Box 4 LSF

Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: A special report on Jamaica, and another part of series on language, literature, and culture. Interview: Ray Gorden, sociologist at Antioch College, discusses culture as expressed in everyday living. (13:10)

Recorded: July 23 and December 3, 1976

Final Production: December 3, 1976

[Air Date]: December 20, 1976

Timings: v.o. 29:20, m.o. 29:39

Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: Second part of report on Jamaica. Interview: Richard Sinkin, professor of History at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses the problems that have arisen in Mexico in the past few years, and how Lopez Portillo is likely to handle the country's difficulties. (12:35)

Recorded: December 10, 1976

Final Production: December 10, 1976

[Air Date]: December 27, 1976

Timings: v.o. 29:39, m.o. 29:58

Scope and Contents Contents: Interview: Nettie Lee Benson. an historian and former head librarian of the Latin American Collection at the University of Texas, discusses the acquisition of Latin American library materials, the University's interest in Latin American studies, and why the Latin American Collection is considered the only collection of its kind in the world. Recorded: November 17, 1976 Final Production: December 16, 1976 [Air Date]: January 3, 1977...

Scope and Contents

Contents: Interview: Nettie Lee Benson concludes her discussion on the acquisition of Latin American library materials and the history of what is now known as the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection.

Recorded: November 17, 1976

Final Production: December 20, 1976

[Air Date]: January 10, 1977

Timings: v.o. 29:28, m.o. 29:47

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at a new collection of essays by Mexican author Octavio Paz focusing on individual North and South American poets and poetry in general. Interview: Margaret Crahan, an historian at Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York, explains the relative importance of Cuba for North American missionaries from 1898 to 1958. Recorded: October 27 and December 22, 1976 Final Production: December 22, 1976 [Air Date]: January...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story about the Mexican town of Lecheria and the environmental problems it faces because of chromium wastes that a factory has been dumping directly into the local environment. Interview: Margaret Crahan (see above) discusses the changes in Cuba after the 1959 Cuban revolution and the reactions of different religious denominations to the new government and the changes in organized religion in that nation. Recorded: January 7, 1977 Final Production:...

Scope and Contents

Contents: Interview: Robert Means, professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin, describes the traditional legal systems in Latin America, as well as post?revolution administration of law in such nations as Cuba.

Recorded: January 13, 1977

Final Production: January 14, 1977

[Air Date]: January 31, 1977

Timings: v.o. 29:43, m.o. 30:01

Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: A story on the attempts within the U.N. and UNESCO to promote the creation of a new world order to facilitate the development of Third World nations and, within a Latin American context the need to take into account that region's cultural identity. Interview: Charles Miller, poet, writer, and filmmaker, talks about his work in the Mexican peasant community of Tepoztlan.

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at recent governmental action against priests and clerics in Colombia; and at the problems of urbanization in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, which illustrate the dilemma faced by many developing nations ?- that of insufficient funds to keep pace with the growing urban population. Interview: David DeCamp, professor of linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, discuses the linguistic variations of spoken English in Jamaica. Recorded: January 27...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A discussion of the historical interpretation of the Spanish conquest often described by the term ?black legend? and what historians have revealed about Spain's impact on Latin America also, a look at the reported friction between Peru and Chile and what government officials of both nations are saying about their diplomatic relations. Interview: David DeCamp (see above), talks about the political culture and the nature of prejudice in Jamaican society. Recorded:...