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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
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: La Norteamericana by Alfredo Gutiérrez
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Gutiérrez, Alfredo; Boyles, Cathie Maclin
Description: Read about the inspiration for La Norteamericana
Subject: Americans -- Foreign countries; Vallenato (Music); Volunteers
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_FOC_Boyles_0001
Type: songs (performances)
Collection: Friends of Colombia Archive
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2985
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording-music

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: The Cavalcade of America: "Young Thomas Jefferson"
Description: The story of Jefferson and the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Local Identifier: program_no:280
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101931

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Yellow Jack"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and stars Tyrone Power. Features Karl Swenson, Ed Jerome, John McIntire, Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of Dr. Walter Reed's conquering of yellow fever. Presented in observance of Army Day, 1942.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Yellow fever; Reed, Walter, 1851-1902
Local Identifier: program_no:273
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101930

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Yankee From Olympus"
Description: Written by Isiah Lee and stars Karl Swenson. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Ted Pearson, Roland Winters, anncrs. The story of Oliver Wendell Holmes, the nation’s most distinguished jurist.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Local Identifier: program_no:398
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101929

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Witness For The People"
Description: Written by Robert Richards and stars Fay Bainter. Host--Walter Huston. Features Ray Collins, Howard McNear and John McIntire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Anne Royall, newspaperwoman, who crusaded against the intolerance and corruption that existed during Andrew Jackson's administration.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854
Local Identifier: program_no:411
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101928

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Sara Josepha Hale"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnsone, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Karl Swenson. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees plays "Oh Promise Me". The story of how one of America's great woman editors persuaded Lincoln to institute a nationwide day of Thanksgiving.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879
Local Identifier: program_no:110
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101627

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: The Cavalcade of America: "What Price Freedom"
Description: Written by Halsted Welles and stars Herbert Marshall. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Robert Morris, America’s first financial genius, who made a success of the first war loan drive in 1776. Special message from Secretary of Treasure Henry Morgenthau at conclusion of program.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
Local Identifier: program_no:389
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101927

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "What Makes A Hero"
Description: Written by Bernard Feins and co-stars Richard Widmark and Statts Cotsworth. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Ted Pearson, Roland Winters, anncrs. The story of a short, little man and how he worked to be accepted by the Army and how his exploits finally earned him Congressional Medal.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Slayton, James D., 1910-1961
Local Identifier: program_no:399
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101926

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Westward The Women"
Description: Written by Turner Bullock and stars Ann Harding. Host--Walter Huston. Features John McIntire. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. Based on the book by Nancy Wilson Ross, this is the story of Abigail Duniway and her fight for the right of women to live and work equally with men.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1834-1915
Local Identifier: program_no:416
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101925

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Weather is a Weapon"
Description: Written by Charles Rabiner and stars Dana Andrews. 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 -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; the Bulge, Battle of, Belgium, 1945
Local Identifier: program_no:435
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101924

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Weapon 4-H"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and co-stars Virginia Weidler and Skippy Homeier. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story about two farm youngsters and their wartime food raising program under the auspices of the 4-H Club.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; 4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.)
Local Identifier: program_no:432
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101923

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Waters of the Wilderness"
Description: Written by Bill Johnstone and Robert Richards. Stars Kay Francis with Lou Merrill, Gale Gordon, Agnes Moorehead, Jack Mather, Gerald Mohr, Bea Benaderet. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, anncrs. The story of George Rogers Clark and his love of Teresa de Leyba.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818; de Leyba, Teresa
Local Identifier: program_no:248
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101922

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Washington and The Traitor"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars Herbert Marshall. Features Howard McNear and John McIntire. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of the fateful 24 hours that saved the nation and brought the downfall of Benedict Arnold.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
Local Identifier: program_no:423
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101921

