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Through the years, Cambria has maintained an audio archive dedicated to preserving our American cultural experience. The following selections list a representative sampling of our holdings. This material is made available for private use and research purposes only -- it is not licensed for broadcast. All programs are listed and sold in one-hour CD segments ($7.50 per CD). Programs over one-hour are priced accordingly.


	Biographies in Sound		Historical Events and Personalities
	The Sum and Substance		Literary and Dramatic Greats
	Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco		H. L. Mencken
	Elinor Remick Warren		Aimee Semple McPherson
	Black Americana		Historical Hollywood
	William Grant Still		The Barrymores
	George Gershwin		Radio Documentaries
	Miklos Rozsa		Federal Symphony of Los Angeles (WPA)
	Historical Piano		Additional Materials From the Cambria Archives
	RCA Magic Key Programs


Biographies In Sound
In the mid-1950s, NBC radio produced weekly one-hour documentaries on illustrious persons that approached the pinnacle of radio journalism in quality and content. Typically, the programs chronicled the life of a famous person as told through their contemporaries or their own words and voice. All of the programs are in excellent sound condition (except where noted). Wonderful for long journeys in the car. Highly recommended.
BC140	Jerome Kern (11/29/55)	$7.50
BC141	Gertrude Lawrence (1/23/55)	$7.50
BC142	Clarence Darrow (9/13/55)	$7.50
BC143	Leopold Stokowski (12/5/54)	$7.50
BC144	W. C. Fields (9/25/56) (narrated by Fred Allen)	$7.50
BC145	Thornton Wilder (4/24/56)	$7.50
BC146	Will Rogers (5/22/55)	$7.50
BC147	Frank Lloyd Wright (8/7/56)	$7.50
BC148	Fiorello La Guardia (6/26/56)	$7.50
BC149	Sinclair Lewis (4/25/56)	$7.50
BC150	Robert Benchley (5/8/56)	$7.50
BC151	Danny Kaye (9/10/57)	$7.50
BC152	H. L. Mencken (1956)	$7.50
BC153	George M. Cohan (3/20/56)	$7.50
BC154	Eddie Rickenbacker (4/10/58)	$7.50
BC155	Woodrow Wilson (10/2/56)	$7.50
BC156	Ernest Hemingway (7/27/56)	$7.50
BC157	Meet John L. Lewis (7/12/ 55)	$7.50
BC158	Alben Barkley (1/9/57)	$7.50
BC159	Ernie Pyle (1/16/58)	$7.50
BC160	Carl Sandburg (6/5/55)	$7.50
BC161	Helen Hayes (mid-1950s)	$7.50
BC162	Heywood Broun (noisy)	$7.50
BC163	George Gershwin (11/19/55)	$7.50
BC164	Stan Kenton	$7.50
BC165	F. Scott Ftizgerald (8/12/55)	$7.50
BC166	Fred Allen (5/29/56)	$7.50
BC167	Mary Martin	$7.50
BC168	Grandma Moses	$7.50
BC169	Grantland Rice	$7.50
BC170	Thomas Wolfe	$7.50
BC171	Franklin D. Roosevelt	$7.50
BC172	George Marshall	$7.50
BC173	Knute Rockne	$7.50
BC174	NBC Recollections at 30 (5/15/36)	$7.50


The Sum and Substance			Back to top
Complete audio tracks from the distinguished half-hour television series (1963-64) offering a permanent record of famous people expressing themselves on their values and philosophies as they look back over their accomplishments. The host is the late Dr. Herman Harvey. (Packaged two, half-hour programs per CD).
SS1	Aldous Huxley & Upton Sinclair	$7.50
SS2	Paul Tillich & Ruth St. Denis	$7.50
SS3	Clifford Odets & Roy Harris	$7.50
SS4	Hans Morgenthau & Gregor Piatigorsky	$7.50
SS5	Jacques Lipchitz & Jean Renoir	$7.50
SS6	Margaret Mead & Erskine Caldwell	$7.50
SS7	Jessie Greenstein & Stanton Macdonald-Wright	$7.50
SS8	William Inge & Josh White	$7.50
SS9	Alfred Kazin & Adela Rogers St. Johns	$7.50
SS10	Ray Bradbury & Jimmy Durante	$7.50
SS11	Harold Taylor & Willy Ley	$7.50
SS12	Gerald Heard & Joseph Kaplan	$7.50


Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco			Back to top
C207	MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO - MORNING IN IOWA.
	A TV drama from 1964 written by Robert Nathan. The incidental music is by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.	$7.50
C208	MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO - THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
	Opera performed in 1956 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (3 hrs).	3 CDs $22.50
C208B	MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO - La Mondragola.
	(Opera, 1974) (2 hrs).	$15.00


Elinor Remick Warren			Back to top
C195	THE PASSING OF KING ARTHUR.
	Albert Coates and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (March, 1940). The original version of Warren's choral-symphony	$7.50
C195B	MERLE ARMITAGE PROGRAM.
	Elinor Remick Warren, guest composer. Don Lee Network, 1938.	$7.50
C174A	ELINOR REMICK WARREN - A COMPOSER’S WORLD.
	Two hour radio documentary on the life of American composer Elinor Remick Warren. Interviews with the composer, Roger Wagner, Rose Bampton, Nadine Conner, and Marilyn Horne (2 hrs).	$15.00


Black Americana			Back to top
C143	UNDINE SMITH MOORE.
	An autobiographical lecture by the eminent Black American woman composer.	$7.50
C153	MARIAN ANDERSON.
	Discusses her career with broadcaster Tony Thomas.	$7.50


William Grant Still			Back to top
C200	WILLIAM GRANT STILL - A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
	Two hour radio documentary tracing the life and music of the first Black American to write a symphony (2 hrs).	2 CDs $15.00


George Gershwin			Back to top
C161	FIRST AMERICAN OPERA FESTIVAL (5/7/42)
	Truncated version of Porgy and Bess; A. Wallenstein conducts the WOR Orchestra with principals from the Majestic Theatre (NYC) 1942 revival. Todd Duncan as Porgy, Anne Browne as Bess, Avon Long as Sportin Life, Ruby Elzy and the Eva Jesse Choir.	$7.50
C1055	GEORGE GERSHWIN REMEMBERED (1961)
	Tony Thomas interviews Ira Gershwin, Alfred Newman, Fred Astaire, Arthur Schwartz, Oscar Levant, and Paul Whiteman. The original 1961 CBC documentary interspersed with the music of George Gershwin.	$7.50


Miklos Rozsa			Back to top
C203	MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES.
	Pilot program written and narrated by Tony Thomas. Film composer Miklos Rozsa is the guest for this program.	$7.50


Historical Piano			Back to top
C104	JOHN CROWN & RICHARD SIMONTON: A LECTURE ON THE WELTE-VORSETZER.
	Mr. Simonton, the founder of Muzac, preserved numerous master rolls of Edwin Welte's late nineteenth century music invention and donated the rolls to the University of Southern California in 1964. This is a tape of the lecture-concert demonstration of the Welte-Vorsetzer reproducing piano. Mr. Simonton tells how he was able to purchase the rights from the Welte family after World War II. Stereo tape from January 5, 1964.	$7.50
C119	PADEREWSKI'S 80TH BIRTHDAY SPEECH from Switzerland (4/16/40)
	Includes program of Polish music performed by Arthur Rubinstein (Chopin Polonaise No. 6), Arthur Rodzinski conducting the Cleveland Orchestra in Sir Edward Elgar's Polonia dedicated to Paderewski and the Westminster Choir conducted by Finley Williamson. Col. William J. Donovan, Olin Downes, and Milton Cross, moderators.	$7.50
C125	JOHN CROWN: LECTURER DEMONSTRATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE PIANO.
	Two versions of a lecture with musical examples given at California State University, Northridge in October, 1964.	$7.50
C108	PIANIST JOHN CROWN IN CONCERT.
	Sonata for Piano by Miklos Rozsa; Duo for Cello and Piano by Miklos Rozsa, John Crown, piano; Gabor Rejto, cello. Recorded at San Francisco State College, (1/24/65, Stereo). John Crown in Concert over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Haydn's Variations in F Minor, Ingolf Dahl's Sonata Pastorale, and two works by Francesco Mignone. Recorded (8/14/63, Vancouver, B.C., Stereo). Erich W. Korngold's Piano Sonata No. 3, recorded at Schoenberg Hall, Los Angeles, June 7, 1959.	$7.50


