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[Oral history, Edith Grigsby interview]

Description: Audio recording of an oral history with Edith Grigsby conducted by Sheree Scarborough in Lockhart, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1077
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Water Phases

Description: Recording of Satoshi Sumitani's Water Phases.
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Date: [1932..]
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Sumitani, Satoshi, 1932-
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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.)
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Julio Gerelin; Rotary Club skit in verse

Description: Side 1 contains a speech at a Rotary Club function in Oklahoma City by Julio Gerelin of Baranquilla, Colombia. Side 2 contains a skit written in verse about the Rotary Club.
Date: July 5, 1941
Duration: 26 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Gerelin, Julio
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Winston Churchill, August 24, 1941; Major George Fielding Elliot

Description: Recording of a speech by Winston Churchill on side 1, and commentary by Major George Fielding Eliot on side 2.
Date: 1941-08-24~
Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 & Eliot, George Fielding, 1894-1971
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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H.V. Kaltenborn Edits the News, September 28, 1941

Description: Recording of the September 28, 1941 episode of H.V. Kaltenborn edits the news. In Oklahoma City, this program was broadcast locally on WKY.
Date: September 28, 1941
Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Kaltenborn, H. v. (Hans), 1878-1965
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Gwynne Raymond, First Rotary Club Assembly Speech; Shoes, Ships and Sealing Wax, KOCY

Description: Side 1 contains a rehearsal for a speech by the apparent compiler of this collection, Gwynne Raymond, who was president of the Oklahoma City Rotary Club. Side 2 contains a KOCY broadcast of "Shoes, Ships, and Sealing Wax" on March 1, 1942, in which Raymond's daughter, Dorothy, makes her first appearance on radio. The full set of performers are named as Carolyn Douglas, Darlene Wharton, Dorothy Raymond, Carol Montgomery, Betty Marie Jelsma, Nancy Notzger, and Dolores Willard, students of the Mar… more
Date: 1942~
Duration: 30 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Raymond, Gwynne
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Oklahoma City Rotary "Speakeasy," November 25, 1941

Description: Recording of speeches from a "speakeasy" event at the Oklahoma City Rotary Club on November 25, 1941, including speeches by "Walter," and Joe Murphy.
Date: November 25, 1942
Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Raymond, Gwynne
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Thomas E. Dewey, October 3, 1944

Description: Recording of a presidential campaign speech by Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey. Dewey is introduced by announcer Ford Bond.
Date: October 3, 1944
Duration: 14 minutes
Creator: Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Joseph C. Harsch, The Meaning of the News; Fulton Lewis, Jr.; Charles Lewis

Description: Side 1 contains Joseph C. Harsch's program, The Meaning of the News, a CBS program, followed by Fulton Lewis, Jr., who broadcast on the Mutual Network. Side 2 contains another program by Fulton Lewis, Jr., and another where Charles Lewis substitutes for Fulton, Lewis, Jr.
Date: 1945-01~
Duration: 38 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Harsch, Joseph C. (Joseph Close), 1905-; Lewis, Fulton, 1903-1966 & Lewis, Charles
Partner: UNT Music Library
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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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Melody Lane, part 2 of 2, August 15, 1945

Description: Recording of the second part of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.
Date: August 15, 1945
Duration: 12 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Aristo Theater of the Air, Part 2, October 21, 1945

Description: Mark Austad (later known as Mark Evans) hosts the second part of Aristo Theater of the Air, with selections from June Havoc (There Must Be Someone for Me); Wilbur Evans (Girls), a war bonds advertisement, and Corinna Mura (Carlotta_/
Date: October 21, 1945
Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Hazel and Harold, January 6, 1946

Description: Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
Date: January 6, 1946
Duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis & Sherman, Nathalie
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Hazel and Harold, February 10, 1946

Description: Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
Date: February 10, 1946
Duration: 15 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis & Sherman, Nathalie
Partner: UNT Music Library
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