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During the Summer of 1975, Temple University's School of Communications and Theater will conduct its first annual graduate film seminar in Montreal, Canada. For information see advertisement on p. 27 NEW RESEARCH SERVICE FOR SCHOLARS IN FILM The University Film Association plans quarterly publication of Film Research in Progress which will include: (1) announcement and depository for seminar papers, working papers, and other unpublished material; (2) a topic and title registration for dissertations, theses and other research projects; and (3) a notes and queries section for scholars soliciting information about film data, film sources, and other research material. Film Research in Progress will appear as part ofthe U.F.A.'s Digest, subscnptions to, which are available for non-U.F.A. members at $2 per annum. For further information contact Calvin Pryluck, Dept. of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS TO MEET IN BOSTON The O.A.H. annual meeting in Boston April 16-19 will include two sessions on film & history. One, entitled "Teaching About the American Revolution Through Film," will include papers on designing dramatic films for the classroom and teaching dramatic films. There will also be a seminar on "The Film As Social Criticism." Both sessions will be summarized in a later issue. LETTERS Dear Editors: As early as Spring 1898, the Sears Roebuck catalog carried advertisements for public entertainment outfits including one for "animated pictures" (i.e., motion pictures). I am trying to locate other data on sales, purchase, and display of films during this period. I am especially interested in other than metropolitan centers. It would be deeply appreciated if you would include in your notes section a solicitation of information that your readers might run across, perhaps in the search for other data on this period. A single ad in a farm or rural journal, for instance, would be useful but obviously difficult to locate directly. Calvin Pryluck, Associate Professor Dept. of Radio, TV, & Motion Pictures Univ. ofN.C., Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 NEW BOOKS 18 ...