American Audio: 1930s Great Depression: History
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Date
Length
1930-1933    
President Herbert Hoover, "Radio Address on Unemployment Relief"
October 18, 1931
9:54
Marcus Garvey, On His Return to The United States
1931
3:24
Marcus Garvey, "Explanation of the Objects of the Universal Negro Improvement Association"
1931
3:32
President Herbert Hoover, "Address Accepting The Republican Presidential Nomnation"
August 11, 1932
8:23
President Herbert Hoover, "Address At Madison Square Garden" campaigning against the New Deal
October 31, 1932
1:45
Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address
March 4, 1933
18:08
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1st Fireside Chat, The Banking Crisis
March 12, 1933
13:51
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 2nd Fireside Chat, The Banking Crisis
May 7, 1933
22:26
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address at Savannah, Georgia, On Recognizing The Soviet Union
November 18, 1933
:45
Father Charles Coughlin, In Support of President Roosevelt
November 27, 1933
1:36
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1934-1936    
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat (video)
June 28, 1934
:30
The March Of Time (dramatization of the news of the week)
October 15, 1934
30:16
Huey Long, "Share The Wealth"
December 11, 1934
1:10
Aviator Amelia Earhart on Women In Flying
1935
2:00
Bruno Richard Hauptmann Denies Lindbergh Baby Killing
February, 1935
:35
Senator and Former Louisiana Governor Huey Long Radio Address
March 7, 1935
1:27
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat On The Works Relief Program
April 28, 1935
11:20
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Statement On Signing The Social Security Act
August 14, 1935
1:44
Eddie Rickenbacker On The Death of Will Rogers and Wiley Post
August 17, 1935
1:35
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Radio Address To Young Democratic Clubs of America
August 24, 1935
12:39
Harold Ickes Dedicates Hoover Dam
September 30, 1935
2:10
Radio Debate on Social Security
December 19, 1935
58:31
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech before the 1936 Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (2nd acceptance speech)
June 27, 1936
12:13
Earl R. Browser, U.S. Communist Party Leader Campaigns For The Presidency
June 28, 1936
1:05
Franklin D. Roosevelt Address At Chautauqua, NY (I Hate War)
August 14, 1936
14:37
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat on The Drought and The Dustbowl
September 6, 1936
2:46
Franklin D. Roosevelt Address At The Harvard University Tercentenary
September 18, 1936
7:04
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty
October 28, 1936
6:13
Franklin D. Roosevelt Address At Madison Square Garden, New York City
October 31, 1936
14:52
Republican Candidate For President Governor Alf Landon Campaign Speech
1936
:51
Eleanor Roosevelt (video clip)
1936
:31
J. Edgar Hoover (video clip)
1936
:37
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1937    
The March Of Time (dramatization of the news of the week)
January 18, 1937
29:56
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second Inaugural Address
January 20, 1937
5:00
Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Supports Roosevelt's Court-Packing Plan
February 13, 1937
1:22
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat on Reorganization of the Judiciary (Court-packing Plan)
March 9, 1937
32:23
Admiral Byrd Calls For An End To War
April 6, 1937
2:51
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt On International Cooperation
April 6, 1937
:32
Father Charles Coughlin Criticizes The New Deal
April 11, 1937
3:51
News Broadcast: The Hindenburg Disaster, Herb Morrison from WLS, Chicago (short version)
May 6, 1937
7:16
News Broadcast: The Hindenburg Disaster, Herb Morrison from WLS, Chicago (full version)
May 6, 1937
39:23
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address At Bonneville Dam
September 28, 1937
4:02
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Quarantine" Speech, Chicago
October 5, 1937
11:28
Father Charles Coughlin, Radio Address
1930s
:44
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Miscellaneous/Undated    
Attorney Clarence Darrow On Crime
1930s
2:08
1931 Mohandas Gandhi, "My Spiritual Message"
1931
5:28
The Resettlement Administration's Homestead Act
1936
14:41
1930s WPA Program on Foreign Policy
1930s
6:37
1938 WPA Program, This Was News: The Tom Mooney Case
February 9, 1938
6:46
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Oral History    
Interviews with Americans who lived through The Great Depression, part 1
1971
74:21
Interviews with Americans who lived through The Great Depression, part 2
1971
72:03
Interviews with Americans who lived through The Great Depression, part 3
1971
83:15
Interviews with Americans who lived through The Great Depression, part 4
1971
85:06
Interviews with Americans who lived through The Great Depression, part 5
1971
97:41
Interviews with Americans who lived through The Great Depression, part 6
1971
103:07
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Historiography
Talking History: The Civilian Conservation Corps In New York State: An Aural Narrative
June 7, 2001
14:59
Talking History: The Greatest Generation
January 3, 2002
17:31
Talking History: Oral History: The Spoon Teacher
November 28, 2002
20:05
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