| Credit line |
Museum Purchase, 2006.46 |
| Publish date |
ca. 1960 |
| Summary |
The third of eight audio tapes in the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) radio series "Manpower." The tape includes on-the-job interviews with 5 blind individuals from different states. Contents in interview order: Clarence Olson, Assistant Branch Manager (NE); James Stephens, Tabulating Machine Operator (NY); Opal Davidson, Housewife and Newspaper Correspondent (IL); Bill Karson, Office Suppy Salesman, (NY); Buddy Burton, Professional Musician (IL). Each interview is 4 minutes and 30 seconds in length. Includes a printed Manpower series flyer with a complete list of interviews. Flyer indicates that Gregor Ziemer, AFB Director of Public Education, conducted the interviews. Also includes a typewritten form-letter on AFB letterhead dated January 6, 1961 from Ziemer to the "Program Director," with a list of available series.
Open-reel recording on magnetic tape is stored in original metal canister with AFB label. Included is the brown fibre-board mailing container with metal reinforced corners and green strap.
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| Object ID |
2006.46.6a-c |
| Object Name |
Tape, Audio |
| People |
Burton, Buddy
Davidson, Opal
Karson, Bill
Olsen, Clarence
Stephens, James
Ziemer, Gregor |
| Phys Desc |
1 sound tape reel (22 min., 30 sec.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in. |
| Provenance |
The tape was distributed by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Department of Public Education. AFB recorded several series of public service radio shows. The Callahan Museum purchased five "Manpower" tapes and three tapes from "A Quartet," another AFB radio series, through a collector. The tapes had been mailed parcel post in fibre-board containers to radio station WKOV in Wellston, OH, between 1960 and 1961. The "Manpower" flyer indicates that 39 interviews were recorded for the series; 38 interviews appear on the list of contents. |
| Publisher |
American Foundation for the Blind |
| Pub Place |
New York |
| Series |
Manpower radio series |
| Subjects |
Blind
Occupations |
| Title |
Manpower [Sound recording] |
| Subtitle |
Show Number 3 |
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