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- Title
- Amos 'n' Andy (Program 360)
- Date
- 1929-05-29
- Description
- Amos and Andy are discussing the possible embezzlement of lodge funds by the Kingfish, when Andy shows Amos some proposed new by-laws of the lodge, drafted by the Kingfish. These by-laws allow the Kingfish to take whatever he needs.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Amos 'n' Andy
- Subject
- Amos 'n' Andy (Radio program); Comedy sketches
- Local Identifier
- amos-001
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50199
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Amos 'n' Andy (Program 377)
- Date
- 1929-06-08
- Description
- The boys are discussing ways to pay back a loan that Andy took out for his girlfriend's furniture. They begin by writing a letter to her new husband, but the Kingfish arrives and suggests that the boys take the taxi company and themselves to New York, where the Kingfish has just been appointed lodgemaster of the New York Chapter of the Mystic Knights of the Sea.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Amos 'n' Andy
- Subject
- Amos 'n' Andy (Radio program); Comedy sketches
- Local Identifier
- amos-002
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50200
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Architect of Victory - George C. Marshall (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1958-07-03
- Description
- Narrated by David Brinkley, produced by James L. Holton. The story of this great military leader, told by his voice and some of his friends: General William Sexton, foreign correspondent Mark Watson (Baltimore Sun), General Lawton Collins, General George Herron, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, General John Hull, Lord Alanbrooke, Harry S. Truman, Dean Acheson, Bromley Smith, Ray Scherer of NBC, Dwight Eisenhower, Anna Rosenberg and Robert A. Lovett.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
- Local Identifier
- bios-069
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17184
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Architect of Victory - George C. Marshall (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1958-07-03
- Description
- Narrated by David Brinkley, produced by James L. Holton. The story of this great military leader, told by his voice and some of his friends: General William Sexton, foreign correspondent Mark Watson (Baltimore Sun), General Lawton Collins, General George Herron, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, General John Hull, Lord Alanbrooke, Harry S. Truman, Dean Acheson, Bromley Smith, Ray Scherer of NBC, Dwight Eisenhower, Anna Rosenberg and Robert A. Lovett.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
- Local Identifier
- bios-070
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17185
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Theodore Roosevelt (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1958-10-10
- Description
- Written by Earl Hamner. Directed by Burt Leonard. Narrated by Walter O'Keefe. A biography of Teddy Roosevelt told by his friends and relatives [Teddy Roosevelt Jr., Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, Senator Roy Watkins (Utah), and others.] Program traces his career from Mayor of New York thru his positions as Secretary of War, The Rough Riders, Governor of New York, Vice President, President, private citizen and explorer.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Local Identifier
- bios-026
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17180
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Theodore Roosevelt (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1958-10-10
- Description
- Written by Earl Hamner. Directed by Burt Leonard. Narrated by Walter O'Keefe. A biography of Teddy Roosevelt told by his friends and relatives [Teddy Roosevelt Jr., Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, Senator Roy Watkins (Utah), and others.] Program traces his career from Mayor of New York thru his positions as Secretary of War, The Rough Riders, Governor of New York, Vice President, President, private citizen and explorer.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Local Identifier
- bios-027
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17181
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Typewriter in a Foxhole (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1958-01-16
- Description
- The story of war correspondent Ernie Pyle, narrated by Robert McCormick and featuring the voices of Merrill Mueller, Lindsay Nelson, Hoagy Carmichael, General Omar Bradley, others.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
- Local Identifier
- bios-019
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17182
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Typewriter in a Foxhole (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1958-01-16
- Description
- The story of war correspondent Ernie Pyle, narrated by Robert McCormick and featuring the voices of Merrill Mueller, Lindsay Nelson, Hoagy Carmichael, General Omar Bradley, others.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
- Local Identifier
- bios-020
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17183
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Cavalcade of America: Artist to the Wounded
- Date
- 1945-05-07
- Description
- Program 434. Stars Geraldine Fitzgerald and features Howard McNear. Written by Bernard Reines. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a young commercial artist who volunteered under USO auspices to help the wounded by sketching their portraits during their convalescence.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical drama
- Local Identifier
- cav-426
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17187
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Cavalcade of America: John Sutter
- Date
- 1940-06-04
- Description
- Program 190. Stars Edwin Jerome with Kenny Delmar, John McIntire, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Basil Ruysdael, announcer. The story of the Swiss immigrant who founded an empire in California.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical drama
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Sutter, John Augustus, 1826-1897
- Local Identifier
- cav-181
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17186
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "South of Cape Horn"
- Date
- 1949-12-13
