Rare Book and Manuscript Library
"The American Story" papers
Broadcast Music, Inc.
Dangerfield, George, 1904-1986
James, Marquis, 1891-1955
Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007
Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978
Morris, Richard B (Richard Brandon), 1904-1989
Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-1980
Society of American Historians
4078599
MS#0030
English
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2.5 linear feet
estimate 750 items in 5 boxes
1954
Manuscripts, correspondence, and documents relating to the radio program, "The American Story."
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Summary
The collection consists of original manuscripts, correspondence, and related documents for "The American Story" the prize-winning, continuing script series prepared and distributed to radio stations as a public service by Broadcast Music, Inc., in association with the Society of American Historians. Designed to bring authoritative American history before wide audiences"The American Story" was inaugurated in July 1954. Contributors to this series of 212 papers have been such outstanding historians as George Dangerfield, Marquis James, Frank Luther Mott, Allan Nevins, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Bruce Catton, Richard B. Morris, Howard Mumford Jones--115 altogether, faculty members of 48 colleges and universities as well as private individuals.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Name of Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Haverlin, Carl. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1958. Accession number--M58-04-18.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Carl Haverlin, 1958.
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 03/23/89.
History
"The American Story," was created by Broadcast Music, Inc., in association with the Society of American Historians. Designed to bring authoritative American history before wide audiences, "The American Story" was inaugurated in July 1954.
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History -- Study and teaching
Radio programs
Radio in education
Public service radio programs
United States -- History
Scripts (documents)
IndicesAuthor and Chronological Index1Subject Index7PapersTHE UNIQUE AMERICAN STORY - Allan Nevins11. THE AGE OF DISCOVERY AND COLUMBUS - Irving A. Leonard22. EXPERIMENT IN COLONIZATION: JAMESTOWN AND THE VIRGINIA COLONY - Louis B. Wright23. THE PILGRIMS, PLYMOUTH AND THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT - George Willison24. THE DUTCH AND NEW NETHERLAND - Richard B. Morris25. WILLIAM PENN, FOUNDER OF COLONIES - Carl Bridenbaugh26. ROGER WILLIAMS: DISSENTER AND DEMOCRAT - Max Savelle27. NATHANIEL BACON: "TORCHBEARER OF THE REVOLUTION" - Thomas J. Wertenbaker28. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.29. APOSTLES OF FREEDOM: SAM ADAMS AND TOM PAINE - Philip Davidson210. GEORGE WASHINGTON - Bernhard Knollenberg211. THOMAS JEFFERSON - Dumas Malone212. ALEXANDER HAMILTON - Nathan Schachner213. ESTABLISHING A GOVERNMENT - Irving Brant214. A CHALLENGE TO FREEDOM: THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS - Claude G. Bowers28a. THE BATTLE FOR NORTH AMERICA - Lawrence H. Olpeon215. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE AND THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION - John Bakeleae216. ELI WHITNEY - PIONEER OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE - Nathan Miller217. MR. MADISON'S WAR - George Dangerfleld218. THE FACTORY COMES TO NEW ENGLAND - Thomas C. Cochran219 CLINTON'S DITCH AND ITS INFLUENCE ON WESTERN DEVELOPMENT - Carl Carmer220 . THE MONROE DOCTRINE: CORNERSTONE OF AMERICAN POLICY - Dexter Perkins221. ANDREW JACKSON: THE COMMON MAN'S HERO - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.222. SAM HOUSTON AND THE SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER - Marquis James223. THE MEXICAN WAR AND MANIFEST DESTINY - Robert Selph Henry224. UTOPIA IN AMERICA - Odell Shepard225. THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE - Jay Leyda226. THE ARTIST IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA - Olive Larkin227 . DANIEL WEBSTER: VOICE OF NORTHERN INDUSTRIALISM - Arthur C. Cole228. JOHN C. CALHOUN: SPOKESMAN FOR THE COTTON KINGDOM - Charles M. Wiltse229. AGITATING THE SLAVERY QUESTION - David2Donald230. ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Benjamin P. Thomas331. THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA - E. Merton Coulter332. