Speeches, Interviews, and Ceremonies in the Phonograph Records Series
| Location | Box | Folder | Folder Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8883 | June 25, 1930, American Arbitration Association Luncheon, Admiral Byrd, Record 1 | see transcript for this item in folder #3972; audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side A (0-052), Admiral Byrd to receive medal; Byrd does not speak; (053-070) cannot decipher what is being said |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8884 | June 25, 1930, American Arbitration Association Luncheon, Admiral Byrd, Record 2 | see transcript for this item in folder #3972; audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side A (071-126), Speaker talks of Byrd's accomplishments, Byrd does not speak; (128-151), cannot decipher what is being said |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8885 | June 25, 1930, American Arbitration Association Luncheon, Admiral Byrd, Record 3 | see transcript for this item in folder #3972; audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side A (153-197), speaker welcomes Byrd home, Byrd does not speak; (198-245), Judge John Bassett Moore speaks about Byrd, Byrd does not speak |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8886 | June 25, 1930, American Arbitration Association Luncheon, Admiral Byrd, Record 4 | see transcript for this item in folder #3972 |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8887 | June 25, 1930, American Arbitration Association Luncheon, Admiral Byrd, Record 5 | see transcript for this item in folder #3972 |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8888 | June 25, 1930, American Arbitration Association Luncheon, Admiral Byrd, Record 6 | see transcript for this item in folder #3972 |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8889 | June 25, 1930, American Arbitration Association Luncheon, Admiral Byrd, Record 7 | see transcript for this item in folder #3972 |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8890 | June 25, 1930, American Arbitration Association Luncheon, Admiral Byrd, Record 8 | see transcript for this item in folder #3972 |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8891 | May 29, 1935, luncheon for Admiral Byrd, Records 1 and 2 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side B (0-058), Thomas J. Watson of IBM discussing "pioneers", Byrd does not speak; lots of skipping on this record; (060-118), Watson discusses importance of pioneer work and the personality traits required to follow through ideas; lots of skipping on this record |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8892 | May 29, 1935, luncheon for Admiral Byrd, Records 3 and 4 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side B (120-177), Watson thanks Byrd and speaks of thrill when hearing Byrd broadcast over radio from Little America; (181-232), Watson continues speech, assures Byrd of future: cooperation of IBM, importance of Little America, invites Byrd to speak (although record ends before Byrd starts) |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8893 | May 29, 1935, luncheon for Admiral Byrd, Records 5 and 6 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side B (239-279), Byrd speaking but cannot decipher what is being said; (282-325), cannot decipher much of what is being said, although towards the end it becomes more clear. Byrd says he will contrast the top and bottom of the world |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8894 | May 29, 1935, luncheon for Admiral Byrd, Records 7 and 8 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side B (328-368), Byrd contrasts North and South Poles, difficult to decipher, but he does discuss animal life and temperature; (371-392), Byrd talks about living under the ice and snow, testing thickness of ice, and concludes speech with comments on how he has enjoyed the luncheon |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8895 | May 29, 1935, luncheon for Admiral Byrd, Record 9 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side B (394-412), Watson praises Byrd, although difficult to decipher. |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8896 | March 7, 1943, speech, Boeing Mass Meeting, Seattle, regarding strike, Parts 1 and 2 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side B (415-469), Byrd speech to Boeing Plant, he briefly discusses Antarctica, mentions that this is his first public appearance since beginning of the war, talks about labor and why he favors labor unions; (475-510), Byrd speech to Boeing plant continued. He discusses "jap war lords" and how they are using west coast labor troubles to their advantage, "Everybody's war and everybody must do their part" |
| 054-362.10-1 | 417 | 8897 | March 7, 1943, speech, Boeing Mass Meeting, Seattle, regarding strike, Parts 3 and 4 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 5), item 27 side B (512-546), Byrd discusses how important Boeing is to this country and what a mistake it is for them to strike, government should consider the country and the war; continued on (Byrd Tape 6), item 28 side A (0-043), Byrd discusses importance of labor in the winning of the war |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8898 | April 22, 1947, School of the Air Program (broadcast by Byrd), Parts 1 and 2 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 6), item 28 side A (047-145), Byrd speaks on program "News for Schools,"and of why his most recent expedition has been the most productive to date; (148-235), Byrd speaks of evidence of prior tropical life in Antarctica, discusses his trip around the world at age 12, discusses incident of carbon monoxide poisoning, Little America I and II, and emporer penguins |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8899 | April 22, 1947, School of the Air Program (broadcast by Byrd), Part 3, April 1947, March for Yanks and Old Comrades (broadcast by Byrd), Parts 3 and 4 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 6), item 28 side A (238-312), Byrd continues to talk about emporer penguins, discusses change maps and making new discoveries, such as mountains, islands, and glaciers; (314-384), Byrd discusses how work was done by aircraft, finding oasis, again mentions that Antarctica was once tropical, emperor penguins are the only permanent life in Antarctica |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8900 | April 22, 