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Cornell Cooperative Extension Teaching and Information Department recordings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 21-24-950

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

183 twelve and sixteen inch records of speeches, interviews, and informal talks by such figures in the field of agriculture and related professions as Bristow Adams, Howard E. Babcock, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Cornelius Betton, Louis Bromfield, Thomas E. Dewey, Edward R. Eastman, Glen W. Herrick, Carl Ladd, Clyde Moore, William I. Myers, Edward O'Neal, E. Lawrence Palmer, James E. Rice, James B. Sumner, and Jared Van Wagenen, Jr.; recordings made by well-known personalities in other fields such as Hans Bethe talking on atomic energy (1945), Edward R. Murrow on V-J Day (1945), and Anthony Eden and Bidault on V-E Day; recordings of important Cornell programs such as the Thurston Memorial Celebration (1939), and the launching of the victory ship CORNELL VICTORY (1945); recordings of other events of regional interest in New York State such as the inaugural program radio station WENY (Elmira), and two recorded programs of the New York State Historical Plays Series; recordings concerning the Nature Study Program at Cornell; numerous agricultural and home economics technical extension programs; and a number of recorded performances of Cornell University choral and instrumental groups.

Dates

  • [ca. 1937-1955]

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

7 audiotape reels. (7 audiotape reels. 7 tape recordings.,)

Abstract

183 twelve and sixteen inch records of speeches, interviews, and informal talks by such figures in the field of agriculture and related professions.

Physical Description

Audio Recordings

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
July 2010
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, July 2010
Date modified:
Marcie Farwell, May 2016
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
July 2010
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)