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Audio Recording What are we fighting for? What are we fight for?

What are we fighting for? [sound recording] /Stephen S. Wise.

About this Item

Title

  • What are we fighting for?

Other Title

  • What are we fight for?

Summary

  • Speech by Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise, in which Dr. Wise poses the question: "What are we fighting for? My answer to mothers and fathers is, enviable and even glorious is your lot to give your son or bless their dedication to the highest and holiest of causes in which a people was ever engaged."

Names

  • Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949. 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

  • -  Wise, Stephen S.--(Stephen Samuel),--1874-1949--Political and social views
  • -  Speeches, addresses, etc., American
  • -  Patriotism--United States
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--United States--Propaganda
  • -  United States--Politics and government--1913-1921
  • -  Live sound recordings
  • -  Test pressings (Sound recordings)

Genre

  • Alternate takes (Sound recordings)

Notes

  • -  Nation's Forum: 77739-1 (matrix).
  • -  Stephen Samuel Wise, speaker.
  • -  Recorded Mar. 29, 1918, New York, N.Y.
  • -  Take 1.
  • -  Sound quality: very 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 77739.
  • -  Without label; data handwritten on container.
  • -  Rigler and Deutsch index, DLC 308/0664
  • -  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., 29 sec.) : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NCPB 03263

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004650682

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

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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:

Wise, Stephen S. , . Spk, Nation'S Forum Collection, and A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. What Are We Fighting For?. [New York: Nation's Forum, 1918] Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004650682/.

APA citation style:

Wise, S. S., Nation'S Forum Collection & A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. (1918) What Are We Fighting For?. [New York: Nation's Forum] [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004650682/.

MLA citation style:

Wise, Stephen S. , . Spk, Nation'S Forum Collection, and A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. What Are We Fighting For?. [New York: Nation's Forum, 1918] Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2004650682/>.