[Blindtlk] "Mike-ing History"

[Jane Jordan (GMail)]

I'd love to get ahold of them for my daughter.  If nothing else. as she 
gets older she will appreciate them more.

Jane



On 11/8/2009 1:58 PM, Laurie Porter wrote:
> Mike:
>
> I've forwarded this to a couple of archivists friends of mine and I 
> hope they can  be found. They sound very interesting.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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>> Hello, everyone.
>>
>> I suppose this isn't strictly blindness-related except that when Robert
>> Irwin, Director of the American Foundation for the Blind during the
>> 1940's, died, he gave a great collection of talking books to the
>> Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB). Obviously, most of these
>> records were 33 and a third rpm records; WSSB still has them although
>> not all are in great shape anymore. I said "almost" because among the
>> collection was a set of 78 rpm records containing dramatizations of
>> famous events in history designed for school kids. It was called
>> "Mike-ing History" and the narrator was the "Man at the Mike". Among
>> these were a dramatization of the Johnstown Flood and the San Francisco
>> Earthquake, the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the signing of the
>> Declaration of Independence. Hamilton's duel with Burr and the entrance
>> into Troy by Greek commandos in the wooden horse are also depicted.
>> There were others. These all were in a "You Are There" style with
>> newsmen narrating the events as if they were on the scene.
>>
>> So far, that set of records that I remember from the 1950's when WSSB
>> acquired the collection hasn't resurfaced. I've been trying to find that
>> set of records. So far, all I've turned up on the Net was an article
>> (which I had to pay for, alas) from a teachers' journal out of Columbia
>> University published in 1947 which referred to the series. I've also
>> seen a couple of digital catalogues which showed some of these shows.
>> But nowhere have I seen the complete collection in a form I could beg,
>> borrow, buy or steal.
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
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