Darwin-L Message Log 5:1 (January 1994)

Academic Discussion on the History and Theory of the Historical Sciences

This is one message from the Archives of Darwin-L (1993–1997), a professional discussion group on the history and theory of the historical sciences.

Note: Additional publications on evolution and the historical sciences by the Darwin-L list owner are available on SSRN.

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<5:1>From DARWIN@iris.uncg.edu  Sat Jan  1 00:27:24 1994

Date: Sat, 01 Jan 1994 01:31:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: DARWIN@iris.uncg.edu
Subject: List owner's monthly greeting
To: darwin-l@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
Organization: University of NC at Greensboro

Greetings to all Darwin-L subscribers, and happy new year!  On the first
of each month I send out a short note on the status of our group with a
reminder of basic commands.  Darwin-L is now four months old, and we have
more than 500 members from nearly 30 countries.  I am grateful to all of you
for your interest and your many contributions.  In the early days of our list
many people sent short introductory messages describing the nature of their
interest in the historical sciences.  If any of our newer members would like
to introduce themselves in this way they are most welcome to do so; others
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are perfectly welcome to do that as well.

I hope shortly to have available a gopher archive that will allow anyone
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Robert J. O'Hara (darwin@iris.uncg.edu)
Center for Critical Inquiry and Department of Biology
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