Summary Information

Title: John K.M. McCaffery Recordings
Inclusive Dates: 1956-1962

Creator:

• McCaffery, John K.M.

Call Number: Audio 149A; Audio 170A-Audio 175A; Audio 178A; Audio 222A; Audio 1098A

Quantity: 9 tape recordings and 15 disc recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Recordings of John K.M. McCaffery, a broadcaster and editor, consisting mainly of Books and Voices, a radio series moderated for Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, 1956-1957, and Progress, a series of public service interviews prepared for General Electric, 1961-1962. Prominent interviewees include William Benton, Bruce Catton, Bennett Cerf, Leo Cherne, Raymond Firestone, Sol Hurok, Lester Markel, Grace Metalious, James Michener, Jawaharlal Nehru, J.C. Penney, Basil Rathbone, Ronald Reagan, John F. Royal, Richard S. Salant, Mrs. Lewis Sinclair, and William H. Whyte Jr. Miscellaneous discs include conversations with William Bendix, Irene Dune, Arlene Francis, Boris Karloff, and Betsy Palmer. Some of the interviews concern Fred Allen, George Bernard Shaw, and Dylan Thomas.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-audi00149a

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