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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Audio Archive Program 72: The Literary Illiterates The Center's Harry Ashmore and W. H. Ferry interview veteran publisher Alfred A. Knopf, who contrasts the contemporary literary scene with the more felicitous era of his younger days, when he served as editor and publisher to such luminaries as Willa Cather and Joseph Conrad. Oct. 2, 1963. [CSDI program number 72; UCSB tape numbers A7596/R7, A7597/R7] Listen to part 1: (19:56) Listen to part 2: (17:04) Download: The Literary Illiterates, Part 1 (8 MB) Download: The Literary Illiterates, Part 2 (6.9 MB) Program Topics Democracy and Freedom Dissent Education First Amendment Rights/Freedom of the Press Government and Politics Hutchins [Robert Maynard] and the History of CSDI Immigration International Issues Law and Order The Media Peace and War Race and Ethnicity Religion Science and Technology Social and Economic Issues CSDI Audio Archive Information The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI. CSDI Audio Archive Homepage Help with listening to the audio files, credits and copyright information Page author: David Seubert. Last modified: 07/31/07 11:26:35 Direct questions or comments about this page to the author or to the Web Administrator. This is an official University of California, Santa Barbara Library web page.