Dore Schary Papers, circa 1920-1980

Container Title
Great Moments in History. Scripts, 1926-1928, 1932, 1935-1936
Quantity: 1 box (0.4 cubic feet) 
Scope and Content Note: Scripts and some correspondence of a weekly series of thirty-minute dramatizations of significant events in American history, written by Henry Fisk Carlton. The programs were aired at various times on WJZ, WEAF, the Red Network, and the SE Network; and are filed by last known broadcast date.
Box   434
Folder   1
1926
Note:
  • November 9, “Three Elevens” (handwritten script)

Box   434
Folder   1-2
1927
Note:
  • March 29, “Commodore M. C. Perry Opens the Door to Japan: March 31, 1854”
  • April 5, “Lee's Surrender to Grant: April 9, 1865”
  • April 26, “U. S. Grant's Birthday: April 27, 1822”
  • May 3, “Dewey at Manila: May 1, 1898”
  • May 24, “Jamestown Virginia Settled: May 24, 1607”
  • June 7, “The Lee Resolution Introduced into the Continental Congress: June 7, 1776”
  • June 11, “The Wright Brothers Make the First Flight: December 17, 1903”
  • June 14, “The Story of the Flag: The Stars and Stripes Adopted: June 14, 1777”
  • June 28, “Rough Riders at San Juan Hill: July 1, 1898”
  • July 4, “Independence Day: July 4, 1776”
  • September 20, “Nathan Hale Executed: September 22, 1776”
  • September 27, “Sam Adams Born: September 27, 1722”
  • October 25, “Theodore Roosevelt Born: October 27, 1858”
  • November 22, “The First Thanksgiving: November, 1621”
  • circa December 28, “The Emancipation Proclamation: January 1, 1863”

Box   434
Folder   2-4
1928
Note:
  • January 4, “Jackson at New Orleans: January 8, 1815”
  • February 11, “Abraham Lincoln: February 12, 1809”
  • February 15, “Unconditional Surrender: February 16, 1862”
  • February 15, “Remember the Main: February 15, 1898”
  • February 26, “George Washington Born: February 22, 1732
  • February 29, “The Alamo: March 6, 1836”
  • March 4, “The Boston Massacre: March 5, 1770”
  • March 5, “The Monitor and the Merrimac: March 9, 1862”
  • March 15, “Andrew Jackson Born: March 15, 1767”
  • March 18, “Roger Williams and the Rhode Island Charter: March 14, 1644”
  • March 25, “Peter Minuit Settles Delaware: March 26, 1928”
  • April 2, “Henry Hudson Set Sail in the Half Moon: April 4, 1609”
  • April 30, “Stonewall Jackson's Last Fight: May 2, 1863”
  • May 7, “Then Allen Captured Ticonderoga: May 10, 1775”
  • May 14, “The Burr Conspiracy: May 13, 1806”
  • November 30, “The Execution of John Brown: December 2, 1859”

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Folder   4 (continued)
1932
Note:
  • June 23, “Custer's Last Stand: June 25, 1876”

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Folder   4 (continued)
1935
Note:
  • September 10, “California, the Discovery of Gold: January 24, 1848”
  • November 12, “Franklin at the French Court: January 24, 1778”
  • December 31, “John Paul Jones and the Bon Homme Richard: February 4, 1779” (2)

Box   434
Folder   5
1936
Note:
  • January 14, “Alexander Hamilton Born: January 11, 1757”
  • January 21, “Robert E. Lee Born: January 19, 1807” (2)
  • January 28, “Boston Tea Party: December 16, 1773”
  • February 11, “Benedict Arnold at Quebec: December 31, 1775”
  • February 18, “The Constitution, the First State Ratifies It: December 7, 1787” (2)
  • undated, “Aguinaldo's Capture: March 23, 1901”

Box   434
Folder   6
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1928, 1934-1937, 1940, undated