RCA Magic Key Programs			Back to top
C410A	Magic Key (9/29/35).
	First Program – Guests include Maria Jeritza, Walter Damrosch, Amos ‘n’ Andy, Paul Whiteman, Walt Disney.	$7.50
C410B	Magic Key (12/29/35).
	Guests include George M. Cohan, Helen Jepson, James Melton, Andres Segovia, Benny Goodman.	$7.50
C410C	Magic Key (2/27/36).
	Guests include Helen Keller, Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	$7.50
C410E	Magic Key (6/28/36).
	Guests include Rudolph Ganz, Ruth Etting.	$7.50
C410F	Magic Key (9/26/36).
	include Paul Robeson, Jane Froman.	$7.50
C410G	Magic Key (5/2/37).
	Guests include Rosa Ponselle, address by David Sarnoff from Studio 8H in New York City.	$7.50
C410H	Magic Key (6/26/39).
	Guests include Irving Berlin, Gertrude Lawrence, Fray and Braggiotti, duo-pianists.	$7.50


Historical Events and Personalities			Back to top
C132	DECEMBER, 1941. THE WORLD TODAY AND NEWS OF THE WORLD.
	Contains the evening news broadcasts by the Columbia Broadcasting System for the six days prior to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and an extended broadcast on December 7th (2 hrs).	2 CDs $15.00
C152	THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR (4/3/39).	$7.50
C111	DON LEE NETWORK AFFILIATION WITH THE MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM (1936).
	Dedicatory radio program from December 20th, 1936. Conrad Nagel, M. C. Contains classical and pop material performed by Frederick Stark and orchestra, David Broekman and Orchestra, Claude Sweet, Hugh Hubert, Warren and Dubin, and Edward Arnold, etc. (2 hrs).	2 CDs $15.00
C162	ASCAP ON PARADE (1942).
	During the early 1940s, the network moguls formed a competitive licensing organization (BMI). This is an "authorized" plug for ASCAP during the broadcast strike (early 1940s). Features George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Joe Howard, Deems Taylor, Benny Fields et al.	$7.50
C142	WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, a talk, A Homeland for Dispossessed Jews (1938).
	SENATOR HUEY LONG outlines his Share Our Wealth program, over network radio. Long bought airtime over NBC and lamblasts FDR and the wealthy industrialists. Fascinating.	$7.50
C144	BABE RUTH TRIBUTE (8/17/48)
	A remote broadcast from Yankee Stadium in tribute to Babe Ruth upon his death.	$7.50
C145	ELEANOR ROOSEVELT discusses the managing of the White House.
	Two programs from June, 1940, whereby the First Lady talks about housekeeping and her daily routine at the White House.	$7.50
C146	MEMORIAL PROGRAM TO JOHN PHILIP SOUSA (10/22/38).
	And a memorial program to GUGLIELMO MARCONI, Italian inventor of the first successful wireless telegraph.	$7.50
C157	DOUGLAS "WRONG WAY" CORRIGAN.
	In the summer of 1938, an unknown flier named Corrigan flew a $900 plane non-stop from California to New York. He then took to the air again -- for the return flight to California. Unfortunately, he landed in Dublin, Ireland by accident. Interviews, parade coverage of the event, and a song titled Wrong Way Corrigan.	$7.50
C165	SIR EDMUND HILLARY.
	A mountaineer speaks of mountains. Interviewed by Edwin Newman.	$7.50
C148	INTERVIEW WITH FRITZ KREISLER (circa 1950)
	The great violinist discusses how he was tricked into performing once again after his automobile accident and why he sold his rare violin collection.	$7.50
C400C	SELECTED OPENING CEREMONIES FROM THE LOS ANGELES OLYMPIAD, 1932.
	Musical selections, short comments from participants from various countries, descriptions of facilities, band performances.	$7.50


