ichigan Capitalizing on the pop-
r of ul rity of Root and Ale
Am ricana tudie Co Haley' char to all people
hope to ipe out the at th conclusion of the
boredom of local history televi ion nuru- ries to
tudents find out from the old st
Armed family member erything
po ible bout the rantyy's
"roots," Dr. ilson pro­
requires the udent
to do e tly tha.
T tudent must 't
on his grandparent k.n "
Dr. ilson id. This ti­
vity will get our 'youth-
centered . ty' to
pprecia the "value and
. m of the elder ho
lived through th experi­
hich a tudent can
r d bout in text­
, Dr. Wilson hopes.
"The project ttempts
to pique th tudent' inte­
re t in the valu of oral
tr dition and pictorial evi­
dence, Dr. ilson id.
Dr. il n him If ha coi­
l ted ne rly 1,500 family
photo aphs hich he' be-
to lie e e repr
ho BI
Fac · from
•
e Past·
1840 and
has c pied and
talogued the original m­
brotypes, ferrotypes and
Q uerreo types under cI i­
fic tion including tately
ladi regal gentlem n,
, the ble arriors, on
the J-O-B' "the musi­
cian "and "the old citi , '
To accompany the
slid Dr. Wilson is com-
piling almost 200 hour
of tapes a�dio-visual its
will be made for ethnic
tudy, pertinent' to one'
geographical location.
Both tudents and their
p rtents are encouraged to
. t in the production of
the "regional in scope, com­
mon person in appro h
limo-visual materials.
"The ultimate goal of
ti project will be to moti­
vate the tudent to become
knowledge bJe in his/her
region' history it is
afTec ed by national. events
d cri Dr. il n
id.
It . hoped that the
proj ct force tudents
to understand th t not
only great men and omen
ere responsible for civili­
zation out of wildene .99