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "War Come to Doctor Morgan"
Description: Written by Kay Van Riper and stars Elliott Nugent. Features Kenny Delmar and Arlene Francis. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of two doctors, Drs. Morgan and Moreau, one of whom served on the home front and the other on Guadalcanal.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Guadalcanal (Soloman Islands)
Local Identifier: program_no:318
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101920

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Valley Forge"
Description: Written by Maxwell Anderson and stars Walter Huston. Features John McIntire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of General Washington and how he spurred the Revolutionary Army on to endurance and victory.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Valley Forge (Pa.)
Local Identifier: program_no:404
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101919

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: The Cavalcade of America: "Valley Forge"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and Maxwell Anderson. Stars Lionel Barrymore. Music compsed and conducted by Robert Armbruster. Produced and Directed by Homer Fickett. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, anncrs. The famous story of George Washington who was determined to keep the Army in being to show that no disaster--not even lack of shelter of food--was enough to destroy it.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Valley Forge (Pa.)
Local Identifier: program_no:260
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101918

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: The Cavalcade of America: "U-Boat Prisoner"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars Richard Arent. Narrated by Ned Weaver with music by Don Voorhees. Produced by Homer Fickett. Bud Collyer, Carl Frank, announcers. From the book by Archie Gibbs, this is the story of a merchant seaman rescued by the very submarine which had torpedoed his ship and killed his shipmates.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; U-boats
Local Identifier: program_no:363
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101917

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Twelve Desperate Miles"
Description: Written by Isabel Leighton and Milton Wayne. Stars Edward Arnold with Bill Johnstone. Music by Robert Armbruster. Produced by Homer Fickett. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a battered little tramp steamer and the part it played in the invasion of Africa. Spot-Rayon goes to war. Special guests-Ens. Virginia Lindsay of WAVES.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Tramp steamer; North African Campaign, 1940-1943
Local Identifier: program_no:357
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101916

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Treason"
Description: Written by Robert Gessner and co-stars Joseph Cotton and Richard Whorf. Features Howard McNear. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. James Bannnon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Matthew Clarkson, aide-de-camp of Benedict Arnold.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825
Local Identifier: program_no:386
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101915

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Traveler to Arkansas"
Description: Written by Charles Rabiner and stars Lloyd Nolan. Features Sam Edwards. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a tough Sergeant and of the young soldier who loved him like a son and who finally did become the Sergeant's step-son.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:455
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101914

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Toward a Farther Start"
Description: Written by Richard, Sloane&Miller. Stars Madeline Carroll with Kenny Delmar, Frank Readick. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of Amelia Earhart, who bravely and unselfishly devoted her life to show the world that women can fly. Special guest is Dr. D.A. McNeil, 1st female air crew chief in the world.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937; McNeil, D. A.
Local Identifier: program_no:303
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101913

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Torpedo Lane"
Description: Written by Stuart Hawkins and stars Dean Jagger. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Features ED Jerome, Ann Thomas. Clayton Collyer, announcer. A story of the Merchant Marine and some of the men who without glamour and acclaim, go about the business of sailing cargo vessels across dangerous seas. Special guest is actress Madeline Carroll, Director of Recreation, United Seamans Service, who talks with Merchant Marine sailor John Grossman.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Merchant marine
Local Identifier: program_no:304
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101912

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and Phillip Barry. Stars Madeleine Carroll. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, anncrs. Adaptation of the Barry drama about a girl who had to decide between giving up the responsibility of her home and child and going away with the man she loves, or staying loyal to her husband and the promise of tomorrow as represented by her infant son.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Tomorrow and Tomorrow [Novel]; Barry, Philip, 1896-1949
Local Identifier: program_no:263
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101911

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Seeing Eye"
Description: Features The Cavalcade Players including Ray Collins, Karl Swenson, Bill Johnstone. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture Voorhees offers "Give Me One Hour". Special guests are Mr. Morris Frank and his "Buddy", a seeing eye dog. Program dramatizes how the seeing eye helps blind people.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Seeing Eye Dog
Local Identifier: program_no:109
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101626

