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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Grandpa and The Statue"
Description: Stars Charles Laughton, John McIntire, Arthur Shields. Written by Arthur Miller. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of an old man's slow discovery of what the Statue of Liberty stands for in the hearts of all Americans.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)
Local Identifier: program_no:428
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101794
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA"
Description: Written and narrated by Albert Payson Terhune. Stars Karl Swenson with John McIntyre, Ed Jerome, Bill Johnstone, Kenny Delmar, Agnes Moorehead. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Dick Stark, Bud Collyer, anncrs. This is the story of ASPCA founder, Henry Bergh.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888
Local Identifier: program_no:223
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101717
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Henry Clay of Kentucky"
Description: Written by Garrett Porter and stars Ray Collins. Features Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, John McIntire. Music by Donald Voorhees with production by Homer Fickett. William Spargo, Clayton Collier, announcers. The story of Henry Clay's return from retirement to politics as an old man. Program dramatizes the Great Compromise of 1850, which preserved the Union from Civil War. Beginning of Lucky Strik's "Vox Pop" included.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Local Identifier: program_no:212
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101707
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Heroes of The Sea"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Ray Collins, John McIntire, Bill Johnstone. As an overture, the orchestra offers a medley of sea songs. Two sea stories, how the clipper ship "Flying Cloud" reached San Francisco in 89 days, and the story of a sea rescue.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Flying Cloud (Clipper-ship)
Local Identifier: program_no:21
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101587
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "How to Build Paradise"
Description: Written by Phillip Lewis and stars Robert Young. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. Based on the book Mob 3 by Capt. Robert Parson, this is the story of the building of a modern hospital in the mire of the jungle to care for men wounded in the surrounding fighting areas.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hospital; United States. Navy. Medical Dept.
Local Identifier: program_no:436
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101795
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Hymn For The Night"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars Rosiland Russell. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Features Howard McNear and John McIntire. Walter Huston, host. Gayne Whitman, anncr. With this broadcast, COA begins its 10th season on the air. Drama tells the story of Julia Ward Howe and her great Civil War poem, 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910; Battle hymn of the republic (Poem)
Local Identifier: program_no:401
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101796
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "I Count the Days"
Description: Starring Signe Hasso and written by Bernard Dryer. With Elliott Lewis. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a Dutch refugee who found a reason for living in the rehabilitation work she was doing in Germany and in her love for an American officer.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:454
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101797
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "I, Mary Washington"
Description: The story of George Washington’s mother, Mary.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789
Local Identifier: program_no:291
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101798
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "I Sing a New World"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars John McIntire. Features the Cavalcade Players. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Bud Collyer, Dick Stark, announcers. The story of Walt Whitman and how he infused Americans with his works.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Local Identifier: program_no:218
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101713
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "I Was Married on Bataan"
Description: Written by Arthur Miller. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Stars Madeleine Carroll and Kenny Delmar. Music composed by and conducted by Don Voorhees. Narrator/Announcer is Bud Collyer. The story of an Army nurse, Lt. Dorothea Engel, who served her country through the tragic and heroic days of the fall of Manila and through the horrors of Bataan and Corregidor.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942; Corregidor, Battle of, Philippines, 1945; Engel, Dorothea
Local Identifier: program_no:299
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101799
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Immortal Wife"
Description: Written by Halsted Welles and stars Ida Lupino. Host--Walter Huston. Features John McIntire, Frank Graham. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. From the book of the same name by Irving Stone, this is the story of Jessie Benton Fremont. Wife of explorer, soldier and statesman John Fremont.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902
Local Identifier: program_no:418
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101800
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "In the Best Tradition"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and stars Orson Welles. Features Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. Broadcast in commemoration of Navy Day, 1942. The story of John A. Dahlgren--the man who became the pilot guiding our Navy through a period of change following the Civil War.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870
Local Identifier: program_no:302
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101802
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "In This Crisis"
Description: Written by Robert L. Richards and stars Claude Rains. Features Ray Collins. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Thomas Paine, spokeman of freedom and the spirit he had which was durable as iron.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Local Identifier: program_no:275
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101801
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Jane Addams of Hull House"
Description: Stars Helen Hayes. Produced by Homer Fickett. Music by Donald Voorhees. Written by Robert Tallman. Basil Ruysdael, anncr. Broadcast from the Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A portrayal of the great humanitarian who devoted her life to sociological improvements and the welfare of mankind.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
Local Identifier: program_no:188
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101684
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Jean Laffite"
Description: Stars William Johnstone with John McIntyre, Ed Jerome, Bill Adams, Karl Swenson, others. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Thomas Chalmers, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. Introduced by Dr. Frank Monaghan. Highlights fromt the life of the notorious French pirate who aided Andrew Jackson and thus averted British attack on New Orleans.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Lafitte, Jean Baptista
Local Identifier: program_no:173
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101669
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Jean Pierre Blanchard"
Description: Written by Garrett Porter and stars Edwin Jerome. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Features Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar, Karl Swenson, John McIntire, Bill Johnstone. Dick Stark, Clayton Collyer, anncrs. The story of a balloonist Jean Blanchard and of his epic flight in 1796 from Philadelphia across Delaware River.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Blanchard, Jean
Local Identifier: program_no:233
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101726
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Joe Dyer Ends a War"
Description: Written by Victor Wolfson and Robert Richards. Stars James Craig and Beulah Bondi. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. Features Bill Johnstone. The story of a boundary dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania and how that dispute was settled by arbitration. Both discs cracked--both poor pressings.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Connecticut; Pennsylvania
Local Identifier: program_no:356
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101803
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Joel Chandler Harris"
Description: Stars Karl Swenson with script by Arthur Miller. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Features Bill Johnstone, John McIntire, Ray Collins. Dick Stark, Clayton Collyer, anncrs. The story of the outstanding Southern writer and humorist.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
Local Identifier: program_no:232
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101725
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "John Bartram's Garden"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Karl Swenson. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "An Old Fashioned Garden". The story of America's first great botanist.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bartram, John, 1699-1777
Local Identifier: program_no:108
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101625
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "John Brown"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman. Stars John McIntyre. Narrated by William Spargo. Bud Collyer, anncr. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Music by Donald Voorhees. A stirring drama of the pre-Civil War conflicts centering around fanatical John Brown whom Lincoln called "the wrongest right man who ever lived". Program begins with Brown's work in Kansan and follow his life through his capture at Harper's Ferry and his eventual hanging.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Brown, John, 1800-1859
Local Identifier: program_no:204
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101700
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

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