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Title
Dear Mr. President collection
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Dear Mr. President
Dear Mister President
Type
NonMusicAudio
Collection
Contribution
Leadbelly, 1885-1949 (Performer)
Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014 (Performer)
Allen, Robert Eugene Barton, 1906-1982 (Interviewer)
Behn, Harry (Interviewer)
Collins, Fletcher, Jr., 1906-2005 (Interviewer)
Emrich, Duncan, 1908-1977 (Interviewer)
Faulk, John Henry (Interviewer)
Flanders, Helen Hartness, 1890-1972 (Interviewer)
Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956 (Interviewer)
Jones, Lewis Wade, 1910-1979 (Interviewer)
Olney, Marguerite, 1897-1976 (Interviewer)
Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980 (Interviewer)
Robson, William N. (Interviewer)
Sonkin, Robert, 1910-1980 (Interviewer)
United States. Office for Emergency Management. Radio Section. (Contributor)
Library of Congress. Radio Research Project (Sponsor)
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) (Collector)
Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program (Contributor)
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American (LCSH)
Genre Form
Interviews (LCGFT)
Sound recordings (LCGFT)
Personal narratives (LCGFT)
Radio field reports (LCGFT)
Interviews (LCGFT)
Language
English
Geographic Coverage
United States
Content
spoken word
Summary
Collection of field recordings of reactions of people of various backgrounds and occupations to war-time conditions in the United States in 1942. Collection is comprised mainly of interviews, but also includes songs sung by Leadbelly addressed to President Roosevelt and about Adolph Hitler, and songs sung by Pete Seeger, recorded in New York City. Recorded for the Office of Emergency Management Radio Section program "Dear Mr. President" in cooperation with the Radio Research Project of Library of Congress. The collection includes one linear inch of correspondence, logs, and transcripts.
Capture
Date: 1942-XX-XX/1942-XX-XX
Recorded by Robert E. Barton Allen in Bloomington, Indiana; Harry Behn in Tucson, Arizona; Fletcher Collins in Elon, North Carolina; Duncan Emrich in Denver, Colorado; John Henry Faulk in Austin, Texas; Helen Hartness Flanders and Marguerite Olney in Middlebury, Vermont; Charles Johnson and Lewis Jones in Nashville, Tennessee; Vance Randolph in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and in Galena and Crane, Missouri; William N. Robson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Robert Sonkin, in New York, N.Y.; Radio Station WJR in Detroit, Michigan; WLB, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in January-February 1942.
Authorized Access Point
Dear Mr. President collection
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: minimal
Identified By: bf:Local, 15715672
Change Date: 2020-07-16T13:00:53
Creation Date: 2009-04-27
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Non-rendered Predicates: bf:assigner

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