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NEWS AND NOTICES

The International Archival Affairs Committee of the Society of American Archivists has announced a study tour of the archives of South America, August 4-24, 1974. This second study tour sponsored by the society will include visits to public and private archival agencies, manuscript repositories, and libraries in Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Caracas. Also included are historical orientation tours of museums and historic sites and visits to such attractions as Iguassu Falls. An optional trip to Cuzco and Machu Picchu has also been scheduled. The tour is available to members of the society, their families, and other persons interested in archives, manuscripts, libraries, and records management activities. For further information write Frank B. Evans, Chairman, SAA International Archival Affairs Committee, National Archives Building, Washington, DC 20408.

The Thirtieth Archives Institute: Introduction to Modern Archives Administration will be held at the National Archives Building, April 22 to May 3, 1974. While emphasizing public records and archives, the institute features a faculty experienced in all phases of work with archives and manuscripts and is offered by the National Archives and Records Service as a professional service. Directed by Frank B. Evans, assistant to the archivist, the institute is offered for three semester credits by the

Department of History of The American University and is cosponsored by the Library of Congress and the Maryland Hall of Records. Inquiries should be addressed to Department of History, Thirtieth Archives Institute, The American University, Washington, DC 20016.

The History Department of the University of Delaware will conduct a workshop on "History Through Media" from June 17 to July 23. Participants will receive instruction in photographic copying, film developing, slide and tape production, and scriptwriting. Photographs and sound recordings from the National Archives will serve as the primary material for the workshop. The workshop is open to faculty, students, and other interested persons. For further information contact James C. Curtis, History Department, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711.

The National Archives will sponsor a Conference on Naval History, May 30-31, 1974, at the National Archives Building. This will be the fourteenth in the National Archives conference series. Inquiries should be addressed to Richard A. von Doenhoff, Director, Conference on Naval History, National Archives Building, Washington, DC 20408.

The National Archives film festivals continue to gain popularity. The series

"Historical Films: An International Festival" ran from August 9 to November 9, 1973, and presented outstanding documentary films. Four of those shown-Double Headed Eagle, Swastika, And Not Cry Out, and Olympia-Olympia-were seen by American audiences for the first time. Beginning in January, a thirteen-week series entitled "Films of Persuasion, 1916-45," featured propaganda films made by the United States and other governments.

A National Archives symposium entitled "Film Makers' Perspectives on Producing Documentary Films for the U.S. Government" was held October 15, 1973, at the National Archives Building. Richard D MacCann of the University of Iowa presided over the conference; Julien Bryan and Charles Guggenheim participated in the session on "Art, History and Bureaucracy-Or, the Hazards of Creative Film Making"; and Jules Bucher, Robert W. Wagner, and Bruce Herschensohn discussed "Interpreting American Society Through the Use of Documentary Film-Propaganda or Insight?" Tapes of the symposium are available for research in the Audiovisal Archives Division.

During the 1974 Herbert Hoover Centennial Year the Hoover Presidential Library Association is sponsoring four seminars at the library on the life and work of the for

mer president. The topics to be discussed. are "Hoover and the War Period, 19141920," "Hoover as Secretary of Commerce, 1921-1928," "Hoover and the Presidency, 1929-1933," and "Hoover, the Elder Statesman, 1933-1964." The seminars are open to all who wish to attend. For further information write Francis W. O'Brien, Director of Academic Programs, Hoover Presidential Library Association, P.O. Box 359, West Branch, IA 52358.

A photographic exhibit of New York City during the Roosevelt years is on display at the Roosevelt Library through the summer. The photographs were taken by a Hungarian immigrant, John Albok, who worked as a tailor in New York.

Applications are now being accepted for a limited number of grants-in-aid for research at the Johnson Library during 1975. The grants, carrying a stipend of $300 per month, will be awarded by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, which supports special activities of the library and the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. Research must be done primarily at the library. Applicants should submit detailed research proposals and brief biographical sketches to Harry Middleton, Director, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, TX 78712.

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