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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
- 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
- Title
- One Man's Family (August 28, 1950)
- Date
- 1950-08-28
- Description
- Book 77, Chapter 11. Frank Barton, announcer. Directed by Michael Rafetto. Father Barbour, recovering from an operation, refuses to use the crutches. Hazel and Jack drop in for a visit, and Jack and Clifford try in vain to get Pop to try the crutches.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- One Man's Family
- Subject
- One Man's Family (Radio program); Soap operas
- Local Identifier
- omf-002
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50206
- Title
- One Man's Family (August 29, 1950)
- Date
- 1950-08-29
- Description
- Book 77, Chapter 12. Frank Barton, announcer. Morse production. Directed by Michael Rafetto. Hazel and Clifford finally get Father to bend his knee.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- One Man's Family
- Subject
- One Man's Family (Radio program); Soap operas
- Local Identifier
- omf-003
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50207
- Title
- One Man's Family (August 30, 1950)
- Date
- 1950-08-30
- Description
- Book 77, Chapter 13. Frank Barton, announcer. Morse production. Directed by Michael Rafetto. Judge Hunter drops by to visit Father and brings his last will and testament along with some funny results.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- One Man's Family
- Subject
- One Man's Family (Radio program); Soap operas
- Local Identifier
- omf-004
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50208