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Mary Anderson Speech and President Franklin D. Roosevelt Fireside Chat Audio Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 5165 AV

Scope and Contents

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."

Dates

  • 1942-1943

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Extent

0.5 cubic feet

Abstract

Audio recordings of Mary Anderson and Franklin Roosevelt, 1942- 1943.

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Quantity:

0.5 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Sound recordings, audiovisual materials.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, November 15, 2012
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 07, 2019
Title
Anderson, Mary Speech and President Franklin D. Roosevelt Fireside Chat Audio Recordings
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 07, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall Tower Road
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3183