Mr. D'Arms also reported on other projects under development including a pilot electornic publishing effort and an ongoing Fellowship endowment campaign. In connection with the latter, he noted that ACLS has for the first time compiled a comprehensive list of former fellows and is seeking their help in this campaign. John Hammer, Director of the National Humanities Alliance, also provided the group with an update on the state of the Humanities in the Congress. As part of Maureen Grolnick's update on K-12 activities, Deane Root, ACLS Delegate from the Sonneck Society for American Music and Director of the Center for American Music at the University of Pittsburgh, presented a sample lesson from a Sonneck Society pilot program to teach eighth graders American History through music. THe series is designed to focus on current scholarship in American music and to present historians, critics, and performers who specialize in a variety of styles and genres.
All events are free and open to the public.
Encyclopedia of Appalachia Proposed The Encyclopedia of Appalachia will be the first comprehensive reference work ever published about one of the most culturally rich and enigmatic regions of the United States. The project is being directed by the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, a Tennessee Center for Excellence at East Tennessee State University. The Music Library at the University of North Texas has recently acquired the collection of Willis Conover, jazz producer and radio voice of the Voice of America for over forty years. The collection consists of over twenty-two thousand recordings, correspondence, memos, magazines, record catalogs, manuscripts, program notes, memorabilia, photographs, books, and other personal items. All material except the archival items will be made available to users of the Music Library as a part of the regular collection.