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Central City Opera House; Norman Thomas

Description: Side 1 contains a performance from the opening night of the tenth summer play festival of the Central City Opera House Association in Central City, Colorado on July 5, 1941. An Associated Press article from that date explains "For three weeks a cast recruited from New York's Metropolitan Opera Company, under the leadership of Robert Edmond Jones and Frank St. Leger, will present 'The Barber of Seville' and 'Orpheus and Eurydice' at the squat stone theater." This recording contains performances… more
Date: 1941-07-05~
Duration: 25 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.)
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Clifton Utley, September 12, 1941; Elmer Davis and the News

Description: Track 1 contains Clifton Utley reading the news, sponsored by Skelly Oil, a day after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech on freedom of the seas. Utley is followed by local programing from Oklahoma City station WKY, with reference to a WKY listening post for German shortwave radio. Track 2 contains a weekly summary of news from CBS, followed by Elmer Davis and the News, which was broadcast locally in Oklahoma City on KOMA. This recording appears to have been copied from a tape, and art… more
Date: 1941-09~
Duration: 34 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Utley, Clifton M. (Clifton Maxwell), 1904-1978 & Davis, Elmer, 1890-1958
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Thomas E. Dewey

Description: Side 1 contains a presidential campaign speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Fenway Park in Boston. Side 2 contains a presidential campaign speech by Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. Dewey is introduced by announcer Ford Bond, and his speech was carried on the Mutual network.
Date: November 4, 1944
Duration: 31 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 & Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
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First Piano Quartet; public affairs; music

Description: Track 1 contains a radio program by the First Piano Quartet (later known as the Original Piano Quartet), hosted by Robert Denton. At this time, the quartet consisted of Adam Garner, Vladimir Padwa, Henry Holt, and George Robert. The theme is Brahms' Paganini Variations, followed by Schubert's Moment Musicaux No. 3 in F Minor, Moszkowski's Bolero from Spanische Tänze, Op. 12, Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3, and Johann Strauss' Perpetual Motion. Tracks 2 and 3 are short fragments of public affairs pro… more
Date: 1941-08-17~
Duration: 19 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: First Piano Quartet
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt "Navy Day" speech, part 1; Fulton Lewis, Jr.

Description: Side 1 contains the first part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Navy Day" speech on October 27, 1941. Side 2 begins with the song "Cielito Lindo," followed by Fulton Lewis Jr. reporting from Wichita, Kansas via station KFBI, sponsored by Oklahoma City Federal Savings and Loan.
Date: October 27, 1941
Duration: 30 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 & Lewis, Fulton, 1903-1966
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Thomas E. Dewey, November 1, 1944; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, November 4, 1944

Description: Side 1 contains a presidential campaign speech by Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey, introduced by Ford Bond for a paid program on the Mutual network. Side 2 contains a presidential campaign speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Boston, in his final major appearance before Election Day.
Date: {1944-11-01,1944-11-04}
Duration: 54 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 & Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Statler Hotel, September 23, 1944; Thomas E. Dewey

Description: Side 1 contains a presidential campaign speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt is introduced by Daniel J. Tobin of the Teamsters Union. Side 2 contains a presidential campaign speech by Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey
Date: September 23, 1944
Duration: 40 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 & Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Thomas E. Dewey

Description: Side 1 contains the continuation of a presidential campaign speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. Side 2 contains a presidential campaign speech by Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey.
Date: September 23, 1944
Duration: 38 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 & Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
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Elmer Davis and the News, July 19, 1941

Description: This program features Davis' commentary on the news and world events, particularly the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, as well as the situation in the Philippines and Japan, and Nazi interests in South America. In Oklahoma City, this program was broadcast locally on KOMA.
Date: July 19, 1941
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Davis, Elmer, 1890-1958
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Elmer Davis and the News, July 1941

Description: Recording of two episodes of Elmer Davis and the News. Side 1 is dated July 5, 1941; side 2 is undated. This program features Davis' commentary on the news and world events, particularly the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union at this time. This recording appears to have been copied from a tape, and artifacts of tape recording, such as initial speed irregularities, are present. In Oklahoma City, this program was broadcast locally on KOMA, which station identification at the end of Side 2 confirms. more
Date: July 1941
Duration: 29 minutes 48 seconds
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Kaltenborn Edits the News, August 12 and 13, 1941

Description: This disc contains two episodes of H.V. Kaltenborn Edits the News, as broadcast on NBC's "Red" network. Kaltenborn speaks about the situation at the time regarding the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (particularly Russia and Ukraine), as well as developments in Japan and East Asia. In Oklahoma City, this program was broadcast locally from WKY. The end of side 2 notes that WKY broadcast from the Skirvin Tower Hotel. This disc also contains commentary from the apparent compiler of the recording… more
Date: {1941-08-12,1941-08-13}
Duration: 25 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Kaltenborn, H. v. (Hans), 1878-1965
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News bulletin from Luzon, Philippines; Upton Close; Cedric Foster; John Daly; Joseph C. Harsch

Description: Recording of multiple news programs from various networks: A news bulletin from Luzon, in the Philippines; Upton Close, World Parade (NBC, WKY); Cedric Foster (Mutual, KOCY); John Daly, The World Today (CBS, KOMA); Joseph C. Harsch, The Meaning of the News (CBS, KOMA).
Date: February 4, 1945
Duration: 47 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Close, Upton, 1894-1960; Foster, Cedric & Daly, John Charles, 1914-1991
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Duke Ellington, Medley of Hits, April 30, 1947

Description: Recording of a Duke Ellington medley of hits dated April 30, 1947, which is not listed in the Ellingtonia or Tom Lord discographies. The EllingtonWeb site places the band at the Paramount Theatre in New York at this time.
Date: April 30, 1947
Duration: 6 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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EnBee Jamboree, June 14, 1947; labor dispute arbitration

Description: On side 1, Willis Conover hosts a program advertising the holdings of EnBee Record Sales, at 1016 7th St NW in Washington, D.C. The theme song is Stan Kenton's "Machito,"and other selections include Roy Milton's "Camille's Boogie"; Duke Ellington, "Minnehaha Part 2"; Reverend Utah Smith, "God's Mighty Hand;" and Herb Jeffries, "When I Write My Song." Side 2 contains a labor arbitration hearing between the Bakery and Confectionary Union Local 350 AFL, an employer (Mr. C), and a former employee (… more
Date: June 14, 1947
Duration: 27 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
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Parade of Hits, part 1 of 2

Description: Willis Conover hosts this episode of Parade of Hits, which focuses on the music of Duke Ellington, played by "Frank [Duval], Peggy [Lee], Skitch [Henderson], and the King Sisters." There are many skips and glitches in this recording.
Date: 194X
Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
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Jack Holliday and Betty Madigan with Willis Conover

Description: Side 1 of this recording features brief, unrelated orchestral music. Side 2 is an apparent promotional program for Madigan and Holliday, hosted by Willis Conover, and sponsored by Old Georgetown Beer. Selections include “In the Blue of Evening” (introduction); “My Melancholy Baby”; Conover reading an advertisement for Old Georgetown Beer; “It’s So Nice to Have a Man Around the House”; “You Go to My Head”; “Laura” (solo piano); “These Foolish Things”; and “In the Blue of Evening” (reprise).
Date: 194X
Duration: 15 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
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