- Creator
- Marcantonio, Vito, 1902-1954
- Call number
- *L (Special) 88-71
- Physical description
- 6 sound tapes, analog 7 1/2 ips 4 track mono, 10 in.; 6 sound tapes, analog 7 1/2 ips 4 track mono, 10 in.
- Preferred Citation
- Vito Marcantonio collection of political speeches and advertisements [sound recording], Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
Vito Marcantonio was a New York politician active from the early 1930's up to his death in 1954. He was a congressman for the 18th New York District from 1935 to 1937 and from 1939-1951. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City in 1949. He was a member of the American Labor Party. The sound recordings date from 1938 to 1952. Several selections consist of political advertisements for the 1949 mayoral campaign. Other selections include a 1951 press conference with an assistant to Marcantonio, Clifford T. McAvoy, who was running for City Council; a political speech given by Marcantonio in 1938 to the Harlem Legislative Committee; a 1943 speech on the downfall of Mussolini; and a 1952 speech given to the American Labor Party.
Using the collection
Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded SoundNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Access restrictions
Access to original materials restricted.
Alternative form available
Tape reels transferred from original acetate discs (21 sound discs : 78 rpm, acetate ; 12 in. and 9 sound discs : 33 rpm, acetate ; 16 in.) and tape reels (1 sound tape reel : 3 3/4 ips, paper-base ; 7 in. and 1 sound tape reel : 7 1/2 ips, acetate-base ; 7 in.) owned by The New York Public Library