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION - Paul M. Angle333. GRANT AND LEE: A STUDY IN CONTRASTS - Bruce Oatton334. LOYALTY TESTS IN THE CIVIL WAR - Harold M. Hyman335. RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION: THE IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON - H.K. Beale336. THE GILDED AGE - Leland D. Baldwin337. THE FARMER PROTESTS: POPULISM - J.D. Hicks338 .LABOR PROTESTS: THE PULLMAN STRIKE - Henry3David339. THE AGE OF ENTERPRISE - Allan Nevins340. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN - Eric Goldman341. THE CITY, THE MUCKRAKERS, AND TOM L. JOHNSON Arthur Schlesinger, Sr.342. THEODORE ROOSEVELT - Elting Morison343. MANIFEST DESTINY AND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR - Julius W. Pratt344. PASSAGE TO INDIA: THE STORY OF THE PANAMA CANAL - James Shenton345. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS IN AMERICA Robert S. Holzman346. THE AMERICAN INDIAN Walter S. Campbell347. THE FRONTIER DISAPPEARS: ITS MEANING IN AMERICAN HISTORY - Ray A. Billington348. THE IMMIGRANT IN AMERICAN HISTORY - Carl Wittke349. REALISM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE - Howard Mumford Jones350. FROM THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS TO THE "ASH CAN" SCHOOL - James Thomas Flexner351. WOODROW WILSON Arthur S. Link352. AMERICA WITHDRAWS FROM EUROPE: THE VERSAILLES TREATY AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS John A. Garraty353. THE CHANGING STATUS OF WOMEN - Agnes Rogers Allen354. LA FOLLETTE AND PROGRESSIVISM - Pola La Follette355. BACK TO NORMALCY: THE DECADE OF THE 1920S - Quincy Howe1920S356. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL - Frank Freidel357. AMERICAN LABOR ORGANIZES - Irving Howe358. GLOBAL CONFLICT: AMERICA ENTERS WORLD WAR TWO - Nathaniel Peffer359 . THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE AND THE UNITED NATIONS - Virginia O. Glidersleeve360. THE DOCTRINE OF COMMUNIST CONTAINMENT - David J. Dallin361 . SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE MODERN WORLD - Waldensar Kaempffert3Ex. THE AMERICAN FIREMAN - Robert S. Holzman315a-c. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE AND THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION - John Bakeless (3 Items)362. WASHINGTON IRVING - Claude- G. Bowers363. MARY TODD LINCOLN - Ruth Painter Randall364. JEDEDIAH SMITH - Ray A. Billington365. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Whltfield J. Bell, Jr.366. EDGAR ALLAN POE - Howard Mumford Jones367. MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY - Nathaniel Peffer368. JOHN JAMES AUDUBON - Donald Culross Peattie369. EDWARD PREBLE - Fletcher Pratt370. HORACE MANN - Philip Davidson371. SAMUEL P. B. MORSE - James Thomas Plexner372. ULYSSES S. GRANT - Bruce Catton373. JAMES K. POLK - Robert Selph Henry374. CARL SCHURZ, INDEPENDENT - Carl Wittke375. HENRY HUDSON - Richard B. Morris476. ALBERT EINSTEIN - Waldemar Kaempffert477. ABIGAIL ADAMS - Jane Carson478. GEORGE ROGERS CLARK - Walter Havighurst479. JOHN PAUL JONES - Rear Admiral Edward Ellsberg480. JEFFERSON DAVIS - E.M. Coulter481. THE PONY EXPRESS - Lee Jensen482. SAMUEL COLT - Roger Burlingame483. FATHER MARQUETTE AND THE GREAT RIVERS - August Derleth484. OLD JOHN BROWN OF OSAWATOMIE - Boyd Stutler485. RICHARD BOURNE, THE WHITE SACHEM OF MASHPEE - Virginia C. Gildersleeve486. WOODROW WILSON - Arthur S. Link487. COCHISE, CHIEF OF THE CHIRICAHUA APACHES - Elliott Arnold488. JAMES MADISON - Irving Brant489. JAMES MADISON - George Dangerfield490. JOSEPH HENRY - Paul H. Oehser491. DE WITT CLINTON - Nathan Miller492. WILLIAM BRADFORD - Bradford Smith493. GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY - Robert S. Holzman494. WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN - Earl Schenck Miers495. KIT CARSON - Stanley Vestal (William S. Campbell)496. OLIVER EVANS - Roger Burlingame497. JOHN DICKINSON - Bernard Bailyn498. THE MAYFLOWER - Kenneth Allsop499. MARTIN VAN BUREN - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.4100. AMELIA EARHART - Adele de Leeuw4101. JOHN MORGAN AND AMERICAN MEDICINE - Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.4102. SIR WALTER RALEIGH - John Bakeless4103. AMERIGO VESPUCCI - Irving A. Leonard4104. EMILY DICKINSON - Jay Leyda4105. ANDREW JOHNSON - Howard K. Beale4106. TECUMSEH, SHAWNEE CHIEF - Augusta Stevenson4107. EDWIN McMASTERS STANTON - Benjamin P. Thomas4108. THE TEXAS RANGERS - Lee McGiffen4109. THOMAS EAKINS, GREAT AMERICAN REALIST - Oliver W. Larkin4110. NELLIE BLY - Iris Noble4111. NATHANIEL GREENE - Howard Peckham4112. