Recordings from Corwin’s CBS radio series (One World Flight, This is Radio, Radio is Here to Stay, Columbia Presents Corwin, An American in England, etc.). Broadcast from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription) and Reel-to-reel
Extent:
374 16-inch glass and aluminum based lacquer discs and a few reel tapes
WMBQ, Brooklyn NY -- Several hours of programming from October 1936 in English, Yiddish, German, Lithuanian, Polish, and Hungarian. WCNW, Brooklyn NY -- Several hours of programming from November 1936-January 1937, featuring local programming in English, Yiddish, German, Hungarian, and Polish. WSB, Atlanta, GA -- several hours of local coverage of the 1947 "Three Governors Crisis." WNAC, Boston -- one Yankee Network News broadcast from February 1935. WHDH, Boston -- one 1935 talk by local American Legion leader, several hours of "Matinee with Bob and Ray" broadcasts from 1948-51, WIND, Chicago -- complete aircheck of April 1955 Chicago Cubs baseball broadcast, only known example featuring sportscaster Bert Wilson; WAVE, Louisville KY -- four fifteen minute musical programs from April 1937 featuring local talent; KPRC, Houston -- several hours of local programming including the "Crustene Ranch Party," locally-broadcast live country music feature heard over Texas Quality Network.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription), Reel-to-reel, and Audiocassette
Extent:
Approximately fifty hours of local radio material as part of a much larger collection of general radio programming.
Interviews: Mrs. Carew, mother of six sons in the armed forces. Jack [John P.H. Jr.] Chandler, publisher of the Kearsarge Independent newspaper. Mrs. Frances W. Tulley, Home Fires Editor, 2 sons in the war. Sergeant ??(skips a little here) -- 2 yr veteran was at Normandy. Mrs. Cloues, whose son (Edward?) died at Pearl Harbor. Dick Townsend, owner of Kearsarge Inn. Mrs. Peggy Thomas and 2 1/2 yr old daughter Sally. Mr. Norm Hatfield, Principal of the Simonds High School. Herman Dow, 17 yr old worker at Wheeler's Drug Store. Anne White, Student. Pastor Ellis Eaton. Special Events staff of WMUR Radio, Al Mathie, announcer.