Wyllis Cooper and His Three Men
Posted by: Matthew Barton
A chance meeting of three World War I veterans on Christmas Eve, 1918 leads them to a shared dream and an ancient quest.
Posted in: NBC Radio Collection, Recorded Sound
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NBC’s “Ubiquitous” Max Jordan – Reporter and Priest
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Max Jordan was an NBC reporter who left the microphone for priesthood.
Posted in: NBC Radio Collection, Recorded Sound, Uncategorized
Tony Schwartz and the Voices of a Lost Neighborhood
Posted by: Matthew Barton
On the occasion of Tony Schwartz's centennial, Matthew Barton, the Library's Recorded Sound curator, examines a notable aspect of vast and influential collection.
Posted in: Recorded Sound
Film Night at the Pickford Theater: “The Maltese Falcon” (1941)
Posted by: Matthew Barton
On the eve of "The Maltese Falcon" being screened at the LC's Mary Pickford Theater, Matt Barton looks back at the making of and great legacy of the film classic.
Posted in: Mary Pickford Theater, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Uncategorized
Pelé: Athlete and Ambassador, 1940 – 2022
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Matt Barton, via the rich audio history of the radio show "Sports Byline U.S.A.," looks back and the remarkable career of the immortal Pele.
Posted in: Radio, Recorded Sound, Sports
The Library of Congress Remembers Its Own: Larry Miller
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Even if you have been to the Recorded Sound Research Center of the Library of Congress in person, most of you never met Larry Miller, a longtime staff member of the section who died suddenly on September 26th. But if you have used the Library’s recorded sound holdings in some way, whether as a researcher …
Posted in: Jukebox, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Recorded Sound
The Firesign Theatre at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Matthew Barton
“We took that old art off of radio and mashed it up with Stan Freberg, Mad Magazine, Bob Newhart, Bob & Ray and Sergeant Pepper.” – Philip Proctor “We skated just ahead of the needle on our first LPs and escaped just in the nick of time, diving through the hole in the center of …
Posted in: Comedy, National Recording Registry
Jim Metzner: Pulses and Other Sounds
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Every one of us yearns to be heard and appreciated. Yet at the same time, we are surrounded by a wondrous realm of vibrations that are rarely attended to, let alone valued. Listening can open the portal between these inner and outer worlds.—Jim Metzner For the past half century, Jim Metzner has taken the pulse …
Posted in: Uncategorized
100 Years Ago: President Warren G. Harding Recreates his 1921 World War I Memorial Speech
Posted by: Matthew Barton
On May 24th, 1922, President Warren G. Harding spoke into a recording horn prepared for him at the White House. He recreated a speech he had given a year and a day earlier at a memorial ceremony held at Pier 4 on the Hoboken, NJ waterfront, where the remains of 5,212 Americans killed in World …
Posted in: Uncategorized