"Man-on-the-Street" interviews collection
| LC Control No.: |
2008700336
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| Type of Material: | Nonmusic Sound Recording (Collection) |
| Main Title: |
"Man-on-the-Street" interviews collection
[sound recording].
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| Published/Created: |
1941.
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| Related Names: |
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)
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| Description: |
6 sound discs :
analog ;
16 in.
15 sound discs : analog ; 12 in. |
| Access Advisory: |
Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
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| Summary: |
Collection of field recordings of interviews documenting the reactions of the "man-on-the-street" to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and declaration of war. Recorded as part of the Library of Congress Radio Research Project. The collection includes one linear inch of logs, and transcripts.
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| Notes: |
Recorded on 12-inch and 16-inch glass based and aluminum based lacquer discs.
Recorded in Washington, D.C.; Bloomington, Indiana; Nashville, Tennessee; Burlington, North Carolina; New York, New York; and Austin and Dallas, Texas by Robert E. Barton Allen, Philip Cohen, Fletcher Collins, John Henry Faulk, Charles T. Harrell, Charles Johnson, Alan Lomax, John A. Lomax, Robert Sonkin, and Charles Todd, December 8-10, 1941. Search for these and other sound recordings (most are dated 1933-1950) in selected collections from the American Folklife Center in the online resource link: Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center. |
| Indexes: |
Bibliographic information for titles in this collection is available in the online resource: Audio titles in the "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Collection.
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| Cite as: |
"Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Collection (AFC 1941/004), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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| Performer: |
Various speakers.
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| Acquisition Source: |
Accessioned,
1941.
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| Additional Formats: |
A substantial portion of the collection, with interpretive essays, is available as "After the Day of Infamy: 'Man-on-the-Street' Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor" an American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
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| Subjects: |
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
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| Form/Genre: |
Field recordings--United States.
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| Local Shelving No.: |
LWO 4872 reels 406A-408A (for AFS 6357-6375); LWO 3493
AFS 6357-6375; 6453-6454 AFC 1941/004 |
| Geographic Area Code: |
n-us---
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| Repository: |
DLC-AFC
Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center,
101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
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| Links: |
Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/afccards/afccards-home.html
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