History

Recollections At 30

Read by Ed Herlihy


NBC



Recollections At 30 is a captivating radio series created by NBC to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)…

Reflections on the rise, progress, and probable consequences

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John Erskine



Several late pamphlets composed with much art and ability have painted the claims and conduct of the North Americans; and thereby, have not …

The Story of the Bagpipe

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William Grattan Flood



Most people think of the bagpipe as an instrument solely connected to Scotland. W.H. Grattan Flood takes us much further back, to the ancien…

Ireland Under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum

Read by Jim Locke


Richard Bagwell



This second volume of a history of Ireland focuses on the years 1642-1660. It, like the first, was a period of dramatic, and even of violent…

Biographies In Sound

Read by H. V. Kaltenborn




H. V. Kaltenborn narrates "A Salute to Network Radio on its 30th Anniversary," exploring the rich history of network radio. This p…

Adventures In Research




The story of the first regularly scheduled radio broadcast in history, in 1920, when Pittsburgh's KDKA broadcast the presidential election c…

The World's Best Orations

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Various



Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…

Mazes and Labyrinths

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William Henry Matthews



Come along on a journey through the history of Mazes and Labyrinths by W.H. Matthews. Get lost in the wonders of winding paths, from ancient…

The Song of the Indian Wars

Read by Phil Schempf


John Neihardt



The Song of the Indian Wars is part of Neihardt's Cycle of the West, a series of 5 epic poems relating the appropriation of the West in the …

Stories of South Pole Adventure

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell



The famous search for the North-West Passage led many daring pioneers to penetrate into the unknown and to brave the dread perils of the Arc…

Canadian School Days

Read by Elwy Yost


Max Braithwaite



Join us for a delightful journey back in time with Canadian School Days, a unique presentation that takes listeners to the one-room schoolho…

Mother Earth

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Various



Mother Earth, an American anarchist journal, was self styled as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Mot…

Epochs of American History

Read by Jim Locke


Albert Bushnell Hart



The second volume follows the principles of growing social and political ideals in the transition from colony to independent nation.

American inquisitors

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Walter Lippmann



A discussion on modern democratic government and the conflict between majority rule and intellectual freedom, written in the aftermaths of t…

Crime Classics


Old Time Radio Researchers Group



CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introd…

Democracy in America


Old Time Radio Researchers Group



DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Democracy in America is a well-produced dramatization of Alexis de Tocqueville’s book of the same name. These fourteen,…

Fort Laramie


Old Time Radio Researchers Group



FORT LARAMIE Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of figh…

Recollections at 30


Old Time Radio Researchers Group



RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 A radio manufacturer named the Radio Corporation of America, which we know as RCA, began to broadcast its own programs o…

The Sound of War


Old Time Radio Researchers Group



THE SOUND OF WAR The Sound of War is an 18 episode collection. Jay Hickerson's "The Ultimate Guide to all Circulating Shows" state…

We Came This Way


Old Time Radio Researchers Group



WE CAME THIS WAY NBC University of The Air presented several educational programs between 1942 and 1948. The subject matter and themes range…

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