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "To the Shore of Tripoli"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and stars Joseph Cotton. Features Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of General William Eaton's conquest of Derna in Tripoli and the conquest liquidation of the Barbary pirates who threatened American shipping.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Pirates; American shipping; Eaton, William, 1764-1811; Derna (Tripoli)
Local Identifier: program_no:316
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101909

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "This Our Exile"
Description: The tragic story of Evangeline.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
Local Identifier: program_no:290
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101908

Title: Rebroadcast of Baukhage's Description of FDR's Internment and Piano Playhouse
Date: 1945-04-15
Description: 12:30 PM - Rebroadcast of Baukhage's Description of FDR's Internment. George Hayes, announcer. With Baukhage, Walter Kiernan, etc. From 11:00 - 11:30 AM segment of April 15, 1945. 12:45 PM - Piano Playhouse - Unidentified pianist, singer, music and announcer.
Series: News programs
Subject: World War II
Subject -- Personal Name: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Baukhage, Hilmar R. (Hilmar Robert), b. 1889
Local Identifier: news-697
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17173

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "They Died With Their Boots On"
Description: Stars Errol Flynn. Announcer-narrator- Clayton Collyer. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Written by Robert Tallman- The story behind Custer's Last Stand (and the death of 264 of his men at Little Bighorn) on June 25, 1876.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.; Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
Local Identifier: program_no:253
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101907

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Wise Mad General"
Description: Written by Milton Wayne and Robert Richards. Stars Warner Baxter and Lloyd Nolan. Features Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, James Bannon, announcers. Based on the book, "Mutiny in January" by Carl Van Doren, this is the story of Mad Anthony Wayne and his fight against the difference on the home front during the American Revolution.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
Local Identifier: program_no:359
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101906

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Wild Young Man"
Description: A story about the Naval exploits of Stephen Decatur and how he broke the grip of the Barbary Pirates in 1803.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820
Local Identifier: program_no:288
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101905

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Weapon that Saves Lives"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars Edmund Lowe. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of the search for an discovery of the Sulfa drugs, which have saved countless lives on the field of battle. Special guest is Brig. Gen. G.F. Lull, Deputy Surgeon General of the U.S. Army.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Sulfa drugs
Local Identifier: program_no:345
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101904

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Vengeance of Torpedo Eight"
Description: Written by Milton Wayne and stars Randolph Scott. Features Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, James Bannon, announcers. Based on a book by the same name by Ira Wolfert, this is the story of a Navy torpedo squadron and how it avenged Midway and other Japanese assaults.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron (Non-fiction)
Local Identifier: program_no:349
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101903

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Unsinkable Marblehead"
Description: Written by Charles Freeman and stars Dean Jagger. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:336
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101902

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Story of Penicillin"
Description: Written by Morton Wishengrad and co-stars Thomas Mitchell and George Coulouris. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the long search for penicillin from the times of Dr. Alexander Fleming who first observed it to the times of Dr. Howard Walter Florey whose efforts first developed and produced it.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Penicillin; Fleming, Alexander, 1881-1955; Florey, Howard Walter, Baron Florey, 1898-1968
Local Identifier: program_no:380
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101901

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "John Bartram's Garden"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Karl Swenson. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "An Old Fashioned Garden". The story of America's first great botanist.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bartram, John, 1699-1777
Local Identifier: program_no:108
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101625

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Story of Canine Joe"
Description: Written by Arthur Miller and stars Everett Sloane. Features Brad Barker as the collie "Joe". Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Ted Pearson, Roland Winters, anncrs. The story of a fighting dog warrior of the K-9 Corps.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Army War Dog Program
Local Identifier: program_no:397
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101900

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Sailor Takes a Wife"
Description: Written by Allan Sloane and co-stars Dick Powell and Ona Munson. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. Narrated by Frank Graham and features John McIntire, Bill Johnstone. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a man and a woman who had little respect for the Merchant Marine and who discovered what a fine and essential job this branch of the service was doing.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Merchant marine
Local Identifier: program_no:368
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101899

