Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Media

Period of Performance

5/1/1976 - 11/30/1976

Funding Totals

$40,000.00 (approved)
$40,000.00 (awarded)


The Great Mississippi

FAIN: GN-10207-76

University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53715-1218)
Kaye Finch (Project Director: May 1976 to present)

To develop ten themes and write three one-hour scripts for a documentary film series that will present a social history of the opening and development of the Mississippi River Valley. The ten episodes will be based on individuals who lived in the Valley in the 19th century and played significant roles in the development of the area.