Voice of America documentary: 50 Magnificent Years captions transcript

Voice of America documentary: 50 Magnificent Years

A documentary produced for the 50th anniversary of the Voice of America. Among many other interviewees, Willis Conover appears at 7:56, and former Polish president Lech Wałęsa appears at 13:44.
Date: 1992
Creator: Voice of America
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazel and Harold transcript

Hazel and Harold

Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
Date: 194X
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazel and Harold, April 28, 1946 transcript

Hazel and Harold, April 28, 1946

Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
Date: April 28, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis & Sherman, Nathalie
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazel and Harold, January 6, 1946 transcript

Hazel and Harold, January 6, 1946

Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
Date: January 6, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis & Sherman, Nathalie
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazel and Harold, April 21, 1946 transcript

Hazel and Harold, April 21, 1946

Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazel and Harold, February 10, 1946 transcript

Hazel and Harold, February 10, 1946

Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
Date: February 10, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis & Sherman, Nathalie
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazel and Harold, March 3, 1946 transcript

Hazel and Harold, March 3, 1946

Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
Date: March 3, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aristo Theater of the Air, Part 2, October 21, 1945 transcript

Aristo Theater of the Air, Part 2, October 21, 1945

Mark Austad (later known as Mark Evans) hosts the second part of Aristo Theater of the Air, with selections from June Havoc (There Must Be Someone for Me); Wilbur Evans (Girls), a war bonds advertisement, and Corinna Mura (Carlotta_/
Date: October 21, 1945
Creator: Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Voice captions transcript

The Voice

A documentary on the Voice of America, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Date: 199X
Creator: United States Information Agency
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Excerpt of speech by Harry S Truman, March 17, 1948: “Special message to the Congress on the threat to the freedom of Europe” transcript

Excerpt of speech by Harry S Truman, March 17, 1948: “Special message to the Congress on the threat to the freedom of Europe”

Recording of President Harry S. Truman's speech, “Special message to the Congress on the threat to the freedom of Europe,” followed by announcer Mark Austad (later known as Mark Evans) interviewing Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho and Rep. Dewey Short of Missouri.
Date: March 17, 1948
Creator: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans' Cab advertisements; Meet Your Congress transcript

Veterans' Cab advertisements; Meet Your Congress

Side 1 of the recording contains five short advertisements for the Veterans' Cab company, dated February 24, 1949. Side 2 contains an excerpt of an episode of Meet Your Congress, in which United States senators discuss rent control.
Date: 1949
Creator: Cummings, Al & Moody, Blair
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #7893-A, Interview with Johnny Mercer transcript

Music USA #7893-A, Interview with Johnny Mercer

The entire program for the first hour of Music USA, and the last of seven programs in memory of Johnny Mercer, including excerpts from an interview with Mercer conducted on January 30, 1970.
Date: August 9, 1976
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Voices of VISTA: Interview with Peter, Paul & Mary transcript

Voices of VISTA: Interview with Peter, Paul & Mary

Willis Conover interviews singing group Peter, Paul & Mary for Voices of VISTA program #1. This recording contains the full Voices of VISTA program.
Date: 1967~
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews John Wiggin transcript

Willis Conover interviews John Wiggin

Willis Conover interviews John Wiggin, not for broadcast, but for an article he was writing. In 1954, Wiggin was deputy program manager at the Voice of America, and hired Conover for the Music USA series.
Date: March 5, 1963
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music USA, program on Duke Ellington transcript

Music USA, program on Duke Ellington

A Music USA program on the music of Duke Ellington. The exact program number and date have not been determined, but the recording appears to date from around the time of Ellington's 70th birthday celebration at the White House on April 29, 1969.
Date: 196X
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, December 17, 1960 transcript

Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, December 17, 1960

Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for December 17, 1960, on WCBS radio in New York
Date: December 17, 1960
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1638-B, Jazz from Tunis transcript

Music USA #1638-B, Jazz from Tunis

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA. This program replaced the original #1638-B only for the broadcast to North Africa on June 24, 1959. The original #1638-B was broadcast as #1737-B on October 1, 1959. This program, the Tunisian jazz feature, was later broadcast worldwide as #1917-B on March 29, 1960.
Date: May 19, 1959
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviewed by Fred Gale, WWDC, Part I transcript

Willis Conover interviewed by Fred Gale, WWDC, Part I

Fred Gale interviews Willis Conover for WWDC, where Conover worked in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date: February 9, 1968
Creator: Gale, Fred & Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
CBS Nightwatch - Duke Ellington, April 28, 1989 / American Masters - John Hammond, August 20, 1990 captions transcript

CBS Nightwatch - Duke Ellington, April 28, 1989 / American Masters - John Hammond, August 20, 1990

Videotaped recordings of the April 28, 1989 episode of CBS Nightwatch, and the PBS American Masters documentary John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen. Willis Conover is interviewed along with Mercer Ellington in the CBS Nightwatch segment beginning at 10:19. Due to copyright restrictions, streaming access is embargoed.
Date: 1989/1990
Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews Johnny Mercer transcript

Willis Conover interviews Johnny Mercer

Part 3 of 4 segments of raw audio of Willis Conover's 1970 interview with Johnny Mercer, which was used in the series of seven memorial broadcasts between program numbers #7879-A and #7893-A.
Date: January 30, 1970
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1791-A, as heard in Lagos, Nigeria transcript

Music USA #1791-A, as heard in Lagos, Nigeria

A broadcast of Music USA transmitted by station WLWO in Cincinnati, Ohio, and recorded off of shortwave radio in Lagos, Nigeria. It was sent to the Voice of America to document the quality of radio reception in that area. As a live broadcast, the recording also includes news breaks and station identification.
Date: November 24, 1959
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, October 14, 1961, Part I transcript

Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, October 14, 1961, Part I

The first segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for October 14, 1961, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date: October 14, 1961
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1422, Tribute to Irving Berlin, Part II transcript

Music USA #1422, Tribute to Irving Berlin, Part II

The second hour of a two-hour tribute to Irving Berlin, in the year that Berlin turned 70, broadcast November 20, 1958. The program includes numerous interviews with popular artists and selected Berlin compositions which they recorded, including Bing Crosby (interview dated August 28, 1958), Benny Goodman, Ethel Merman, Fred Waring (interview dated October 1, 1958), and Eddie Cantor, with brief statements by Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Weston, Jo Stafford, Paul Whiteman, an interview with Berlin himself, and a statement from President Eisenhower.
Date: November 6, 1958
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1665-B, Warsaw, Poland transcript

Music USA #1665-B, Warsaw, Poland

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 21, 1959. This episode was the second of a series following Conover's highly successful trip to Poland earlier that year, and featured the first part of the first concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall during Conover's visit.
Date: June 7, 1959
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library