Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tripled its budget (to more than $300,000), and built it into one of the finest organizations of its kind in the nation. Last week the society was reaching beyond its geographical boundaries. It is about to begin a grants-in-aid program for the writing of local histories anywhere...
...Lord, local history is something of an obsession. The best way to understand America, he believes, is to understand the details that make it up. He has persuaded the Wisconsin legislature to make the society custodian of all official records, which allows it to sort and preserve documents that might otherwise be lost. (One document that has been missing since 1891: the original state constitution.) He has expanded a program of restoring historic landmarks. And he has organized more than 1,000 junior chapters from which aspiring young historians sally forth to interview reminiscing oldtimers, stir up the dust...
...years in Wisconsin, Clifford Lord has gone a long way toward his goal. But he knows he is still just beginning. Eventually, he hopes, his society will become a clearinghouse for local histories from all over the U.S. "When we are assuming leadership of half the world," says he, "we owe it to the world and to ourselves to know more about the detailed workings of the American experiment...
...trip that took him to eight countries in the Near and Far East in 39 days, Allyn worked hard, as usual, to "make the people who work for you a part of your family.'' At each branch office, he gave a dinner for all the local employees. When his Singapore manager blanched at the idea, pointing out that the Mohammedan and Hindu workers would have to eat different food and be served by members of their respective religions, Allyn ordered separate tables, kitchens and waiters so the dinner could be attended...
Furthermore, the fellow had angered the local Carmelites by taking over from them the hearing of confession in the town, and the Capuchins by discrediting their cloister's miracle-working image. There was, however, some consolation, for the priestly popinjay had made an enemy of Cardinal Richelieu by walking ahead of him during a religious procession. And just as rashly, he had a child by the daughter of his best friend, the public prosecutor of Loudun...