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Road to Berlin"
Description: Stars Bing Crosby, Darlene Garner, Joe De Rita, Jeannie Dunell. Host Walter Huston. Music by Robert Ambruster. Gayne Whitman, announcer. Presented in observance of the fourth anniversary of the USO. Crosby and cast recount a recent USO tour. Songs include "White Christmas," "Easter Parade," "San Fernando Valley," "If I Had My Way," "Home."
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977; United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Local Identifier: program_no:421
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101898

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: WJSV Broadcast Day: The Goldbergs
Date: 1939-09-21
Description: Art Millet, announcer. The Goldbergs are driving back to New York, and at a stop, George sends a mysterious telegram which shocks Molly.
Series: Entertainment programs -- WJSV Broadcast Day
Subject: Radio programs; Soap operas
Local Identifier: wjsv-003
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50189

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Purple Heart Comes to Free Meadows"
Description: Stars Guy Kibbee, Wendy Barrie, Dick Foran, Parker Fenneley. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Announcer: Ronald Winters. Cmcl Salesman: Bud Collyer. Written by Halstead Welles. Music by Don Voorhees. A soldier learns the real meaning of the Purple Heart through the telling of the story of the original, which was presented by General Washington during the Revolution.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Purle Heart.
Local Identifier: program_no:371
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101897

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Printer Was a Lady"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars Lynn Fontanne. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Features John McIntire and Bill Johnstone. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of Anne Royall, editor of a newspaper who fought intolerance, corruption and monopolies and who helped to establish freedom of the press in America. This is Lynn Fontanne's first commercial network appearance.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854
Local Identifier: program_no:277
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101896

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Philippines Never Surrendered"
Description: Written by Arthur Miller and stars Edward G. Robinson. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Edward Kuder, school superintendent, who organized the Filipino guerrillas for sabotage during the Japanese occupation. Special San Francisco Conference Message at conclusion of broadcast.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Philippines
Local Identifier: program_no:433
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101895

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Perfect Tribute"
Description: Written by Raphael Hayes and stars Edwin Jerome. Features Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of the Gettysburg Address.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Gettysburg Address
Local Identifier: program_no:317
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101894

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Man Who Taught Lincoln"
Description: Written by Bernard Reines and stars Walter Huston. Features John McIntire. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Mentor Graham, rural school teacher who taught Abe Lincoln and Ann Rutledge.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Graham, Mentor, 1800-1886
Local Identifier: program_no:422
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101893

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Elmer Ambrose Sperry"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players (inc. Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, others). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Whispers In The Dark". Episodes in the life of the great American inventor.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930
Local Identifier: program_no:107
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101624

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Man Who Wouldn't Be President"
Description: Written by Hector Chevigny and stars Edward Arnold. Features Agnes Moorehead, Joe Kearns, Bill Farnum. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Daniel Webster and the fames Webster-Ashburton Treaty with England.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842); Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Local Identifier: program_no:309
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101892

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Major and the Mules"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and Milton Wayne. Stars Warren William with Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of how Army mules proved a decisive factor in the turning point for the battle of the Owen Stanley Mountains of New Guinea.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Kokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea), Battle of, 1942
Local Identifier: program_no:344
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101891

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Magnificent Meddler"
Description: Written by Lee Schoen and stars George Sanders. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Dr. Benjamin Rush who risked his reputation to show that mental illness could be helped and sometimes cured.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Local Identifier: program_no:458
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101890

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Lieutenant Comes Home"
Description: Stars Marjorie Reynolds and Bob Bailey. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the Rouhs and their long separation during years of active service in the wars.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Rouh, Carlton Robert, 1919-1977
Local Identifier: program_no:438
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101889

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Lengthening Shadow"
Description: Written by Margaret Burening and stars Fredric March. Produced by Homer Fickett. Music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of Thomas Jefferson, emphasizing his fight for political, educational, and religious freedom.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Local Identifier: program_no:326
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101888

