Creeks and Southerners: Biculturalism on the Early American Frontier

Acknowledgments

BOB — University of Nebraska Press / Page ix / / Creeks and Southerners / Andrew K. Frank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [First Page] [-9], (1) Lines: 0 to 17 ——— 0.0pt PgVar ——— Normal Page PgEnds: TEX [-9], (1) Acknowledgments More than a decade ago a young historian told me to prepare for the isolating nature of graduate school and historical research. Although I forged a love-hate relationship with my computer and frequently found myself in distant and quiet archives, I have not found this to be the case. My debts are many and my regrets are few. This book began as a dissertation at the University of Florida,and my greatest debts belong to my fellow graduate students and my doctoral committee. First on this list must be Bertram Wyatt-Brown. He has always encouraged me to follow my interests even when they deviated from his own. His intellectual support, personal friendship, and generous use of the Richard Milbauer fund made my time at the University of Florida rewarding on every level.Without the prodding of John Moore, I never would have pursued Native American studies. My interest in Creek history began during a routine office visit, turned into a semester project, and then became a personal obsession. My manuscript also benefited from early assistance from Jeffrey Adler, Augustus Burns, Betty Corwine , Glenn Crothers, Stan Deaton, Thomas Gallant, Mark Greenberg, Daniel Kilbride, Chris Koehler, Marcus Harvey, Gary Kroll, Susan Lewis, Andy Moore, Marcus Nenn, Louise Newman, Chris Olsen, Jason Parker, and Frankie White. I also owe a special thanks to Anita Rutman and Darrett Rutman. I am lucky for having known them and learned from them, and I hope they would see some of their questions in my answers. My intellectual debts go beyond the University of Florida. Michael Green and Theda Perdue, perhaps unbeknownst to them, have been my unofficial advisers for a few years. They have been generous with their time and have constantly challenged me to become a better ethnohistorian. They are exemplary scholars and model human beings. My thanks also extend to Kathryn Holland Braund, Steven Bullock, Stanley Burstein, James Taylor Carson, Chris Endy, Philip Goff, Cora Granata, Steven Hahn, Cheryl Koos, Peter Mancall, Greg O’Brien, Joshua Piker, Ann Plane, Charles Romney, Susanah Shaw, Pete Sigal, and Mark Wild. Clark Davis, who was tragically taken from us, deserves a special mention. I was fortunate to have known him as a scholar and even luckier to have had his friendship. I would also like to acknowledge my former colleagues at California BOB — University of Nebraska Press / Page x / / Creeks and Southerners / Andrew K. Frank x | Acknowledgments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [-10], (2) Lines: 17 to 25 ——— 0.0pt PgVar ——— Normal Page PgEnds: TEX [-10], (2) State University, Los Angeles. They made studying the South in the Southland a joy. More recently the staff, history faculty, and librarians at the Florida Atlantic University have helped me put the final touches together on this manuscript. Special thanks to Zella Linn, Steve Engle, and Harry Kersey for their encouragement and assistance. Scholars cannot succeed without the help of archivists and librarians. I was aided by the knowledgeable and professional staffs at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Auburn University, Emory University, Florida State University, the Georgia Department of Archives and History, the Georgia Historical Society, the Library of Congress, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the National Archives, the Newberry Library, the Southern Baptist Historical Library, the University of Georgia, and the P. K. Yonge Library at the University of Florida. Special thanks must be extended to the academic community at the Huntington Library. The beauty of the people there exceed even that of its legendary gardens. Thank you, Roy Ritchie, Susi Krasnoo, Christopher Adde, and the many readers who helped make the Huntington my academic refuge for several years. This project would not have been possible without the support from various organizations and universities. This project has been supported by a Phillips Grant for Native American History from the American Philosophical Society, a Michael J. Kraus...