Literary and Dramatic Greats			Back to top
C158	FOCUS ON SOMERSET MAUGHAM.
	Recorded at the author's home on the French Riviera. Somerset Maugham offers his views of great literature and talks about his life.	$7.50
C171	FRANKLIN P. ADAMS. Memoirs of a Journalist.
	Friends discuss the vintage years of Adams.	$7.50
C169	EDWARD R. MURROW.
	An interview with the famous broadcaster (1/18/59).	$7.50
C168	WHAT IS AN ACTOR?
	A 1955 program interviewing many "immortals" about their craft. Includes Tullulah Bankhead, Laurence Olivier, Helen Hayes, Ethel Barrymore. Sir Ralph Richardson, Jose Ferrer, Arthur Miller, Walter Kerr, Alfred Hichcock, Leonard Lyons, Rocky Graziano.	$7.50
C190A	PAUL TILLICH AT CHAPMAN COLLEGE - An Address. (3/3/63).	$7.50
C190B	ABRAHAM MASLOW - SELF-ACUTALIZATION. Big Sur, CA. (9/16/66).	$7.50
C156	CLOSEUP ON ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT.
	Friends talk about the life of the powerful literary critic. Includes several excerpts of the voice of Woollcott.	$7.50
C190D	ROBERT M. HUTCHIN’S - Living Without Guilt (2/5/59).	$7.50
C155	FOCUS ON ARNOLD TOYNBEE.
	The great historian discusses why history partially repeats itself and why civilizations decline.	$7.50
C149	ROBERT FROST AND HIS WORLD.
	The then 78 year-old poet discusses his life.	$7.50
C141	CARL SANDBURG'S 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY (1/10/53)
	Highlights including a guitar performance and vocal by Sandburg. Also a ROBERT FROST interview (1956).	$7.50
C150	PORTRAIT OF OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II.
	Interviews with the famous lyricist and his friends.	$7.50


H. L. Mencken			Back to top
C168A	CONVERSATION ON H. L. MECKEN.
	Publisher Alfred Knopf and Alistare Cook discuss the life and career of H. L. Mencken. From December, 1955.	$7.50
C168B	HENRY L. MENCKEN INTERVIEW.
	In 1948, shortly before a debilitating stroke, Mencken was interviewed at the Library of Congress by Donald Howe Kirkley, Sr. (2 hrs).	2 CDs $15.00


Aimee Semple McPherson			Back to top
C128	THE WORLD OF AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON.
	A biographical sermon titled From the Milkpail to the Pulpit taken from the early 1940s -- a real historical curiosity! Also included are two commercial releases that McPherson recorded in Los Angeles in 1926 -- a sermonette titled Come Unto Me, and a vocal work titled I Ain't Gonna Grieve (McPherson as soloist). (Other McPherson material available on request)	$7.50


Historical Hollywood			Back to top
C130	LOUIS B MAYER: ST. PATRICK'S DAY SPEECH (1939); CAROL LOMBARD INDIANA WAR RALLY SPEECH (1/15/42); JEANNETTE MACDONALD Interview.
	Mayer speech from San Francisco proves that he was "a golden orator" or at least MGM knew how to prep him. The Lombard segment documents her final public appearance before the tragic plane crash outside of Las Vegas. MacDonalds's interview is from KFAC (Los Angeles) during the mid-1940s.	$7.50
C173	JOSEPH MANKIEWITZ'S HOLLYWOOD. An interview.	$7.50
C185A	JACK BENNY. A Historical Tribute.
	Interview with Benny by Tony Thomas, excerpts from numerous skits.	$7.50
C400D	CHASE SANBORN PROGRAM (12/12/37).
	This program contains the famous Mae West skit that got her banned from radio.	$7.50