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 Cavalcade of America: "The Laziest Man In The World"
Description: Written by Erik Barnouw and stars Charles Laughton. Host--Walter Huston. Features Eleanor Taylor. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Benjamin Franklin's inventions of laborsaving devices. Great show.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Local Identifier: program_no:409
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101887

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Law West of the Pecos"
Description: Stars Walter Brennan. Written by William E. Robinson. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Roy Bean, who set himself up in 1882 as sheriff, judge and general law west of the Pecos.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bea, Roy, d. 1903
Local Identifier: program_no:439
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101886

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Lady and the Flag"
Description: The story of Betsy Ross and the making of the first national flag.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836
Local Identifier: program_no:283
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101885

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Iron Camels"
Description: Written by Sue Taylor White and R.L. Richards and stars Pat O'Brien. Features Wally Maher. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the heroic work done by American railroad men in keeping troop ad ammunition trains rolling during the battle of Tunisia.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Tunisia Campaign, 1942-1943; Railroad
Local Identifier: program_no:348
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101884

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Clara Louise Kellogg"
Description: Features vocalist Maria Sylvera and the Cavalcade Players (inc. Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Karl Swenson). Music by Donald Voorhees. The story of America's first prima donna.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916
Local Identifier: program_no:106
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101623

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Hated Hero of 1776"
Description: Written by Raphael Hayes and Robert Richards. Stars Basil Rathbone and features Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett. Narrated by Frank Graham. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, James Bannon, announcers. Based on the book "Citizen Tom Paine" by Howard Fast, this is the story of Thomas Paine and how he spurred the colonies on to fight British oppression. 3rd War Loan Plug at conclusion of show.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Local Identifier: program_no:350
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101883

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Green Pastures"
Description: Written by Marc Connelly and stars Juano Hernandez and the Hall Johnson Choir. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, anncr. Repeat performance of the simple story of the faith of the Southern Negro.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Negro faith
Local Identifier: program_no:258
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101882

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Great Man Votes"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon. Stars Orson Welles and Ray Collins. Produced and Directed by Homer Fickett. Music composed and conducted by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, anncrs. An effective demonstration of the power and the sanctity of the great American right to vote. It’s the story of an unsuccessful school teacher who is the sole voter in a vital city precinct. When politicians rush to flatter and console him, he shows that, despite his down-trodden state, he still has the old basic integrity.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Right to Vote
Local Identifier: program_no:257
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101881

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Gorgeous Hussy"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars Paulette Goddard. Features John McIntire, Karl Swenson, Ed Jerome, Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, anncr. The story of Peggy Eaton and her relationship with President Andrew Jackson. Adapted from the novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Eaton, Peggy, 1799?-1879; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Local Identifier: program_no:259
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101880

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Girl Lincoln Loved"
Description: Written by Norman Corwin and co-stars Loan Fontaine and John McIntire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Ann Rutledge and he love for Abe Lincoln.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Rutledge, Ann, d. 1835
Local Identifier: program_no:406
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101879

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Giant in the Meadow"
Description: The story of Dr. Theobald Smith and his discovery of the cause of "Texas Fever".
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Texas cattle fever; Smith, Theobald, 1859-1934
Local Identifier: program_no:293
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101878

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: "The Gentleman From Paris"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars Charles Boyer. Features Howard McNear. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, anncrs. The story of Lafayette, the great Frenchman who joined the fight for freedom in America during the Revolution.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Du Motier, Gilbert, marquis de Lafayette, 1757-1834
Local Identifier: program_no:261
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101877

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Gentleman From the Islands"
Description: The story of the last days of Alexander Hamilton and of his association with Aaron Burr who subsequently killed the statesman in a duel.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804; Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
Local Identifier: program_no:286
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101876

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The General Wore Calico"
Description: Written by Paul Peters and co-stars Jane Darwell and Wally Maher. Features Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Mary Bickerdyke, the leader of the first woman war volunteers, and of her work during the Civil War.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817-1901
Local Identifier: program_no:353
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101875

