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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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50199
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50200
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17184
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- sound recording
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17185
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- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17180
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- sound recording
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17181
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- sound recording
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17182
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- sound recording
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17183
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- sound recording
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17187
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Dr. John Gorrie"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade players (inc. Bill Johnstone, Bill Adams, Ray Collins, Karl Swenson). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "When You're Away." The story of the perfection of the 1st ice-making machine.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music ||Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery; Air conditioning; Gorrie, John, 1803-1855
- Local Identifier
- program_no:139
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101637
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17186
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/hickman:437
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- sound recording
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50198
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- sound recording
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17188
- Title
- CBS Covers the D-Day Invasion (5:52 - 6:22 AM)
- Date
- 1944-06-06
- Description
- CBS. Parts 13-14. Major Eliot continues with a bulletin -- Nazis report Allied landings, etc. Then Bob Trout reviews the morning's events, reads SHAEF bulleting-Allied battleships support invasion, re-reads Gen. Pershing's statement. Switch to London for brief recap of invasion news. Trout resumes with a recap of events. Then Major Eliot has a feature item about an American sergeant, other invasion stories about Allied preparation. Then Trout resumes with New York reaction to invasion.
- Series
- News programs
- Subject
- World War II; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Trout, Robert
- Local Identifier
- news-680
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17172
- Title
- Concert by Marian Anderson, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Date
- 1939-04-09
- Description
- NBC Blue Network. Special concert given by Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, sponsored in conjunction with Howard University and the Department of the Interior. Unidentified announcer. Introduction by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. 1. Introduction - Ickes. 2. "America" 3. "O Mio Fernando" 4. "Ave Maria" Intermission. Remarks by NBC announcer on size of crowd, view from the Memorial and a short review of Anderson's career. 5. "Git on Board" 6. "Trying to Make Heaven My Home"
- Series
- News programs
- Subject
- Women singers
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
- Local Identifier
- news-633
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17179
- Title
- The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1953-06-02
- Description
- ABC Radio. John McVane is in New York and reporting the ceremonies in London are Tom Flemming, Raymond Baxter, Ted Malone, Mary Margaret McBride, Fredrick B. Opper, Blevins Davis, Jack Parker, Audrey Russell, Bob Studavent. BBC describes the procession to the Abbey as it passes Trafalgar Square, Mary Margaret McBride outside the Abbey describes the dignitaries arriving, various descriptions of the procession.
- Series
- News programs
- Subject
- Coronations
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
- Local Identifier
- news-750
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17178
- Title
- FDR Declaration of War (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1941-12-08
- Description
- Mutual Broadcasting System. Fulton Lewis, Jr. and Walter Compton in the House Radio Gallery. Disc 1 begins with FDR's address. He backgrounds the recent peace talks, etc.
- Series
- News programs
- Subject
- World War II; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Compton, Walter, 1912-1959; Lewis, Fulton, 1903-1966
- Local Identifier
- news-673
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17176
- Title
- Fulton Lewis Jr. and The News
- Date
- 1940-11-07
- Description
- From WGN, Chicago. Guy Savage, announcer. FDR wins third term and Mr. Lewis offers detailed and interesting election results.
- Series
- News programs
- Subject
- Presidents United States Election
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Lewis, Fulton, 1903-1966; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Local Identifier
- news-656
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17175
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50204
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- sound recording