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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: 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: 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: 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: Lux Radio Theatre: Miracle on 34th Street (Reel 1)
Date: 1953
Description: Stars Edmund Gwenn, Howard McNeir, Virginia Gregg, William Conrad, Parley Baer, Barney Phillips, Ted de Corsica, Jack Kruschen, Herb Butterfield.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Lux Radio Theatre
Subject: Lux Radio Theatre (Radio program)
Subject -- Personal Name: Gwenn, Edmund, 1875-1959
Local Identifier: lux-005
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50196

Title: Lux Radio Theatre: Miracle on 34th Street (Reel 2)
Date: 1953
Description: Conclusion. Stars Edmund Gwenn, Howard McNeir, Virginia Gregg, William Conrad, Parley Baer, Barney Phillips, Ted de Corsica, Jack Kruschen, Herb Butterfield.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Lux Radio Theatre
Subject: Lux Radio Theatre (Radio program)
Subject -- Personal Name: Gwenn, Edmund, 1875-1959
Local Identifier: lux-006
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50197

Title: Lux Radio Theatre: To Have and Have Not (Reel 1)
Date: 1946-10-14
Description: 12th anniversary program. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Tim Graham, Jack Kruschen and George Sorell. Host: William Keighly. Music by Louis Silvers. John Milton Kennedy, announcer. The time is 1940, during the Nazi reign of terror when France and her possessions fell under the heel of the Germans. The place: Martinique in the French West Indies. Bogart plays two-fisted Harry Morgan and he and his pal Eddie meet up with the beautiful Mary Browning (Bacall). They match wits with the Nazis on the island.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Lux Radio Theatre
Subject: Lux Radio Theatre (Radio program)
Subject -- Personal Name: Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957; Bacall, Lauren, 1924-
Local Identifier: lux-001
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50194

Title: Lux Radio Theatre: To Have and Have Not (Reel 2)
Date: 1946-10-14
Description: Conclusion. 12th anniversary program. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Tim Graham, Jack Kruschen and George Sorell. Host: William Keighly. Music by Louis Silvers. John Milton Kennedy, announcer. The time is 1940, during the Nazi reign of terror when France and her possessions fell under the heel of the Germans. The place: Martinique in the French West Indies. Bogart plays two-fisted Harry Morgan and he and his pal Eddie meet up with the beautiful Mary Browning (Bacall). They match wits with the Nazis on the island.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Lux Radio Theatre
Subject: Lux Radio Theatre (Radio program)
Subject -- Personal Name: Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957; Bacall, Lauren, 1924-
Local Identifier: lux-002
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50195

Title: Lux Radio Theatre: Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Reel 1)
Date: 1949-04-19
Description: Starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Lux Radio Theatre
Subject: Lux Radio Theatre (Radio program)
Subject -- Personal Name: Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957; Huston, Walter, 1884-1950
Local Identifier: lux-003
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50192

Title: Lux Radio Theatre: Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Reel 2)
Date: 1949-04-19
Description: Conclusion. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Lux Radio Theatre
Subject: Lux Radio Theatre (Radio program)
Subject -- Personal Name: Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957; Huston, Walter, 1884-1950
Local Identifier: lux-004
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50193

Title: Mary Margaret McBride (June 19, 1945)
Date: 1945-06-19
Description: Broadcast from the Marquee of the Astor Hotel, Times Square, New York. Vincent Connolly, announcer. Special guest is movie star Peggy Ann Gardner. Special parade pickups by Ben Grauer in the NBC Mobile Unit as General Eisenhower is welcomed to New York.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Mary Margaret McBride
Subject: Radio programs; Radio talk shows; Interviewing on radio
Subject -- Personal Name: McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-
Local Identifier: mmcbride-001
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50201

Title: Mary Margaret McBride (September 1, 1948, Reel 1)
Date: 1948-09-01
Description: With Fannie Hurst and Vincent Connolly sitting in for Ms. McBride. Fannie and Vincent discuss New York City, summer vacations, a horrible boat trip, problems in New York, etc.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Mary Margaret McBride
Subject: Radio programs; Radio talk shows; Interviewing on radio
Subject -- Personal Name: McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-; Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
Local Identifier: mmcbride-002
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50202

Title: Mary Margaret McBride (September 1, 1948, Reel 2)
Date: 1948-09-01
Description: Conclusion. With Fannie Hurst and Vincent Connolly sitting in for Ms. McBride. Fannie and Vincent discuss New York City, summer vacations, a horrible boat trip, problems in New York, etc.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Mary Margaret McBride
Subject: Radio programs; Radio talk shows; Interviewing on radio
Subject -- Personal Name: McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-; Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
Local Identifier: mmcbride-003
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50203

Title: NBC Covers V-J Day (2:30-3:05 AM)
Date: 1945-08-15
Description: NBC. 2:30 AM - Special report from Okinawa with reaction, description, music. 2:35 AM - Victory Parade of Bands - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, playing from the Mural Room of the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. Joe Hutchins, announcer. Elmer Peterson and The News (no start time listed). MacArthur sends message to Hirohito, Japanese start to surrender, Tokyo has flashed cease-fired message, Hirohito speaks to people, final Allied air mission over Japan, United States celebrates V-J Day, reconversion plans, switch to Guam to Nimitz communication on Japanese airplanes still being shot down.
Series: News programs
Subject: World War II; V-J Day, 1945
Subject -- Personal Name: MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-
Local Identifier: news-721
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17171

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