The Barrymores			Back to top
C140	JOHN BARRYMORE: SCENES FROM SHAKESPEARE (1930s). Hamlet, Macbeth, el. al.	$7.50
C151	CLOSE-UP ON ETHEL BARRYMORE. The life of Ethel Barrymore as told by her friends.	$7.50
C116	LIONEL BARRYMORE: COMPOSER.
	A collection of rare radio transcription performances of Barrymore's primary symphonic works from the 1940s. Includes Prelude and Fugue, Piano Concerto (first movement), Partita For Strings, and In Memoriam (to his brother John).	$7.50
C1058A	JOHN BARRYMORE: FROM MATINEE IDOL TO BUFFOON
	Two 1941 broadcasts with assisting artists Rudy Valle, Lionel Barrymore, and Groucho Marx.	$7.50


Radio Documentaries			Back to top
C136	RADIO STATION KFAC 40TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE (1/14/79)
	The complete Sunday marathon (less commercials) produced by Station KFAC which traced the evolution of the premiere classical radio station in the Southern California. After two ownership changes in the mid-1980s and the wholesale dismissal of all the longtime on-air announcing staff, station KFAC disappeared from the Southern California airwaves (10 hrs).	$50.00
C201	THE ART OF ROSE BAMPTON - Two-hour documentary on the life and career of the great American Soprano.
	Interviews with Bampton, Helen Jepson, Licia Albanese and Bidu Sayao (2 hrs).	$15.00
C164	RUDOLPH FRIML AND FRIENDS. A two hour retrospective (produced in 1979) about the composers life.
	Includes rare recordings and extensive conversations with the composer and his associates (2 hrs).	2 CDs $15.00
C174A	ELINOR REMICK WARREN - A COMPOSER’S WORLD.
	Two hour radio documentary on the life of American composer Elinor Remick Warren. Interviews with the composer, Roger Wagner, Rose Bampton, Nadine Conner, and Marilyn Horne (2 hrs).	$15.00
C198	GEORGE BALANCHINE: HIS LIFE AND LEGACY.
	A four hour Radio Station KFAC special produced in the mid-80s. Interviews, tributes, music, and historical analysis.	$21.00
C200	WILLIAM GRANT STILL - A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
	Two hour radio documentary tracing the life and music of the first Black American to write a symphony (2 hrs).	2 CDs $15.00
C202	CARLO MARIA GIULIN, CONDUCTOR.
	Two hour documentary which aired over Station KFAC, Los Angeles in 1982. The maestro discusses his career.	$15.00
C206	AT EASE WITH EDWARD R. MURROW.
	Two hour documentary which aired over Station KFAC, Los Angeles in 1982. The maestro discusses his career.	$7.50
C400A	NBC 15th ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM.
	Host: Graham McNamee, 11/14/41	$20.00
C400B	NBC 30th ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM.
	Narrator: Radcliff Hall, 12/6/56	$15.00


Federal Symphony of Los Angeles (WPA)			Back to top
C175	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WPA ORCHESTRA.
	Transcription programs with conductors James Sample, Gaston Usigli, and Modest Altschuler. (1938). Includes a work by Los Angeles composer Homer Grunn.	$7.50
C176	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEXICAN TYPICA ORCHESTRA.
	Southern California orchestra, James Sample, conductor, Lionel Barrymore, narrator. Southern California Light Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Circa 1937/38.	$7.50

Additional Materials From the Cambria Archives

Cambria has extensive sound materials on persons and events from the 1930s thru the 1960s including Father Couglin, Aldous Huxley, the Information Please Program (1939-41), McCarthyism, Martin Dies, Earl Browder, Albert Schweitzer, great psychologists, Pearl Buck, James Hoffa, Thomas Dewey, Thurgood Marshal, Peggy Guggenheim, Douglas MacArthur, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Richard Burton, Eddie Cantor, Lillian Hellman, Dalton Trumball, Orson Welles, William Grant Still, Henri Temianka, Louis Kaufman., American classical music. Our holdings are especially vast regarding Los Angeles Music Culture including hundreds of hours of source material from radio station KFAC, etc. Write with your inquiries.

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