I’m writing on behalf of the German Historical Institute (GHI) in Washington, DC. The Institute is presently seeking contributors for Volume One of “Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present.” The project seeks to explore the contributions that first- and second-generation German immigrants have made to business and entrepreneurship in America. The project will feature 250 biographies of prominent entrepreneurs of German descent. For a brief overview, please follow this link: http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=964&Itemid=856

Volume One covers the years 1720-1840. Entrepreneurs that we would like to feature include the following:

• Philip Best (1814-1869), brewer, Empire Brewing Company
• Jacob Dietrick (1778-1838), newspaper publisher, Der Ohio Adler
• Joseph Donath (1750-1829), glassmaker, Joseph Donath and Company
• Bernard (1738-1801) and Michael (1740-1811) Gratz, finance, B & M Gratz
• William (1804-1874) and Frederick (1807-1891) Havemeyer, sugar refining, W.F. & F.C. Havemeyer
• Christopher Ludwig (1720-1801), baker
• Johann Sauer (1693-1758), publishing, Christopher Sauer & Son
• Anna Ottendorfer (1815-1884), publishing, New York Staats - Zeitung

For a full list of volume candidates, please contact me by email. We are interested in articles of no more than 8,000 words and offer an honorarium of $400 per article. Additionally, we hope to have opportunities for some of the authors to present their research at project-related events and conferences. If you or anyone you know may be interested in authoring an entry, please contact me at schwantes@ghi-dc.org for more information. Thank you very much for your time and assistance.

Sincerely,
Ben Schwantes