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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Nancy Hanks"
Description: Stars Agnes Moorehead with John McIntyre, Karl Swenson. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Ted Jewett, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. The story of Lincoln's mother.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, 1784-1818
Local Identifier: program_no:186
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101682

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Nathan Hale"
Description: Thomas Chalmers, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. Features the Cavalcade Players (Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar, Karl Swenson, others). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees plays "I Have Eyes." The story of the great Revolutionary patriot.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776
Local Identifier: program_no:151
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101649

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Native Land"
Description: Stars Judith Anderson and Burgess Meredith. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Bud Collyer, anncr. Written by Robert Richards and Robert Tallman. A story showing how the heroism and self-sacrifices of women from the Revolutionary Wars to the present have shaped the affairs of men and the destiny of America.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:246
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101822

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Native Land"
Description: Written By Robert Richards and Robert Tallman. Stars Burgess Meredith and Carl Sandsburg. Music composed by Arden Cornwell and conducted by Don Voorhees. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Clayton Collyer, anncr. The influence of our American heritage on the acts and personalities of the American people, as mirrored through poetry of an American who knows his people of New York City to the Golden Gate.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:245
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101823

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Navy Doctor"
Description: Written by Paul Peters and stars Brian Donlevy. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, Carl Frank, announcers. A story of the Navy Medical Corps in action and of the struggle between life and death aboard a doomed US cruiser during the battle of the Solomon Islands.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United States. Navy. Medical Dept.
Local Identifier: program_no:360
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101824

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Nellie Was a Lady"
Description: Written by Turner Bullock and stars Agnes Moorehead. Music by Robert Ambruster. Features The Sportsmen Quartet. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Nellie Bly, first woman start reporter, who made a round-the-world trip in less than 80 days.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922
Local Identifier: program_no:445
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101825

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Nine Men Against the Arctic"
Description: Written by Paul Peters and stars Dean Jagger. Narrated by Norman Lloyd, features Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of the ordeals and rescue of a Flying Fortress crew marooned in the icy waters of Greenland. No close on program.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; B-17 bomber
Local Identifier: program_no:342
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101826

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Nurses Under Sealed Orders"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars Geraldine Fitzgerald. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. A story about Army nurses on Bataan.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bataan (Philippines); Nurse--Army
Local Identifier: program_no:331
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101827

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "O. Henry"
Description: Stars Karl Swenson with script by Norman Rosten. Features John McIntire and Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, Dick Stark, anncrs. The story of William Sydney Porter, the famed short story writer.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Porter, William Sydney, 1862-1910
Local Identifier: program_no:236
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101729

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Odyssey to Freedom"
Description: Written by Isabel Leighton and stars Brian Donlevy. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of American-born Edward Kowalski who escaped two Nazi concentration camps, fled across Europe and finally reached the USA and joined the Navy.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:373
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101828

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
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101569

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "On Jordan's Banks"
Description: Stars Elliott Reid with Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar, John McIntyre, Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Ted Jewett, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. Adaptation of a story by Marquis James that dramatizes the adventures of Confederate spy Sam Davis.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Davis, Sam, 1842-1863
Local Identifier: program_no:179
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101675

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "One Foot in Heaven"
Description: Written by Jean Holloway and stars Frederic March and Florence Eldridge. Features Karl Swenson, John McIntire, Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, anncr. First radio performance of the new Warner Brothers film about a Methodist minister, his family and their small town life. Special guest is Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, advisor for the new film.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; One Foot in Heaven [Motion Picture]; Peale, Norman Vincent, 1898-1993
Local Identifier: program_no:251
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101829

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Opportunity"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Parker Fenneley, Ray Collins, Bud Collyer. As an overture, the orchestra offers "Sylvia". Highlights from the life of Benjamin Franklin and publisher H.K.Curtis
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Curtis, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar, 1850-1933
Local Identifier: program_no:27
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101593

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Ottmar Mergenthaler"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Karl Swenson, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, others. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Underneath The Stars". Special guest is Martin Good, friend of Mergenthaler. The Story of the inventor of the Linotype.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Mergenthaler, Ottmar, 1854-1899
Local Identifier: program_no:111
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101628

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Party Line"
Description: Written by Sylvia Berger and stars Agnes Moorehead. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of how the life of a small town in the early part of the century revolved around the party line and was firmly ruled by the chief operator, Miss Elmira.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:440
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101830

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Patrick Henry"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players including Agnes Moorehead, William Johnstone, Ed Jerome, Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar. Music by Donald Voorhees. Thomas Chalmers, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. Highlights from the life of the great American Patriot. As an overture, Voorhees offers, "Our Love." Guest is Dr. James Truslow Adams, historical advisor for COA.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799
Local Identifier: program_no:161
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101659

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Paul Bunyan"
Description: Gabriel Hatter, host. Thomas Chalmers, narrator. Features the Cavalcade Players. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees plays "Parade of Wooden Soldiers." Drama is fanciful radio play about the legendary lumberjack of American folklore.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bunyan, Paul
Local Identifier: program_no:145
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101643

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Penny Fancy"
Description: Written by Hubert Chain and stars Claire Trevor. Host--Walter Huston. Features Jon McIntire. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. How 6 American Public Health nurses helped to save England in 1941 from the threat of typhoid epidemic.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Typhoid fever; American Public Health Association.
Local Identifier: program_no:419
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101831

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Perserverance"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. John McIntire, Ray Collins, Bill Johnstone. As an overture, the overture, the orchestra offers Nevin's "Venetian Love Song". Story of Elias Howe and the sewing machine, and the intervention of the airplane by the Wright Bros.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Howe, Elias, 1819-1867; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
Local Identifier: program_no:23
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101589

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