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "John Jacob Astor"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture Voorhees offers "Pale Moon". Highlights incidents in the life of Astor.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
Local Identifier: program_no:105
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101622

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Gals They Left Behind"
Description: Written by Edith Sommer and co-stars Shirley Booth and Helen Claire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Ted Pearson, Roland Winters, announcers. The story of the homefront army and two women who fought the war on a farm, from Margaret Shea's book by the same name.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:396
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101874

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Flying Tigers"
Description: Written by Robert Sloane and stars Ralph Bellamy. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Features Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone. Clayton Collyer, annoucners. The story of American volunteer air force who joined the Chinese Army to fight Japan. Special guest is Miss Lee Ya Ching, Chinese aviator.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Flying Tigers (AVG), Inc.
Local Identifier: program_no:315
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101873

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The First Commando"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and co-stars Alfred Drake and Everett Sloane. Music by Don Voorhees. Produced by Homer Fickett. Roland Winters, George Albee, announcers. The story of the first commando and their General, Francis Marion, who fought in the swamps of South Carolina during the American Revolution.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Marion, Francis, 1732-1795
Local Identifier: program_no:378
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101872

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Eighteenth Captain"
Description: Written by Stuart Hawkins and stars Ralph Bellamy. Features Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of the beginnings of the US Navy and the important part played in it by John Paul Jones.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United States Navy; Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792
Local Identifier: program_no:321
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101871

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Eagle's Nest"
Description: Written by Konrad Bercovici and Arthur Miller. Stars Paul Muni, with Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of Garabaldi, the George Washington of Italy, who liberated the Italians from Australia. Collyer highlights the DuPont headlines of 1942, showing how the company is fighting the war with its products.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; DuPont de Nemours and Company
Local Identifier: program_no:311
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101870

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Doctor Gets The Answer"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and stars Donald Buka with Frank Lovejoy and Edwin Jerome. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Ted Pearson, Roland Winters, anncrs. A dramatic account of the current treatment of battle fatigue, offering a view of the vast rehabilitation program for the mentally wounded.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Battle fatigue
Local Identifier: program_no:400
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101869

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Dark Angel"
Description: Written by Norman Rosten and stars Merle Oberon. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Features Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar and John McIntyre. Clayton Collyer, anncr. Tender love story of two men and their love of the same girl.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:266
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101868

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: "The Cook on the P.T. Boat Writes Home"
Description: Written by Frank Gabrielson and stars William Bendix. Features Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton, announcer. A comedy melodrama about the exploits of the crew of an unnamed P.T. boat based in Solomon Islands. This is Benedix's first Cavalcade appearance.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; PT (Patrol torpedo) boat
Local Identifier: program_no:324
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101867

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Conquest of Quinine"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars House Jameson. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Ted Pearson, Roland Winters, announcers. The history of the struggle to produce synthetic quinine, and how two men, Drs. Woodward and Doering, succeeded.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Quinine; Woodward, Robert Burns, 1917-1979; Doering, William von Eggers, 1917-2011
Local Identifier: program_no:394
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101866

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "William Penn and The Holy Experiment"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, ray Collins. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Here In Your Arms". Story of Penn's new colony in America and his fair treatment of the Indians.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Penn, William, 1644-1718
Local Identifier: program_no:104
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101621

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: The Cavalcade of America: "The Colossus of Panama"
Description: The story of William Gorgas who freed the Canal Zone of yellow fever and thus made the Canal itself possible.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920
Local Identifier: program_no:282
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101865

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Builders of the Bridge"
Description: Written by Priscilla Kent and stars Claire Trevor. Features Frank Graham. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of John Roebling, his son Washington, and daughter-in-law Emily who worked for nearly 15 years to complete the Brooklyn Bridge.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869; Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926; Roebling, Emily Warren, 1843-1903; Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Local Identifier: program_no:452
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101864

