m per annum. The company claims more than 1,000 agreements with authors, estates, publishers, film studios and music labels, including Warner Bros, EMI, and a large number of university presses. Its catalog lists more than 40 products in Diversity Studies, Women's History and Literature, Music, Latin American Literature, Drama, Film, and History. It hosts two free Web sites. In the First Person ([1]) is an index to oral histories, letters, diaries, and other personal narratives. The Second Wave and Beyond ([2]) is a scholarly online community for discussing post-1960 feminism.
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