A newswriter for a Detroit television station, Wm. B. Decker has written extensively on photographic history.

Martha Bacon taught English at the University of Rhode Island, and was the author of the novels, A Masque of Exile and

Kendall Bailes of Merriam, Kansas, is a sophomore at Dartmouth College.

Beth Bailey is a social/cultural historian and professor at Temple University.

Professor Bailey has written such books as Woodrow Wilson and the Lost Peace, Woodrow Wilson and the Great Betrayal, A Diplomatic History of the American People , and the recently pu

This article is adapted from Bernard Bailyn’s forthcoming Voyagers to the West , which will be published by Alfred A. Knopf in the fall. Dr.

David Haward Bain is the author of Sitting in Darkness , about Philippine-American relations, which was published last year by Houqhton-Mifflin.

Wallace C. Baker of Massapequa Park, New York, is publications editor for a Long Island manufacturing concern.

Kevin Baker is an author and journalist whose work frequently covers American history, culture, and sports.

A frequent contributor to AMERICAN HERITAGE , Liva Baker is the author of “With All Deliberate Speed,” dealing with the Supreme Court desegregation laws (February, 1973), and “The Bu

Russell Baker is an American writer best known for his satirical commentary and comedic prose.

Jean H. Baker, author of Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography (W. W.

James Wesley Baker, a free-lance writer from Eastover, S. C., specializes in the colonial and Revolutionär): history of the South.

An Annapolis graduate, Mr. Baldwin began his newspaper career in 1928 with the Baltimore Sun. He joined the New York Times a year later and soon began specializing in military and naval affairs.

Scott Banks, a lifelong Alaskan, makes his home in Anchorage.

Al Barkow, a former editor of Golf magazine , is the author of Golf’s Golden Grind and The Golden Era of Golf .

Michael Barkun is a professor in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. His most recent book is A Culture of Conspiracy , published by the University of California Press.

Dr. Joseph W. Barnes is city historian of Rochester, New ‘York.

Eric W. Barnes (1907-1962) was a former director of the Institute for American Studies at the Free University of Berlin from 1953 to 1957. Barnes returned to the U.S.

Lincoln Barnett (1909–1979) was an author and editor, most notably at Life Magazine for many years, and is best known for works explaining the world of science to laymen.

Allen Barra is a sports journalist who writes regularly for The Wall Street Journal. He formerly served as an editor for American Heritage, where he wrote about 20th century sports and popular culture.

Wayne Barrett, who formerly worked at the National Geographic, is now a free-lance writer, based in the Washington area.

Mr. Barsness, who teaches English at the University of Montana, is a Western-history enthusiast who has written several books on the West. This article is excerpted from a book he is now writing on the buffalo.

The author, a graduate of Stanford Law School, is a partner in the New York firm of Gaston Snow Beekman & Bogue.

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“fa Jacques Barzun, a scholar, teacher, and author, is past president of the National Institute of Art$ and Letters.

—Jeanine D. Basinger, a professor of film history at Wesleyan, is the author of Silent Stars .

Mr. Bassett is a former president of the Sperry Gyroscope Company and a trustee of the New York Stale Historical Association. He makes his home in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Hamilton Basso, though a steady New Yorker contributor and Connecticut resident, is a native o/ Louisiana.

Stephen Bates is a professor at the Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Dan Baum, previously a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker, is the author of Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans and Smoke and Mirrors: The Wa

Carleton Beals is the author of over 25 books, and is well-known as a lecturer in this country.

Susan S. Bean is Chief Curator of the Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts, where the ice-trade cup has found a permanent home.

Robert L. Beisner, associate professor of history at American University, is the author of Twelve Against Empire (McGraw-Hill, 1968), the story of the anti-imperialists of 1898-1900.

Patricia W. Belding, a free-lance writer and librarian, lives in Barre.

Bob Boze Bell is executive editor of True West magazine .

Nathaniel Benchley (1915 – 1981), was an American author and longtime summer resident of Nantucket. Benchley wrote many children's/juvenile books and his