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Historical Documents and Speeches
SOUNDS OF HISTORY
being an anthology of historic sounds which the Webmaster
deems worthy of inclusion herein.
Welcome to Sounds of History, a collection of recorded sounds that define the twentieth century (with a few lagniappes from the 19th and the 21st). Think of this site as a library of sounds with four listening rooms:
The Sampler Room offers some annotated highlights from the other rooms, listed chronologically.
The Main Listening Room houses the bulk of the collection, listed in order of speaker's name.
The Churchill and Roosevelt room holds numerous speeches by those two extraordinary statesmen.
And We interrupt this program... is where you'll find radio announcers reading historic news bulletins. There are over three hundred recordings here; some are brief sound bytes and others last over an hour. So whether your taste runs to Thomas Edison reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb or to oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Roe v. Wade, be prepared to enjoy some fascinating listening.
Attention baseball fans: Sounds of History wishes to thank The Old Farmer's Almanac for making available The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff , a reminiscence which appeared in that venerable periodical in 1991 and which is recommended reading after you listen to "The Giants Win the Pennant! "
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