Voice of America collection of broadcast recordings

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id: 6308
origination: Voice of America
date statement: 1942-1955
key date: 1942
identifier (local_mss): 20484
org unit: Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
call number: *L (Special) 89-17
b-number: b15386460
total components: 621
total series: 0
max depth: 1
boost queries: (none)
component layout: Berg Layout
Extended MARC Fields: false
Extended Navigation: false
created: 2013-04-01 15:05:34 UTC
updated: 2026-01-20 20:05:59 UTC
status note: (missing)
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unitid: {"value"=>"*L (Special) 89-17", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"20484", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate: {"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1942/1955", "value"=>"1942-1955"}
date_inclusive_start: 1942
date_inclusive_end: 1955
keydate: 1942
date_start: 1942
date_end: 1955
unittitle: {"value"=>"Voice of America collection of broadcast recordings"}
physdesc: {"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1424 sound discs"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"analog, 33 rpm"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository: {"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
abstract: {"value"=>"Broadcasting organization of the United States government founded in 1941 as a division of the Office of War Information. The Voice of America recorded radio programs from commercial radio stations in the United States and rebroadcast them in Europe. The collection contains a wide variety of musical programs prepared for rebroadcast over Voice of America stations. Included in the Archives' holdings are: various Bing Crosby shows (including Kraft Music Hall, Chesterfield, and Philco Radio time), Ford Evening Hour, and Harvest of Stars radio programs. Also included are performances of various symphony orchestras including: the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, NBC Symphony, and Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as recordings of the American Music Festival and the Festival of the American Music."}
langmaterial: {"value"=>"Materials in English"}
prefercite: {"value"=>"<p>Voice of America collection of broadcast recordings, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination: {"value"=>"Voice of America", "type"=>"corpname"}
extent_statement: 1424 sound discs : analog, 33 rpm

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