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BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
Series 1. Publicity Materials, 1938-1939 , and undated
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1 folder |
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RPA 00352 (box 1) |
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Series 1 contains publicity materials from the radio program Famous First Facts. These include press
releases from July, 1938, to June, 1939; fact sheets about the program
from the WOR Program Department; a script from a 1939 WOR promotional
program featuring an interview with guest Joseph Nathan Kane; and two
scripts from the radio program, Vanishing New Yorkers. |
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Series 2. Scripts, 1938-1939
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21 folders |
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RPA 00352 (box 1) |
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This series contains 21 scripts from Famous First Facts, many if not all, annotated by Joseph Nathan Kane.
The series does not contain scripts from the complete run of the
program. Beginning with the date of the first broadcast, November 28,
1938, they continue to January 26, 1939, and then run from April 20,
1939, until July 13 of that year. The gap represents February 2 through
April 13, 1939. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
Famous First Facts,
1938-11-28
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BOX-FOLDER 1/2 |
Famous First Facts,
1938-12-05
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
Famous First Facts,
1938-12
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BOX-FOLDER 1/4 |
Famous First Facts,
1938-12-19
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BOX-FOLDER 1/5 |
Famous First Facts,
1938-12-29
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BOX-FOLDER 1/6 |
Famous First Facts,
1938-12-31
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BOX-FOLDER 1/7 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-01-05
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BOX-FOLDER 1/8 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-01-12
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BOX-FOLDER 1/9 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-01-19
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BOX-FOLDER 1/10 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-01-26
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BOX-FOLDER 1/11 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-04-20
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BOX-FOLDER 1/12 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-04-27
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BOX-FOLDER 1/13 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-05-04
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BOX-FOLDER 1/14 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-05-11
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BOX-FOLDER 1/15 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-05-18
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BOX-FOLDER 1/16 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-05-25
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BOX-FOLDER 1/17 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-06-08
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BOX-FOLDER 1/18 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-06-16
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BOX-FOLDER 1/19 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-06-22
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BOX-FOLDER 1/20 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-07-06
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BOX-FOLDER 1/21 |
Famous First Facts,
1939-07-13
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Series 3. Sound Recordings, 1938-1939
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106 sound discs |
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4 sound discs |
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6 sound tape reels |
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IDB 00419-00524 (12-inch 78-rpm discs) |
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IDC 00020-00023 (16-inch 78-rpm discs) |
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RWD 7324-7329 (10-inch tape reels, preservation copy) |
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Sound recordings in the collection include original 78 rpm discs
(12-inch and 16-inch) and analog tape reels (10-inch). The tapes were
duplicated from the original discs as a preservation copy by the
Library of Congress Recording Laboratory in 1995.
Broadcast over the Mutual network, Famous First Facts was an interview program with occasional historical
dramatizations. Persons interviewed included, among many others, Frank
E. Vanderhoof, author of the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933;
Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother’s Day; J. Searle Dawley, an early motion
picture director; Mahonri Young, sculptor and grandson of Brigham
Young; W.C. Handy, musician; Simon Lake, inventor of the modern-day
submarine; Julia C. Stimson, first woman major in the Army Nursing
Corps; S.S. McClure, cartoonist; G. Robert Vincent, collector of
recordings of famous people; Thomas J. Valentino, creator of recorded
sound effects; James Brendan Connolly, medal winner in the 1896
Olympics; Horace M. Albright, conservationist; Glenn L. Martin,
airplane designer and builder; Louise Arner Boyd, polar explorer; and
William L. Murphy, inventor of the Murphy bed. |
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Series 4. Microphone, circa
1930-1939
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1 microphone |
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On display in the Recorded Sound Reference Center |
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Vintage 1930s microphone. |
