Audiovisual Materials
Sound Recordings

 

* AL & HARRIETT BROOKS COLLECTION
1951-59
Radio transcription discs of the "Bekins Music Hall" program. Includes some scripts and other textual materials associated with the series, and off-air disc recordings of speeches of political leaders of the mid-20th century. 800 items. Permission Required to Reproduce.

* CANADIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY (CBC)
1965.
Interviews, narration, and other recordings produced by CBC for a radio documentary on Ernest Hemingway. 45 items. Permission Required to Reproduce.

* COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM (CBS)
1956, 1960.
Complete reportage of the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions as broadcast by CBS Radio News. 71 items. Permission Required to Reproduce.

* COLUMBIA RECORDS
1964-65
Interviews with Kennedy family members and contemporaries, narration, music, etc. used in the disc/book production, JFK: As We Remember Him (1965). Includes interview transcripts and other textual records. 60 items. Permission Required to Reproduce.

* DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
1950-64.
Recordings of political speeches, spot ads, political programs, and other broadcasts produced or recorded by the Democratic National Committee. 126 items. See also Archives and Manuscripts, and Still Photographs.

GUGGENHEIM PRODUCTIONS
1958-85.
Political campaign recordings made for radio broadcast created for Robert Kennedy (1968), Edward Kennedy, (1976, 1980), and various other political candidates. 2,500 items. Permission Required. See also Archives and Manuscripts, and Motion Picture Film.

KENNEDY, EDWARD MOORE, 1932-
1961-80
Audiotape recordings of speeches, public appearances made by Edward Kennedy while campaigning for the U.S. Senate (1962-1976) the Presidency (1980), and while serving as Senator from Massachusetts (1962- ). 900 items. Permission Required. See also Archives and Manuscripts, Still Photographs, and Motion Picture Film.

KENNEDY FAMILY COLLECTION
1940-1960
Radio transcription discs of speeches, public appearances made by various members of the Kennedy Family, including John F. Fitzgerald, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., and John F. Kennedy. 110 items. Permission Required. See also Still Photographs.

* KENNEDY, ROBERT F(rancis), 1925-68
1960-68.
Recordings of speeches and other public remarks made by Robert F. Kennedy while Attorney General (1961-64) Senator from New York (1965-68) and during his Presidential campaign (1968). Includes political spot ads, and recordings sent to Robert Kennedy by others. 430 items. Permission Required to Reproduce. See also Archives and Manuscripts, Still Photographs, Motion Picture Film, and Oral History Interviews.

* "MR" SOUND RECORDINGS
1911-84.
Discs and tapes sent to the White House and to the Kennedy Library from many donors. Includes musical, poetic, and other memorials to President Kennedy; off-the-air recordings of news reports about the assassinations of President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy; and other recordings. Also includes speeches and remarks made by many public figures and Kennedy administration officials, such as Orville Freeman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Richard M. Nixon. 1,830 items. Permission Required to Reproduce in Some Instances.

* ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION
1964-83.
Tape recorded interviews with appointees, associates, friends, and contemporaries of John and Robert Kennedy conducted by the Kennedy Library's oral history staff. These are the recordings from which the library's oral history interview transcripts are produced. 1,600 items. Permission Required to Use or Reproduce (Use is also conditional on the availability of a reference copy of the interview tape.) See also Oral History Interviews.

PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS
1965-67
Tape recorded interviews made by Special Assistants to the President David F. Powers, Lawrence F. O'Brien, and Kenneth P. O'Donnell of their activities with John F. Kennedy, 1946-1963, and other reminiscences. The Powers and O'Donnell tapes were the source for the book "Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye" (1972). 153 items. Permission Required. See also Archives and Manuscripts and Oral History Interviews.

* RUSK, (David) DEAN, 1909-
1961-68.
Recordings of speeches, press conferences, and other remarks made while Secretary of State. 200 items. See also Archives and Manuscripts and Oral History Interviews.

* VICTORIA SCHUCK COLLECTION
1944-69.
Discs and audiotapes of political speeches, rallies, and spot ads made during various national and state election campaigns by or for the Democratic and Republican National Committees. Includes recordings of political programs broadcast in off- election years. 1,700 items. Permission Required to Reproduce. See also Motion Picture Film.

* U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY
1961-65.
Recordings of Edward R. Murrow's speeches and other remarks while Director of the U.S. Information Agency. Includes recordings of memorial services in honor of President Kennedy held in many countries and sent to the library by USIA offices in those countries. 66 items. See also Archives and Manuscripts.

* WHITE HOUSE
1961-63.
White House Communications Agency recordings of President Kennedy's speeches and other public remarks. 245 items. See also Still Photographs and Motion Picture Film.

 

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