(in preparation) In trying to get some information about Professor Edward McNall Burns, I wrote first to Donna K Thornton, Vice President for Alumni Relations Rutgers University, copying to Brian Perillo, Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations, and Sybil Carroll, Secretarial Assistant, Outreach Programs. Following the email trend below, Miss Erka Gorder, Associate University Archivist and Permissions Coordinator, is In charge of answering my research inquiry. Last news dated 13th August 2012. She is the heart and soul of that project. From Luis Alfredo 13 July 2012 To Donna K. Thornton Dear Mrs. Thornton,Please to meet you.I am coordinating a group in charge of writing some lines about Professor Edward McNall Burns, which could be posted in the Wikipedia - portuguese version.Professor Burns is quite "popular" in Brazil. His two volume Western Civilizations was first published in Portuguese in 1949. In 2005, the book reached its 44th edition (co-authored by E. Lerner and S. Meacham).We got from the WorldCat Identities site (http://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-122237213) the following information: 28 works in 59 publications in 4 languages. I think he has been translated in more than 4 languages.Except for his bibliography, there is very very few about him in the Internet. I though that some of you from the Rutgers University might help us with some information. The minimum we need are the dates of brth and death of Professor Burns, the period he teached in Rutgers and, most important os all, his photo.I am copying this email to Brian Perillo, Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations and to Sybil Carroll, Secretarial Assistant, Outreach ProgramsThanking you very much for any help you might provide, I remainSincerely yours Luis Alfredo Moutinho da CostaGeologist, Ph.D On July 30 th I received the following mail from Miss (Mrs?) Erika Gorder, Archival Associate, Special Collections/University Archives Staff, Special Collections and University Archives From Erika Gorder: gorder@rci.rutgers.edu 30 th July 2012To: Luis Alfredo lamoutinho@gmail.com Dear Mr. Luis Alfredo Moutinho da Costa,Your research inquiry regarding Professor McNall Burns was forwarded through several offices finally to me in the University Archives. We handle all research and reference questions regarding the history of the University and its constituents (including faculty and students). I understand that you are interested in information on Professor Burns. I will take a look and see if we have a biographical file on him, and if not, at the very least there might be a listing of him in the faculty directly. Because your inquiry went through several iterations, if you would be so kind as to summarize your request again, that would make things clearer for me. My apologies for the inconvenience.Best regards,Erika Wich I promptly replyed in the next day, 31 st July 2012 To Erika Gorder: gorder@rci.rutgers.edu 31st July 2012 Dear Erika,You letter made my day.Well, as to summarize my request... I woud say... I need ANYTHNG you have or, even better, everything you have about the MAN, about the TEACHER... What kind of man was he? I am sure there are records stating that.I need to know his birth and death dates and a short summarry