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Written by George Faulkner and stars Mickey Rooney. Features Parker Fenneley, Arnold Moss, Ian Martin. Music by Arden Cornwell and conducted by Don Voorhees. Directed by John Zoller. Bill Hamilton, Ted Pearson, anncrs. An adventure story of the discovery by Americans of the Antarctic Continent.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Radio broadcasting -- United States; Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical drama
- Local Identifier
- program_no:634
- Type
- Sound recordings
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/hickman:437
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Cavalcade of America: Troublesome Jane
- Date
- 1949-09-20
- Description
- Program 622. Written by Luther Davis and stars Ruth Hussey and Kenny Delmar. Features Ian Martin. Music by Arden Cornwell and conducted by Don Voorhees. Directed by John Zoller. Bill Hamilton, Ted Pearson, announcers. The story of Jane Swisshelm, newspaper correspondent and publisher.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical drama
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon, 1815-1884
- Local Identifier
- cav-595
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50198
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Cavalcade of America: Weather is a Weapon
- Date
- 1945-05-14
- Description
- Program 435. Stars Dana Andrews. Written by Charles Rabiner. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of how a lieutenant in the AAF Weather Service predicted a weather change that enabled the Army to send planes to stop a German advance during the Battle of the Bulge.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical drama
- Local Identifier
- cav-427
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17188
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Goldbergs and Joyce Jordan, M.D. (June 7, 1944)
- Date
- 1944-06-07
- Description
- The Goldbergs - Bud Colyer, announcer. Emily, Capt. Burkoff and the Goldbergs are leaving the train station and quickly problems develop between Emily and the Captain. Joyce Jordan, M.D. - Joyce bumps into Vic, an old friend, as she’s on her way to clean her new house. Later, Vic and his new love Carol are walking by the river.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- The Goldbergs
- Subject
- Radio programs; Soap operas
- Local Identifier
- goldbergs-001
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50204
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 01)
- Date
- 1950-12-15
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Music composed by Dave Diamond and conducted by Alfredo Antonini. Warren Sweeney, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. The letters of President Harry Truman. News in Washington. Poet Carl Sandburg speaks on freedom. Audio portrait of General Douglas MacArthur.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.; Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-001
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50159
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 02)
- Date
- 1950-12-22
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Music composed by Dave Diamond and conducted by Alfredo Antonini. Warren Sweeney, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. Bomb shelters in Washington. Dwight Eisenhower returns to the service. British Prime Minister Atlee comments on his recent meeting with President Harry Truman. Segment with Connie Mack, baseball old-timer.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-002
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50160
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear it Now (Episode 03)
- Date
- 1950-12-29
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Warren Sweeney, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. Opening of the new United Nations Building in New York. Christmas night in Los Angeles, record for traffic accidents, death and drunk drivers. Pope Pius XII seals St. Peter's Door ending the Holy Year. Don Hollenbeck reports on The Press and the Enemy how Soviet Union interprets American newspapers. Rose Bowl preview, biggest sports event of 1950. Red Barber reports on golfer Ben Hogan's recovery. Close-Up: The American Fighting Man, Model 1950.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows; United Nations
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-003
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50163
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 04)
- Date
- 1951-01-05
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: CBS announcer with the arrival of the New Year. Opening of 82nd Congress with roll call, Representative Joe Martin introduces Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. Developments in Korea including the fall of Seoul. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Gordon Deane comments on whether the Soviets have the bomb. Dwight Eisenhower comments on his future military role.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows; United States. Congress (82nd, 1st session : 1951)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-004
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50164
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 05)
- Date
- 1951-01-12
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea including serious refugee problem. New 10 cent phone call. Dwight Eisenhower leaves Washington for European command. Highlights of President Harry Truman's State of the Union message. Senator Robert Taft's opposing views. Bing Crosby's 20th anniversary in radio.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-005
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50165
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 07)
- Date
- 1951-01-26
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Congressional debate about sending troops to Europe. Eric Sevareid comments on Dwight Eisenhower's tour of Europe. Developments in Korea. David Lillienthal on the value of the A-bomb as a guarantee of victory. Leo Durocher sends greetings to an umpire. Advice to graduating New York police class. Close-Up: The biography of a pound of steak.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Cold War; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Durocher, Leo, 1906-; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-007
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50166
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.