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES - James Shenton4113. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH - Bradford Smith4114. THE REVEREND JOHN WISE - Clarence Ver Steeg4115. P.G.T. BEAUREGARD - T. Harry Williams4116. JUSTIN MORRILL AND THE LAND GRANT COLLEGES - Lewis Webster Jones4117. GENERAL "STONEWALL" JACKSON - Burke Davis4118. ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Paul Angle4119. JACQUES CARTIER - Esther Averill4120. ANDREW JACKSON - Charles M. Wiltse5121. WILLIAM BREWSTER - George P. Willison5122. STEPHEN DECATUR - Bradford Smith5123. SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN - Cecile Pepin Edwards5124. ANDREW CARNEGIE - Thomas C. Cochran5125. MARK TWAIN - Robert Cantwell5126. PETER HARRISON: COLONIAL ARCHITECT - Carl Bridanbaugh5127. ALEXANDER WILSON - Robert Cantwell5128. DOLLY MADISON - Dumas Malone5129. WILLIAM BYRD II: BUSY CAVALIER - Louis B. Wright5130. CHARLES SUMNER - David Donald5131. PATRICK HENRY - Thomas J. Wertenbaker5132. JOHN CHARLES FREMONT - Ray A. Billington5133. FRANCIS LIEBER: GERMAN-AMERICAN PATRIOT - Frank Freidel5134. JOHN C. CALHOUN - Claude G. Bowers5135. HERMAN MELVILLE - Jay Leyda5136. CHARLES WILLSON PEALE - James Thomas Flexner5137. ALEXANDER HAMILTON: A STUDY IN COURAGE - Richard B. Morris5138. JONATHAN LETTERMAN - Charles M. Wiltse5139. ROBERT TODD LINCOLN - Ruth Painter Randall5140. LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN - Oliver W. Larkin5141. GOVERNOR NICHOLSON FALLS IN LOVE - Thomas J. Wertenbaker5142. ROBERT ROGERS - Bradford Smith5143. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS - Philip Davidson5144. ROBERT JOHN WALKER - James Shenton5145. JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE - E. Merton Coulter5146. GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST - Robert Selph Henry5147. WILLIAM PRESCOTT - Robert Cantwell5148a-c. WILLIAMSBURG REVISITED: PATRICK HENRY CHANGES HISTORY - Earl S. Miers5149. GENERAL RICHARD HENRY PRATT - Charles Coleman Sellers5150. SIMON KENTON - Walter Havighurst5151. NATHANIEL CURRIER - Robert Holzman5152. THOMAS PAINE - A.O. Aldridge5153. JOHN STARK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE - J. Duane Squires5154. JIM BRIDGER - Stanley Vestal (William S. Campbell)5155. ALEXANDER MITCHELL - August Derleth5156. WILLIAM BARTRAM - Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.5157. MYLES STANDISH - George P. Willison5158. HERNANDO DE SOTO - Irving A. Leonard5159. HORACE GREELEY - Prank Luther Mott5160. KING PHILIP - Cecile Pepin Edwards5161. CAPTAIN JAMES B. EADS - Charles van Ravensvaay5162. JOHN MUIR - Donald Culross Peattie5163. HENRY DAVID THOREAU - Carl Bode5164. JOSEPH LANE - Lancaster Pollard5165. GENERAL ENOCH H. CROWDER - David A. Lockmiller6166. ANSON BURLINGAME - Nathaniel Peffer6167. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS - Oliver M. Dickerson6168. OLD IRONSIDES - Harry Hansen6169. COLONEL WILLIAM HILL - Hampton M. Jarrell6170. WILLIAM H. SEVARD - Alfred J. Hanna6171. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY - Robert E. Schofield6172. WILLIAM HOWARD TAPT - Frank Freidel6173. JOHN WALLACE HUTCHINSON - Philip D. Jordan6174. CAPTAIN ELIJAH COBB - Virginia C. Gildersleeve6175. GEORGE W. PERKINS - John A. Garraty6176. MERIWETHER LEWIS - John Bakeless6177. WILLIAM CLARK - John Bakeless6178. CYRUS HALL McCORMICK - Reynold M. Wik6179. THOMAS FITZPATRICK - LeRoy R. Hafen6180. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES - Dexter Perkins6181. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS - Nathan Miller6182. MARY MOODY EMERSON - Odell Shepard6183. THADDEUS S.C. LOWE - Waldemar Kaempffert6184. BALBOA - Ronald Syme6185. IGNATIUS DONNELLY - John D. Hicks6186. JOEL BARLOW, MINISTER TO FRANCE - Irving Brant6187. WALTER P. CHRYSLER - Thomas C. Cochran6188. BROOKS ADAMS - Charles Vevier6189. IDA M. TARBELL - Adele de Leeuw6190. JONATHAN EDWARDS - Charles H. Poster6191. THE WHITMANS - Dorothy O. Johansen6192. SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE - David A. Lockmiller6193. WILLIAM EATON - Louis B. Wright6194. GRENVILLE MELLEN DODGE - Robert Selph Henry6195. GEORGE FREDERICK ROOT - Paul M. Angle6196. THOMAS W. GREGORY - Harold M. Hyman6197. CHARLEMAGNE TOWER - Hal Bridges6198. OLD BILL WILLIAMS, MOUNTAIN MAN - Ray A. Billingon6199. SILAS WRIGHT - John A. Garraty6200. SOCIAL SERVICE IN AMERICA - George H. Soule, Jr.6201. RALPH WALDO EMERSON - Odell Shepard6202. LAFCADIO HEARN - Alfred Crofts6203. HENRY BOUQUET - Kemp Malone6204. SOUTHERN YEOMEN IN THE CIVIL WAR - Bell I. Wiley6205. COTTON MATHER - Max Savelle6