[Blindtlk] "Mike-ing History"

[Mike Freeman]

Yes, they were pretty neat. The one on the San Francisco Fire and 
Earthquake had a minor inaccuracy -- the "man at the mike" said the 
quake occurred at 5:15 a.m. (that was what the clock said on the Ferry 
Building) whereas it occurred at either 5:12 or 5:13 depending upon 
which authoritative source one believes (the Ferry Building clock was 
fast in any case) -- but that matters little in the larger context. For 
those of us who grew up at least in part in the radio era, these 
recordings imparted an immediacy to the events portrayed that isn't 
always present nowadays.

Incidentally, if anyone has a video of the 1955 CBS-TV "You Are There" 
depicting the Great Chicago Fire of October 8, 1871, I'd love to get a 
copy also.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jane Jordan (GMail)" <juanitatighan at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 12:46 PM
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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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> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 7:37 PM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] "Mike-ing History"
>
>
>> 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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