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I am the Edison phonograph
An advertisement for the Edison phonograph
6-17-1888
An advertisement for the Edison phonograph. The recording is believed to have been made in 1888 with Len Spencer speaking. This recording comes from an Edison two-minute wax special advertising record issued in 1906, which was provided to dealers as a demonstration record for Edison cylinder machines. The recording begins with the words "I am the Edison phonograph."


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Dinner for selected college students at the New York World's Fair in 1940
5-6-1940
Dinner for selected college students at the General Motors Company Exhibit Building, Flushing Meadows, New York, at the New York World's Fair in 1940.


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The Socialist Movement
1-1-1904
The Socialist movement.


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Senator Tower says he'll vote for an additional $300,000,000 for South Vietnam while Senator Jackson says he'll oppose it
2-12-1975
Senator Tower says he'll vote for an additional $300,000,000 for South Vietnam while Senator Jackson says he'll oppose it.


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Morris Udall talks about what might have been
7-14-1976
Morris Udall talks about what might have been.


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Rogers Morton discusses the price of oil
6-9-1975
Rogers Morton discusses the price of oil. Morton discusses the threat of more than one dollar per barrel increase in the price of oil. He also comments upon his happiness regarding the fact that the President has discretionary powers.


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William Proxmire discusses auto emission standards
1-14-1975
William Proxmire discusses auto emission standards. Proxmire is angered at 5-year delay in auto emissions standards as President Ford's way of saving fuel, says the fight in the Senate on this issue is far from over.


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Talk on trip to Australia, India, and Africa [sound recording]
10-18-1970
Partial talk by Dorothy Day given in Tivoli, N.Y. covering her 1970 trip. She describes the political situations in Bombay (now Mumbai), Calcutta, and Tanzania, and touches on Marxism and socialism in Africa.


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Talk at Seton Hall University [sound recording]
3-7-1972
Dorothy Day speaks on intersections between anarchism/personalism, pacifism and Christianity. Class warfare is also discussed


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Reconciliation with the poor and alienated [sound recording]
10-12-1975
Speech by Dorothy Day at the Eastern General Conference on the Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church. Day discusses the Pentecostal movement but also touches upon racism, poverty, women's liberation and farming. A question and answer session follows where the Jesus Prayer is discussed.


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Talk at Marquette University [sound recording]
11-24-1969
Comments made by Dorothy Day. After poems read by Ken Feit and an introduction by Michael Cullen, topics include the Milwaukee 14 and Chicago 15, Catholic worker finances, non-payment of taxes as civil disobedience, and violence in New York City. After the talk, there is an interview by an unknown writer covering the Bible, militants, and the Catholic Worker Movement


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Talk at Peacemaker Conference [sound recording]
5-26-1974
Informal talk by Dorothy Day at the Conference held in Tivoli, N.Y., in 1974. After discussing Peter Maurin's ideas and philosophies at length, Day discusses land trusts as a way of securing land to do good. Also discussed are Eugene Debs and a recent trip to Kansas


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