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Audio broadcasts for PAC 445: American Identity taught by SSU professor Mike Lennon as a radio Side-band course during Fall 1976. This course examined the questions of American Identity from five topical viewpoints: The American Mission, Nature & Technology, Excellence & Equality, Pop Culture and Elite Culture, Ethnicity: Group and National Identity. Based on the recorded lectures of the 1975 Intersession.

Scope and Contents "The Lincolns of Springfield, Illinois" Television Documentary was a project initiated by J. Michael Lennon, director of the Office of Public Affairs Communication (OPAC) in 1987 to record the restoration of the Lincoln Home.  "The Lincolns of Springfield" documented the restoration work and featured interviews with experts.  The goal of the hour-long documentary was to present for a general audience the details of the home's restoration and give insight to the homelife of the Lincolns. "The...

Scope and Contents "The Lincolns of Springfield, Illinois" Television Documentary was a project initiated by J. Michael Lennon, director of the Office of Public Affairs Communication (OPAC) in 1987 to record the restoration of the Lincoln Home. "The Lincolns of Springfield" documented the restoration work on the home and featured interviews with experts. The goal of the hour-long documentary was to present for a general audience the details of the home's restoration and give insight to the homelife of the...

Scope and Contents J. Michael Lennon, Professor of Literature and Director of the Office of Public Affairs Communication, papers (1973-91) consists of:Series I: Production tapes for the PBS television documentary "James Jones: Reveille to Taps" (1983-84), including 104 video tapes. 8 reel-to-reel audio tapes, and one audiocassette. The documentary details the life and work of novelist James Jones: his childhood in Illinois, his stay at the Handy Colony, his relationship with Lowney Handy, and his...