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[Kenton band at Balboa Bay, CA]

Photograph of the Kenton band cruising in a boat at Balboa Bay, CA. According to Fernando Ortiz de Urbina in 2019, personnel are identified as follows: Back row: Ed Badgley, Art Pepper, Laurindo Almeida, Pete Rugolo; fifth row: Harry Betts, unidentified, Chico Alvarez, unidentified; fourth row: Ray Wetzel, Parke Groate (tentatively), unidentified, Jack Constanzo; third row: Harry Forbes, Conte Candoli, Bart Varsalona, Buddy Childers, Eddie Safranski; second row: Warner Weidler , George Weidler, Bob Gioga, Shelly Manne; front row: Bob Cooper, June Christy, George Morte, Stan Kenton.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Howard, Gene
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kenton Orchestra at Meadowbrook Country Club]

Photograph of Kenton's full band at Meadowbrook Country Club in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.
Date: July 1942
Creator: General Amusement Corporation
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elmer Davis and the News, July 19, 1941 transcript

Elmer Davis and the News, July 19, 1941

This program features Davis' commentary on the news and world events, particularly the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, as well as the situation in the Philippines and Japan, and Nazi interests in South America. In Oklahoma City, this program was broadcast locally on KOMA.
Date: July 19, 1941
Creator: Davis, Elmer, 1890-1958
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Central City Opera House; Norman Thomas transcript

Central City Opera House; Norman Thomas

Side 1 contains a performance from the opening night of the tenth summer play festival of the Central City Opera House Association in Central City, Colorado on July 5, 1941. An Associated Press article from that date explains "For three weeks a cast recruited from New York's Metropolitan Opera Company, under the leadership of Robert Edmond Jones and Frank St. Leger, will present 'The Barber of Seville' and 'Orpheus and Eurydice' at the squat stone theater." This recording contains performances from Orpheus and Eurydice. Side 2 contains a speech by Norman Thomas of the Socialist Party of America.
Date: 1941-07-05~
Creator: Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Julio Gerelin; Rotary Club skit in verse transcript

Julio Gerelin; Rotary Club skit in verse

Side 1 contains a speech at a Rotary Club function in Oklahoma City by Julio Gerelin of Baranquilla, Colombia. Side 2 contains a skit written in verse about the Rotary Club.
Date: July 5, 1941
Creator: Gerelin, Julio
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elmer Davis and the News, July 1941 transcript

Elmer Davis and the News, July 1941

Recording of two episodes of Elmer Davis and the News. Side 1 is dated July 5, 1941; side 2 is undated. This program features Davis' commentary on the news and world events, particularly the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union at this time. This recording appears to have been copied from a tape, and artifacts of tape recording, such as initial speed irregularities, are present. In Oklahoma City, this program was broadcast locally on KOMA, which station identification at the end of Side 2 confirms.
Date: July 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library