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- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "The Big Brothers"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players including Ray Collins, Bill Adams, Bill Johnstone, John McIntire. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhes offers "A Foggy Day." Story of how "Big Brother" helps a boy who’s had a run-in with the law. COA wins the Radio Guide Magazine Medal of Merit. Presented by Martin Lewis of the magazine.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
- Local Identifier
- program_no:118
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101567
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Francis Scott Key"
- Description
- Stories from the life of the man who wrote the words of our National Anthem and featuring the events leading up to its composition.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Star-spangled banner (Song)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:120
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101568
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Oliver Wendell Holmes"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players including Bill Adams, Karl Swenson, Bill Johnstone, John McIntire, Ray Collins. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "I See Your Face Before Me." Program dramatizes incidents in the life of the great poet, doctor and wit.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
- Local Identifier
- program_no:121
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101569
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "The Louisiana Purchase"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players including Karl Swenson, John McIntire, Bill Adams, Ray Collins, Bill Johnstone. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "'Neath The Southern Moon." Program highlights the events leading up to the acquisition of Louisiana from France.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Louisiana Purchase
- Local Identifier
- program_no:122
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101570
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "The Nation's Schoolmaster"
- Description
- The overture is "They Didn't Believe Me." Program traces the life of Noah Webster from his first school, marriage, the first speller, editor of New York magazine, and his greatest work, the first dictionary.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Local Identifier
- program_no:123
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101571
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Anne Sullivan Macy"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players including Agnes Moorehead, John McIntire, Bill Johnstone. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "The Song Is You." Special guests are Helen Keller and her companion, Polly Thompson. Program dramatizes highlights in the life of the devoted teacher of Helen Keller.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Macy, Anne Sullivan, 1866-1936
- Local Identifier
- program_no:124
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101572
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Buffalo Bill-The Last of the Scouts"
- Description
- Donald Voorhees begins the program with "Wagon Wheels." Program dramatizes little known incidents in the life of the great scout and plainsman. Stars John McIntire with Bill Adams, Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (William Frederick Cody)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:125
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101573
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Captain Robert Gray"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players (inc. Bill Adams, John McIntire, Ed Jerome, Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Thine Alone" from Victor Herbert's "Eileen." Program dramatizes the discovery of the Columbia River, which secured the territory now included in the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho for the USA.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Columbia River; Gray, Robert, 1755-1806
- Local Identifier
- program_no:126
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101574
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "John James Audubon"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players (inc. Bill Johnstone, Bill Adams, Karl Swenson, John McIntyre). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers selections from "Snow White." Program dramatizes the life of the French-American naturalist.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
- Local Identifier
- program_no:127
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101575
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Charlotte Cushman"
- Description
- Donald Voorhees and the orchestra perform "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" and "Sally In Our Alley" as an overture. Then, a re-enactment of the career of America's first great actress who was one of the most versatile players in the American Theater. Program traces her career from an opera singer to the great feminine leads of Shakespeare and in "Guy Mannering." With Ray Collins, Bill Johnstone, John McIntyre, Karl Swenson.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876
- Local Identifier
- program_no:128
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101576
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "The Search For Iron"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players (inc. Bill Adams, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, John McIntyre). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Someday My Prince Will Come" from "Snow White." The story of a pioneering mother, Hepzibeth Merritt, and her 7 sons and grandsons and their struggles in Minnesota before her boys discovered the great deposits of iron in the famed Messabi Iron Range.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Messabi Iron Range
- Local Identifier
- program_no:129
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101577
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Defiance of Nature"
- Description
- Features The Cavalcade Players (John McIntyre, Orson Welles, Bill Adams, ray Collins). Music by Harold Levey. Music heard is Levey's "Cavalcade Overtures" and melodies from the Broadway show "Sally". Program dramatizes the building of the Erie Canal and also, The Holland Tunnel.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Erie Canal (N.Y.); Holland Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:11
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101578
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "The Humanitarian Urge"
- Description
- Feature The Cavalcade Players (John McIntyre, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, others. Music by Harold Levey. As an overture, Levey plays "Themes from Hansel and Gretel", also, the "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker. Program dramatizes the famed 'Mary Allen Case' and highlights the story of a boy in juvenile court.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
- Local Identifier
- program_no:12
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101579
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "The Declaration of Independence"
- Description
- The orchestra opens the program with the "American Fantasy" by Victor Herbert. The drama documents the writing and background of our Declaration of Independence.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
- Local Identifier
- program_no:13
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101580
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Women In Public Service"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players (Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Karl Swenson, others). Music by Harold Levey. Music heard is a medley of Gay '90s favorites, also highlights from Jerome Kern's "I Dream Too Much." Program highlights scenes from the life of Jane Addams of Hull House, and includes the story of a Kentucky volunteer nurse.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Addams, Jane, 1860-1935; Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:14
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101581
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Building and Architecture"
- Description
- Feature the Cavalcade Players inc. Orson Welles, Bill Adams, Ray Collins, Bill Johnstone. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Country Dance". Program dramatizes the building of Independence Hall and the Empire State Building.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.); Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:15
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101582
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "The Speed Of Words"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players inc. John McIntyre, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Bill Adams. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, the orchestra plays "On The Trail". Program dramatizes the speed of words via clipper slip, Pony Express, the telegraph, cable, telephone and radio.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
- Local Identifier
- program_no:16
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101583
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Enterprise"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone, Orson Welles Bill Adams, Ray Collins. Ted Jewett, anncr. As an overture the orchestra plays "Country Gardens". Program dramatizes the life of Frederic Tudor, the man who brought ice to the tropics, and the new air route across the Pacific.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Tudor, Frederic, 1783-1864
- Local Identifier
- program_no:17
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101584
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Loyalty To Family"
- Description
- Features Ray Collins & The Cavalcade Players. Music by The Cavalcade Orchestra. As an overture, the orchestra plays Logan's "Pale Moon". Program dramatizes the trip of Elizabeth Harper to the Ohio Territory.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Harper, Elizabeth
- Local Identifier
- program_no:18
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101585
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "The Bridge Builders"
- Description
- Features The Cavalcade Players inc. Ray Collins, Karl Swenson John McIntyre, Bill Johnstone. As an overture, the orchestra offers "Father of Waters" and "Deep River". The story of John Roebling's building of the Brooklyn Bridge--and a short drama about the use of modern bridges.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869; Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:20
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101586
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.