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Title: Hear it Now (Episode 03)
Date: 1950-12-29
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Warren Sweeney, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. Opening of the new United Nations Building in New York. Christmas night in Los Angeles, record for traffic accidents, death and drunk drivers. Pope Pius XII seals St. Peter's Door ending the Holy Year. Don Hollenbeck reports on The Press and the Enemy how Soviet Union interprets American newspapers. Rose Bowl preview, biggest sports event of 1950. Red Barber reports on golfer Ben Hogan's recovery. Close-Up: The American Fighting Man, Model 1950.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows; United Nations
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958
Local Identifier: HearItNow-003
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50163
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Peter Burleigh Interview, September 24, 2021
Date: September 24, 2021
Creator: Peter Burleigh; Audrey Barnett
Description: Audrey Barnett interviews Peter Burleigh. In the virtual interview, Peter starts by describing his time working for the State Department and concurrently coming out in his personal life as gay. He then transitions into discussing his experiences with HIV/AIDS in DC, including his partner's diagnosis as positive and Peter's role as a caregiver. Peter explains that he publicly came out when writing his partner's obituary, making him the first "career person" in the Foreign Service to come out. The conversation then moves to Peter's time as an openly gay FSO and challenges he faced after his partner's death.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; gay and lesbian; Fulbright Grant; Foreign Service; Linda Thomas-Greenfield; United Nations; H.W. Bush Administration; Peace Corps; Jill Strachan; FBI; State Department; Clinton Administration; Reagan Administration; Gay and Lesbian in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA); Brian Dalton; Personnel Department; Anthony Fauci; LGBT; Food and Friends; Florida; vaccine; Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington; Washington Blade; Iraq Wars; gender roles; African American; Black; white; Meals on Wheels; gay pride
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3251
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material