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This collaborative effort marks the
beginning of at least a five-year relationship between the world-renowned Smithsonian
Institution and Data Trace Media to publish an unprecedented series of books that
will document the evolution of subjects of unique historical significance through
reprints of Newspapers of the Time. BALTIMORE, MD-October
8, 2003-- Data Trace Media, Inc., an affiliate of Data Trace Publishing Company,
a leading legal, medical and scientific publisher, and the Smithsonian Institution
announced today a collaborative effort to publish a series of books documenting
the evolution of subjects of unique historical significance through reprints of
historical Newspapers of the Time. The books will be comprised of reprints
of banner headline newspapers and other news forms dating from the 16th century
to the present time and will cover the evolution of significant events in world
history, including: Flight and Space Travel, War, the Presidents, the Development
of the West, the History of Golf, Boxing, Baseball and the World Series, the Baby
Boomer Generation, Hollywood and Stars of Stage and Screen and Rock and Roll.
Publications in the series will also focus on themes relating to Smithsonian's
National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of American History, the Behring
Center, and National Museum of Natural History. To create
this groundbreaking series, Dr. Stephen A. Goldman and Mr. Eric C. Caren will
select original works from their renowned private holdings (the Caren Archive,
Inc. and OldNews, Inc.) of original historical newspapers, magazines, broadsides,
and printed and manuscript Americana. Their unique archives cover the entire scope
of world history from the 1500's to the present day, and these rare, foreign and
domestic newspapers and news forms will be used to create the series. Each book
will serve as an historically accurate chronicle of its subject matter and will
feature both text and original historical images. The first
installment in the series is scheduled to be released in 2004 and will be followed
by subsequent releases during the term of the project. Additional
information about Data Trace Publishing Company and the Smithsonian Institution
can be found on their respective websites at www.datatrace.com
and www.si.edu.
Data Trace Media, Inc. is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Data Trace Publishing Company, a full-service publishing, marketing,
and information services company, with extensive experience in the legal, medical
and scientific arenas. Data Trace's products include books, journals, electronic
and web-based media, programs in continuing education, risk management and practice
management, interactive training modules, professional seminars and other complementary
products and services.
The Smithsonian Institution is the world's
largest museum and research complex, operating 16 museums, the National Zoo, and
a host of research facilities around the world. It was created by an act of Congress
in 1846 in accordance with the terms of the will of James Smithson of England,
who, in 1826, bequeathed his property to the United States of America "to
found at
Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment
for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." After receiving the
property and accepting the trust, Congress vested responsibility for administering
the trust in the Smithsonian Board of Regents.
Dr. Stephen A. Goldman and Mr. Eric C. Caren are recognized
as the world's most renowned collectors of original historical newspapers, magazines,
newsbooks, illustrated broadsides, and other news forms. They have worked on histories
for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. since 1996 and have developed
custom newspaper front-page related histories for the Smithsonian's National Air
and Space Museum and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, the
Behring Center. For the past eight years, both authors have served as consultants
to the Freedom Forum Newseum, established in 1996 by Al Neuharth, the founder
of the newspaper, USA Today.
Contact: Brian Rohd, Director of Sales and Marketing
Company: Data
Trace Publishing Company
Voice: 410-494-4994, ext.222
E-mail: b.rohd@datatrace.com
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