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- 2 - University of Michigan Grant University of Michigan --$6,000; "Freedom to Learn"; radio; Humanities. Thirteen half-hour dramatic sketches of men who'ee lives and' actions "under fire" made significant impacts on the development of modern education, academic freedom, and the freedom'of men to know and learn. Among those included in the series are: Socrates, Abelard, Bacon, Galileo, Scopes, Hutchins, Elliott, Schaefer, Mann. University of Alabama--$5>000J "Document Deep South"; radio; Economics An assessment of the economic resources of the southern states and the significance of this area in the national economy. The South is now one of the frontier areas of the nation and is playing an increasingly significant role. Eighteen half-hour tapes. Boston University —$5,800; "New England Renaissance"; radio; Humanities. Thirteen half-hour tapes. A "’radio pilgrimage’ of the favorite spots of the Tran- scendentalists, recreating as much as possible the situations and sounds the Tran¬ scendent alists knew. Into this ’tour’ will be woven some of their writings and inter¬ esting background about them. We will attempt to locate their descendents and inter¬ view them as to family memories. We intend to use also the familiar techniques of the documentary: the montage, the third dimensional, the dramatic narration, to help tell the story. As much of this as possible will be recorded in the field." The University of Miami— $8,200; "The Sea"; television; Economics. Ten fifteen-minute films on the economics of the sea; to inform adults of the eco¬ nomic effects of the sea on individuals, the nation and the world. Stanford University —$8,900; "People, Places and Politics"; television; International Understanding. "’The United States has moved into a position of world leadership, and has assumed large responsibilities for cooperation with other nations. Dependable facts and bet¬ ter understanding of all this implies are widely needed. . . . The method of treat¬ ment specifically proposed is one in which a series of speakers on fields wioh which they are thoroughly familiar shall make an interesting and informative approach to the various subtopics, using an informal approach. . . .’"13 half-hour kinescopes. Indiana University- -$3,100; "Folklore of Indiana"; radio; Humanities. Thirteen 15-minute tapes, "in which the music, legends, and customs of the various ethnic centers of Indiana would be studied, and definitive programs based on these studies will be produced." Material to be considered in series includes: Swiss, French, Rappites, Dunkards, Lithuan, Negro and "mountain" Anglo-Saxon groups in various Indiana centers. Syracuse University— $6,700; "Footnotes to America"; television; international understanding. Thirteen half-hour telecasts over WSYR-TV, to "show the cultural origins of our civilization and the adaptation we Americans have made of these origins. The ulti¬ mate goal is to help the viewer-listener understand our cultural dependence on the very nations with whom we are working in the United Nations; and, in this way, .to establish a feeling as well as a knowledge of our debt to others."