1947, March for Yanks and Old Comrades (broadcast by Byrd), Parts 5 and 6 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 6), item 28 side A (386-436), Byrd says that Antarctica is an untouched reservoir of natural resources, good store house for meat, etc., due to the cold temperatures, and suggests that surplus food could be stored there and used to prevent famine; (438-489), band music |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8901 | Summer, 1947, Albert Warner Interviewing Penguins at Washington Zoo | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 6), item 28 side A (491-521), Albert Warner interviews the penguins (that came back from Antarctica with Byrd) at the Washington Zoo (this recording repeats on the same side of the record as well as on the b-side) |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8902 | January, 1948, Testimonial Dinner Given for Admiral Byrd by The Virginia Society of the District of Columbia, Record 1 (Parts 1 and 2) | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 6), item 28 side A (523-572), Byrd testimonial dinner, many important people of the time are present in the audience, the speaker praises Byrd and speaks of his distinguised career (Byrd does not speak); continued on Item 28 side B (0-105), speaker introduces Byrd, gives brief synopsis of Byrd's accomplishments to date (Byrd does not speak) |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8903 | January, 1948, Testimonial Dinner Given for Admiral Byrd by The Virginia Society of the District of Columbia, Record 2 (Parts 3 and 4) | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 6), item 28 side B (107-199), Byrd is awarded Gold Medal of Achievement, speaker continues to praise Byrd; (202-273), Byrd recognizes Senator and others, gives thanks for the medal, discusses what it was like to be away from civilization. Parts of this are difficult to decipher |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8904 | January, 1948, Testimonial Dinner Given for Admiral Byrd by The Virginia Society of the District of Columbia, Record 3 (Parts 5 and 6) | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 6), item 28 side B (275-341), Byrd discusses the war and Russia; (344-404), Byrd continues discussion of war, democracy and technology |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8905 | January, 1948, Testimonial Dinner Given for Admiral Byrd by The Virginia Society of the District of Columbia, Record 4 (Parts 7 and 8) | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 6), item 28 side B (406-465), Byrd continues discussion of war; (467-540), Byrd continues his speech, re: communism, war, Marxist philosophy and peace |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8906 | January, 1948, Testimonial Dinner Given for Admiral Byrd by The Virginia Society of the District of Columbia, Record 5 (Parts 9 and 10) | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 7), item 29 side A (0-091), Byrd speaks, but difficult to decipher what is being said; (093-177), Byrd discusses how Congress should keep peace and help other nations |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8907 | Ca. 1950, Moral Re-Armament (speech by Byrd) | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 7), item 29 side A (179-257), Byrd speaks re: all nations should do their part, "our nation's well-being depends on other nations' well-being"; (259-284), Byrd speaks of the Arctic (Antarctic?) and his feelings while there |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8908 | October 26, 1953, Byrd, interview with Deane, Martha, Copy 1 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 7), item 29 side A (286-375) (ALSO available on item 13 side A), Begins mid-interview (according to label on the original this is part 2; we don't seem to own part 1), Martha Deane interviews Byrd, his opinion on socialism, power of government, communism and human relations; (377-409), Martha Deane interview, Byrd talks about his stay in Antarctica and how he almost died of carbon monoxide poisoning from the stove in his shack |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8909 | October 26, 1953, Byrd, interview with Deane, Martha, Copy 2 | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 7), item 29 side B (0-150) and (155-246), duplicate of 8908 |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8910 | November 1953, Byrd, talk with Bernt Balchen | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 7), item 13 side A |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8911 | November 1953, Byrd, talk with Bernt Balchen regarding Drew Pearson | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 7), item 13 side A |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8912 | April 29, 1956, Byrd interview, Face the Nation | duplicate of item #8714; audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 7), item 29 side B (250-395) (ALSO available on item 13 side B), Face the Nation interview with Byrd, he discusses new communication equipment on his expedition, he says U.S.has no claims on the Arctic, although he and congress have discussed it. Continued on Item 30 side A (Byrd Tape 8), (0-193), (ALSO available on item 13 side B), discussion of whether there is uranium in the Arctic, Byrd discusses use of planes and tractors, rather than dogs in Antarctic exploration and discusses how difficult it is to survive in the South Pole, both physically and emotionally |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8913 | Before 1957, Admiral Byrd receives medal from Vega Society | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 8), item 30 side A (195-269), Byrd receives Vega Medal from Crown Prince of Sweden, recognizing his North Pole flight as well as his South Pole expeditions; Byrd accepts medal and compliments Sweden and importance of Sweden to the world; (271-315), Byrd continues his acceptance of the medal; speaker from Sweden congratulates Byrd on behalf of Sweden, congratulations to Byrd and Sweden |
| 054-540.1-5 | 417 | 8914 | April 19, 1958, DOD Highest Civilian Award, Marie Ames Byrd | audio cassette available in 054-310-8, (Byrd Tape 8), item 30 side A (320-452), Department of Defense/Pentagon Civilian Service Award given; recipients include Paul Siple; highest recognition that can be given a civilian employee by the department of defense; (453-511), continuateion of the civilian award ceremony |