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Audio Recording At Valley Forge

At Valley Forge [sound recording] /Champ Clark.

About this Item

Title

  • At Valley Forge

Summary

  • Speech by Champ Clark, U.S. Representative from Missouri and Speaker of House. "We are assembled here to pay tribute to the deeds of a portion of the brave men who made us free. [Valley Forge was] the most heroic and without question the most pathetic chapter in the history of the American Army."

Names

  • Clark, Champ, 1850-1921. spk
  • Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
  • A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York] : Nation's Forum, 1918.

Headings

  • -  Clark, Champ,--1850-1921--Political and social views
  • -  Speeches, addresses, etc., American
  • -  Political oratory--United States
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--United States--Propaganda
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
  • -  Valley Forge (Pa.)
  • -  Live sound recordings
  • -  Test pressings (Sound recordings)

Genre

  • Alternate takes (Sound recordings)

Notes

  • -  Nation's Forum: 77641-1 (matrix).
  • -  Champ Clark, speaker.
  • -  Recorded Jan. 17, 1918, New York, N.Y.
  • -  Take 1.
  • -  Sound quality: good.
  • -  Single-sided vinyl custom pressing of an original master recording made by the Columbia Graphophone Company; issued as an unnumbered Nation's Forum series matrix number 77641.
  • -  Without label; data handwritten on container.
  • -  Rigler and Deutsch index, DLC 308/0645
  • -  Goldenberg, D. "Nation's Forum : a history and discography," The Discographer, v. 2, n. 4
  • -  Source used: M/B/RS Recorded Sound Section Subjects files; discographical sources.
  • -  Production level cataloging.

Medium

  • 1 sound disc (3 min., 27 sec.) : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NCPB 03258

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004650676

Rights Advisory

  • Digital version reproduced by the Library of Congress through the generosity of the family of Guy Golterman and with the cooperation of CBS-Sony Records and the Recording Industry Association of America.

Online Format

  • audio

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

The Library of Congress is providing access to this collection of sound recordings for educational and research purposes with the permission of the family of Guy Golterman, the original publisher. The family is represented by one of Golterman's grandsons, who may be contacted at this address:

Edward L. Golterman
435 Chancellor Square Court
Apt. C
Kirkwood, MO
314-315-2548
egolterman@att.net

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Clark, Champ, . Spk, Nation'S Forum Collection, and A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. At Valley Forge. [New York: Nation's Forum, 1918] Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004650676/.

APA citation style:

Clark, C., Nation'S Forum Collection & A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. (1918) At Valley Forge. [New York: Nation's Forum] [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004650676/.

MLA citation style:

Clark, Champ, . Spk, Nation'S Forum Collection, and A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. At Valley Forge. [New York: Nation's Forum, 1918] Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2004650676/>.