The Galleries will be added as the project progresses. At present,
the NGSW is linking audio material courtesy of Northwestern University's
US History Out Loud site. The proposed
collections will include over 60,000 bibliographic records. Drawing
from the rich collections of the Chicago Historical Society, Michigan
State University's Vincent Voice Library, the MSU Museum, and Northwestern
University, collections within the NGSW will include:
- News and Newsmakers: Drawing primarily on the holdings
of MSU's Vincent Voice Library, this collection will include selections
of speeches by Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene V. Debs, and Buffalo
Bill Cody, as well as news broadcasts and special events from
1940 through the 1980s which are currently housed as part of the
Historical Voices and Janak Collections at MSU.
- 20th Century Inventors and Scientists: From Thomas Edison's
first cylinder recordings to John Glenn talking about exploring
space, this collection will include recordings that are historically
significant both because of their content and their speaker, as
well as the technical achievements discussed. These holdings are
currently located in the Vincent Voice Library at MSU.
- American Life: Using the oral interviews on which Studs
Terkel based his books, and which are owned by the Chicago Historical
Society, this collection will broadcast a broad range of American
experience and stories that span social, political, and cultural
life in the 20th Century.
- Chicago Neighborhoods: Owned by the Chicago Historical
Society, this collection includes family genealogies and oral
histories conducted in several Chicago neighborhoods by local
high school students. These recordings provide a detiled account
of urban life, and offer a full range of neighborhood accents
for linguistic study.
- Folk Life and Lore: This collection is composed of taped
interviews with a variety of American folk artists. Recorded stories
of Native American quilters and Mexican American folk artists
from across the Midwest are a special strength of the collection.
These holdings are currently housed at the MSU Museum.
- History and Politics Out Loud: Voices of U.S. presidents,
secretaries of state and other government officials make up the
vast majority of this collection, which is housed at Northwestern
University.
- Supreme Court Decisions: U.S. justices and a range of
court cases can be heard in these recordings, providing a far
greater range of experience to listeners than reading the transcripts
alone. This collection is also provided by Northwestern University.
- World War II: Including a selection of broadcast news
from the Ripps collection at the Vincent Voice Library at MSU,
this collection includes broadcast news recorded from 1940 to
1945, from Pearl Harbor to the dropping of the atomic bombs
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