CD0100: The Colonial Era Through The 19th Century, 2nd Edition: This CD contains 34 hours (MP3 file format) of news, history, oral interviews, and music covering from the Colonial through the end of the 19th Century. Subjects include the Revolution, Founding Fathers, Westward Expansion, The Louisiana Purchase, Manifest Destiny, American Slavery, The Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, the Lincoln Assassination, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, The West, the Hatfield & McCoy feud, the earliest known recorded political speeches, The Spanish-American War, Race issues, and historical music. Each audio file has its own web page (on the CD) with a variety of information that includes descriptions, biographies, background, transcriptions, and photos/related images where appropriate (100 different photographs). Each MP3 audio file plays via a Windows media player embedded in the web page for Windows users. For Mac users, there are links on each page directly to an m3u file that will play the file in your default MP3 player. Files are named by year, month, day, and description so that they will list chronologically on computers and portable MP3 players. View the contents of this CD. Donation: $11.00

DVD0170: Early Films: 1891-1903: Early uses of the new technology of the motion picture centered on scenes of activity on city streets and from everyday life. and were only 25-50 seconds long. By the end of 1903, important historic scenes were being preserved on films that often lasted for 5-8 minutes, and there were early attempts at fictional films with crude plots. Included on this data DVD are films of The Spanish-American War, The Pan-American Exposition, the assassination and funeral of President McKinley, The Philippine-American War, the devastating flood in Galvaston, the making of the modern city that is New York, and the famous early Western The Great Train Robbery. These 365 short silent films (MPEG format) represent the earliest American uses of motion picture, and provide a unique insight into American life. Each file has its own web page (on the DVD) with background information. Each high quality MPEG file plays via a Windows media player embedded in the web page for Windows users. For Mac users, there are links on each page directly to an m3u file that will play the file with your default video player software. Files are named by year, month, day, and description so that they will list chronologically on computers. View the contents of this DVD. Donation: $25

DVD0171: Early Films: 1904-1922: These 42 short silent films (MPEG format) represent early American uses of motion picture, and provide a unique insight into American life. By 1904 film technology allowed for the making of longer films, from about 3 minutes in length up to 18 minutes. Non-fiction subjects focused on major events, such as the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. Non-fiction films experimented with more complicated plots, and even with stop-action animation. Films on this DVD include "Buster Brown" series, "European Rest Cure," "The Maniac Chase," "How The French Nobleman Got His Wife," "Little Train Robbery," The Stenographer's Friend," "R.F.D. 10,000 B.C.," and "A Day With Thomas A. Edison." Each file has its own web page (on the DVD) with background information. Each high quality MPEG file plays via a Windows media player embedded in the web page for Windows users. For Mac users, there are links on each page directly to an m3u file that will play the file with your default video player software. Files are named by year, month, day, and description so that they will list chronologically on computers. View the contents of this DVD. Donation: $18

CD0200: The Early 1900s Through The 1920s: This CD contains over 28 hours (MP3 format) of news, history, speeches, and music covering the early 1900s, World War I, and The Roaring '20s. 1900s subjects include the 1900 election, the assassination of President McKinley, business and technology, the 1908 election, the 1912 election, the 1916 election, immigration, the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, race issues, and music. World War I subjects include speeches on the war and The League of Nations, and music. Other 1900s subjects include the 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox" scandal. 1920s subjects include the election of 1920, race issues, Charles Lindbergh, sports, gangsters, the crash of '29, and music. Each file has its own web page (on the CD) with a variety of information that includes descriptions, biographies, background, transcriptions, lyrics, and photos/related images where appropriate. Each audio file plays via a Windows media player embedded in the web page for Windows users. Mac users can play by double-clicking each file. Files are named by year, month, day, and description so that they will list chronologically on computers and portable MP3 players. View the 1900s contents, the WWI contents, and the 1920s contents and click on the link to the sample file. Donation: $10.50

DVD0471: World War II Propaganda Films Part 1:
1. Pearl Harbor (1942): Non-narrated agitprop film made as a quick response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entry into World War II. Mostly clips of Japanese and Nazi aggression. Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization. (2:17)

2. Avenge December 7 (1942): War bond sales promo stridently advocating vengeance against Japan for bombing of Pearl Harbor. Producer: Unknown. (1:46)

3. News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor (1942): Attack on Pearl Harbor; the S.S. Normandie fire at a New York pier. Producer: Castle Films. (9:35)

4. U.S. News Review (1942): Government-produced World War II newsreel: The Canadian Made Mosquito Bomber; The capture of Milne Bay by Allied forces; The problem of trying to replace home appliances and clothes. War by air and the enemies of Spain; A letter from the Hocking family, who lost a son in the war and feels patriotic about it; The official Coast Guard song. Producer: U.S. Office of War Information. (19:12)

5. Divide and Conquer (1943): Shows the German invasion of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France, including the evacuation of the British forces at Dunkirk. From the "Why We Fight" series. Producer: U.S. War Department. (56:26)

6. Wartime Nutrition (1943): Wartime work of public welfare agencies in the field of nutrition. Producer: U.S. Office of War Information. (10:22)

Donation: $12.50

DVD0472: World War II Propaganda Films Part 2:
1. Japanese Relocation (1943): U.S. government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese American citizens. Producer: U.S. Office of War Information. (9:28)

2. Challenge To Democracy (1944): Government-produced film attempting to defend the massive internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II. Producer: U.S. War Relocation Authority. (18:04)

3. My Japan (1945): Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda film produced to spur the sale of U.S. war bonds. Producer: U.S. Treasury Department. (16:01)

4. The Negro Soldier (1943): WWII recruitment film aimed at African Americans. The film opens with an African American minister in church telling his flock why they should join the armed forces to fight the Nazis. We see historical re-enactments of African Americans as valued participants in US armed conflicts dating from the American Revolution. The balance of the film deals with the African American experience within the present war effort, the conditions of their living and training, with special attention paid to the respect and dignity they will have. (40:24)

5. Negro Colleges In Wartime (1944): Education and training of African Americans as part of the World War II effort. Producer: U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures. (8:17)

Donation: $12.50

DVD0473: World War II Propaganda Films Part 3:
1. World At War (1942): Portrayal of the steps that led up to Pearl Harbor and total mobilization of World War II. Producer: U.S. Office of War Information. (43:20)

2. When The Work Is Done (c.1943): War plant workers flood the town of Sylacauga, Alabama, and the town constructs facilities and organizes activities to make them feel welcome. Excellent, idealized view of homefront life in a World War II factory town. Producer: U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures. (8:55)

3. Radio At War (1944) Communications and communicators facilitate World War II. Producer: Ganz (William J.) Co. (21:57)

4. It's Everybody's War (1945): Plea for increased commitment by Americans to win the war. Producer: Twentieth Century-Fox. (15:22)

5. Remember These Faces (1945): Intense view of American soldiers in combat, produced to sell World War II bonds. Producer: U.S. Treasury, War Finance Division. (17:18)

Donation: $12.50

CD0711-"Jackie Robinson's Sport Shots": In 1960, retired baseball great Jackie Robinson had a radio show called "Jackie Robinson's Sport Shots." Episodes ran 3 minutes each and featured Jackie doing interviews with sports figures from sports as diverse as baseball, boxing, horse racing, bowling, swimming, and others. This CD contains 90 episodes (MP3 format) of this show taken directly from the original radio discs. Each episode has been recorded at 128 Kbps, 44,100 Hz, 16-bit stereo. View the contents of this CD. Donation: $9.99