Voices of World War II. Audio recordings,
1942-1943

Collection Number: 5165av

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Martin P. Catherwood Library
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Cornell University
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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, September 29, 2005

© 2004 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Voices of World War II. Audio recordings, 1942-1943.
Collection Number:
5165av
Creator:
United States. National Archives.
Quantity:
2 sound recordings
Forms of Material:
Audio tapes.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
Audio recordings of Mary Anderson and Franklin Roosevelt, 1942-1943.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Audio recordings of Mary Anderson and Franklin Roosevelt, 1942-1943.
1942, February 22. Mary Anderson, director of the Women's Bureau, Department of Labor. Radio broadcast on women's contributions and value to the war effort, their prewar difficulties in obtaining jobs in industry, the types of positions women fill, and equal wages for men and women.
1943, May 2. President Roosevelt. Fireside chat on the Federal Seizure of the coal mines to prevent a strike: "There can be no one among us - no one faction - powerful enough to interrupt the forward march of our people to victory."
PROVENANCE

Purchased
SUBJECTS

Names:
Anderson, Mary, 1872-1964
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Form and Genre Terms:
Sound recordings
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Cite As:
Voices of World War II. Audio recordings, 1942-194. 5165av. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.