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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: "John James Audubon"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players (inc. Bill Johnstone, Bill Adams, Karl Swenson, John McIntyre). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers selections from "Snow White." Program dramatizes the life of the French-American naturalist.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Local Identifier: program_no:127
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101575

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: "John Sutter"
Description: Stars Edwin Jerome with Kenny Delmar, John McIntire, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Basil Ruysdael, announcer. The story of the Swiss immigrant who founded an empire in California.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
Local Identifier: program_no:190
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101686

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Johnny Comes Home"
Description: Written by Philip Gelb and Norman Barnes and co-stars Robert Walker and Marsha Hunt. Features Howard McNear, Louise Ericson, Charles Carroll, Jerry Hausner, Sidney Miller, Ken Peters. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the community plan of Albert Lea, Minn., and how it helped a returned veteran start a successful business.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Albert Lea (Minn.)
Local Identifier: program_no:450
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101804

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Johns Hopkins"
Description: Written by Norman Rosten and stars Karl Swenson. Features Ray Collins, John McIntyre, Bill Johnstone, Kenny Delmar, Agnes Moorhead. Produced by Homer Fivkett with music by Donald Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, Dick Stark, anncrs. The story of Johns Hopkins, founder of the famed Baltimore university and hospital.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hopkins, Johns, 1795-1873
Local Identifier: program_no:228
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101722

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Josephine Baker"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars Agnes Moorehead. Features Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, John McIntire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Bud Collyer, Dick Stark, anncrs. The story of Dr. Josephine Baker and her contribution of a public health service with emphasis on children's ailments.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Public Health; Baker, Sara Josephine, 1873-1945
Local Identifier: program_no:238
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101731

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Juarez"
Description: Written by Arthur Miller and stars Orson Welles. Features Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of the liberator of Mexico.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872
Local Identifier: program_no:298
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101805

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Juliette Low"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Agnes Moorehead and Karl Swenson. Music by Donald Voorhees. Thomas Chalmers, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. As an overture, Voorhees offers "And The Angels Sing." The story of the founder of the Girl Scouts.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Girl Scouts; Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927
Local Identifier: program_no:164
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101661

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Junior Angel"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and co-stars Virignia Weidler and Jane Darwell. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by DonVoorhees. Roland Winters, Bud Collyer, announcers. The story of work done by Student Aides in hospitals on the home front. Interview with Margaret Collette, a student hospital aide.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Nurse' aides.
Local Identifier: program_no:372
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101806

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Adams, Ray Collins, Ed Jerome, Kenny Delmar, Agnes Moorehead. Music by Donald Voorhees. Thomas Chalmers, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. Highlights from the life of the great Supreme Court Justice. As an overture, Voorhees plays "The Touch of Your Hand."
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Local Identifier: program_no:165
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101662

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "King Coal"
Description: Features the Cavalcade players (inc. Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar, Bill Adams, Ed Jerome). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Let Me Whisper." Events in the early history of anthracite coal and its uses in America.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Anthracite coal
Local Identifier: program_no:138
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101636

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Kit Carson"
Description: Thomas Chalmers, host. Basil Ruysdael, anncr. Music by Donald Voorhees. Voorhees opens with "Carry Me Back To Lone Prairie." Then the story of America's colorful frontier scout and his life in the days when the west was being developed prior to the Civil War. With Bill Adams, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Carson, Kit, 1809-1868
Local Identifier: program_no:153
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101651

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Knute Rockne"
Description: Gabriel Hatter, host. Thomas Chalmers, narrator. Features the Cavalcade players (w/Kenny Delmar, others). Music by Donald Voorhees and his Orchestra. Voorhees plays "At Long Last Love" as an overture. Drama highlights the career of Notre Dame's beloved football coach.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931
Local Identifier: program_no:142
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101640

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Leif Ericsson"
Description: Written by Norman Rosten and stars Karl Swenson. Features John McIntire, Bill Johnstone, Everett Sloane, Jeanette Nolan, Frank Readick. Produced by Homer Ficktett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, Dick Stark, anncrs. The story of the famed Norse chieftan who is believed to be the first European to live in the New World.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Erikson, Leif
Local Identifier: program_no:242
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101807

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Lifetide"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars Walter Pidgeon. Walter Huston, host. Features Howard McNear. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Dr. Norman Bethune, who pioneered the development of the mobile blood bank and made the world aware of the benefits of blood plasma.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Mobile blood bank; Bethune, Norman
Local Identifier: program_no:402
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101809

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Lifetide"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars Alfred Lunt. Features Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. Based on the book "Dr. Bethune" by Ted Allen , this is the story of Dr. Norman Bethune, who tended the wounded in both Spain and China and who contributed to the development of mobile blood banks. Program is dedicated to the American Red Cross.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Mobile blood bank; Bethune, Norman
Local Identifier: program_no:323
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101808

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Light In The Hills"
Description: Written by Margaret Lewerth adn stars Agnes Moorhead. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Features John McIntyre, Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone, Jeanette Nolan, Kingsley Coulton, Ray Collins, Edward Jerome. Bill Spargo, Bud Collyer, anncrs. The story of Martha Berry and her struggles to establish her school in Georgia for the free education and the training of poor children and young men and women of the South.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Education; Berry, Martha, 1866-1942
Local Identifier: program_no:202
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101698

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Listen to the Sound of Winds"
Description: Written by Arthur Miller and stars Paul Lukas. Narrated by Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of the Pastor Martin Niemoeller, imprisoned by the Nazis for his religious beliefs.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984
Local Identifier: program_no:327
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101810

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Lovely Lady"
Description: Written by Daniel Tradrash and co-stars Ted de Corsia and Ed Jerome. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Ted Pearson, Roland Winters, announcers. The story of Pvt. Minelli, who, during the invasion of Sicily, performed a miracle with his bulldozer.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Operation Husky, 1943
Local Identifier: program_no:393
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101811

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