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Battle to Stay Alive"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars Robert Young. Features Howard McNear. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The history of the conquest of epidemic disease and of those men concerned in fighting outmoded theories and discovering the actual sources of epidemics.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Epidemic disease
Local Identifier: program_no:446
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101863

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Battle of the Ovens"
Description: The story of the Revolutionary baker, Christopher Ludwick.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Ludwick, Christopher, 1720-1801
Local Identifier: program_no:284
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101862

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Admiral"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars Robert Montgomery. Host--Walter Huston. Features Howard McNear, John McIntire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Admiral George Dewey, America's first crusader for a powerful Navy. This is Montgomery's first radio appearance following his release from active duty.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Dewey, George, 1837-1917
Local Identifier: program_no:410
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101861

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "That They Might Live"
Description: Stars Madeline Carroll and written by Norman Rosten. Features Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. Special guest is Dr. Emily Barringerm, prominent New York physician. The story of Marie Zakrzewska, a Polish immigrant who became one of America's great physicians.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Zakrzewska, Marie E. (Marie Elizabeth), 1829-1902
Local Identifier: program_no:301
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101860

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Ten in Texas"
Description: Written by Walter Richards and stars Walter Brennan. Features Sam Edwards. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the famous XIT ranch in Texas and the part it played in the history of the state.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; XIT Ranch (Tex.)
Local Identifier: program_no:460
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101859

Title: The Cavalcade of America: Talk by Honorable Joseph C. Grew
Description: A talk by the Honorable Joseph C. Grew, former Ambassador to Japan, on the occasion of the awarding the Army-Navy "E" Award to the Remington Arms Plant at Bridgeport. Grew talks about Japan and its people and what America is up against during the war. He is introduced by C.K. Davis, president of Remington Arms and former Conn. Senator Woolcott.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965
Local Identifier: program_no:296
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101858

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: The Cavalcade of America: "Take Her Down"
Description: Written by Rosten & Richards and stars Clark Gable. Host--Walter Huston. Features John McIntire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Navy Commander Howard Gilmore, who sacrificed his life for those of his men. This is Gable's first radio appearance after his release from service.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Gilmore, Howard W., 1902-1943; Gable, Clark, 1901-1960
Local Identifier: program_no:407
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101857

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Mary Lyon, Pioneer Woman Educator"
Description: Features The Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone and Ray Collins. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Crinoline Days". Story of the founder of Mt. Holyoke College.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849; Mt. Holyoke College
Local Identifier: program_no:103
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101620

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Take Her Down"
Description: Written by Norman Rosten and stars Robert Young. Features Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, James Bannon, announcers. The story of how Commander Howard Gilmore, USN, sacrificed his life for those of his men by ordering his sub to submerge after ramming Japanese ship.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Gilmore, Howard W., 1902-1943
Local Identifier: program_no:354
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101856

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Submarine Astern"
Description: Written by David Harmon and stars Ray Milland. Features William Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett. Music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of the Coast Guard cutter DIANA, exemplifying the part played by the USCG during the war.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United States Coast Guard; USCG Diana (Cutter)
Local Identifier: program_no:325
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101855

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Spy on the Kilocycles"
Description: Written by Russell Hughes and Bernard Feins, and stars Henry Fonda (this is Fonda’s first radio appearance following his release from the service). Music by Robert Ambruster. Features Howard McNear. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the hunt for and arrest of a German government agent, who illegally operated a transmitter and sent valuable information to the Nazis.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Nazi spy
Local Identifier: program_no:448
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101854

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Song From Spokane"
Description: Written by Halstead Welles and co-stars Patrice Munsel, Edwin Jerome, and Jessis Royce Landis. Music by Don Voorhees. Produced by Homer Fickett. Roland Winters, George Albee, announcers. The story of 18 year old Patrice Munsel and how she reached her goal, the Metroplitan Opera.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Munsel, Patrice, 1925-
Local Identifier: program_no:374
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101853

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