Edmund S. Muskie Papers Recording No. Description
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Edmund S. Muskie Papers Page 1 of 125 Container List for Series XVII.B Sound Recordings: Open Reel Tapes Recording No. Description SR1 [Governor Muskie inaugural radio address] Date: [1954] Length: 14 min., 3 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. 7 in. reel. Content: Governor Edmund S. Muskie addresses the people of Maine by radio. Topics include development of industries within the state, overcrowding of Augusta State Hospital, balancing the budget, the state university system, and the environment. SR2 [Governor Edmund S. Muskie on the Martha Deane radio program] Date: 1956 Length: 33 min., 58 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. 10 in. reel. Content: Interviewer: Martha Deane; guest: Edmund S. Muskie. Recorded February 16, 1956 in a New York radio studio. Radio host Martha Deane interviews Governor Edmund S. Muskie, who was visiting New York for the premiere of the movie Carousel. Topics include the fiftieth anniversary of the sinking of the Battleship Maine, Maine state political history, Boothbay Harbor, Aroostook County potatoes, Maine industry and economy, Muskie's children, and whether Muskie will run for reelection. SR3 [Muskie campaigning for New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate] Date: October 1960. Length: 31 min., 20 sec. Format: 1 7/8 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Senator Muskie gives a speech in Manchester, New Hampshire on behalf of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bernard Boutin. Issues discussed include campaigning, constituent concerns, imports and economic problems with the manufacturing industry, strengthening the United States against Soviet threats, and what he witnessed in his 1959 trip to the U.S.S.R. Preserved as two digital files, SR003a and SR003b, representing the two sides of the tape. Continued on SR4. SR4 [Muskie campaigning for New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate (continued)] Date: October 1960. Length: 23 min., 36 sec. Format: 1 7/8 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Continuation of SR3. Senator Muskie gives a speech in Manchester, New Hampshire on behalf of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bernard Boutin. Issues discussed include Soviet techological development and educational system, and why to support Kennedy for president. SR5 [Three campaign commercials] Date: [1964] Length: 3 min., 7 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Speakers: Edmund S. Muskie, and unidentified announcer. Three advertisements for Senator Edmund S. Muskie's 1964 reelection campaign, each approximately one minute long. Topics include Muskie's support for tax cuts, air and water improvement, minimum wage laws, equal pay for women, developing Quoddy, strengthening state and local government, hospital insurance for the aged, liberalized social security, urban development, education, and youth employment. Edmund S. Muskie Papers Page 2 of 125 Container List for Series XVII.B Sound Recordings: Open Reel Tapes Recording No. Description SR6 [Three campaign commercials] Date: 1964 Length: 3 min., 9 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Speakers: Edmund S. Muskie, and unidentified announcer. Content identical to SR5, but quality noticeably poorer. Three advertisements for Senator Edmund S. Muskie's 1964 reelection campaign, each approximately one minute long. Topics include Muskie's support for tax cuts, air and water improvement, minimum wage laws, equal pay for women, developing Quoddy, strengthening state and local government, hospital insurance for the aged, liberalized social security, urban development, education, and youth employment. SR7 [Speech on health care issues] Date: [1964] Length: 5 min., 38 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 1 track(?), mono. Content: Speaker: Edmund S. Muskie. Recorded May 26, 1964. Senator Edmund S. Muskie speaks about hospital care for the aged, the cost of health insurance for the elderly, and the King-Anderson bill. SR8 [Speech on education issues] Date: [1964] Length: 5 min., 37 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 1 track(?), mono. Content: Speaker: Edmund S. Muskie. Recorded May 26, 1964. Senator Edmund S. Muskie speaks about development of vocational education, institutions of higher education, federal assistance to states, underpaid teachers, and overcrowded classrooms. SR9 [Address to the Presidents of Augusta Service Clubs] Date: 1958 Length: 30 min., 4 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Introduction by: unidentified; speaker: Edmund S. Muskie. Recorded August 21, 1958 in Augusta, Me. Governor and senate candidate Edmund S. Muskie addresses a meeting of the Presidents of the Augusta Service Clubs regarding the relationship between federal and state governments. SR10 [Speech in Colorado] Date: 1970 Length: 33 min., 04 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 1 track (?), mono. Content: Speaker: Edmund S. Muskie. Recorded in 1970, probably in Denver, Colorado. Edmund S. Muskie responds to President Richard M. Nixon's speech about concentrating on what is right with America by stating that it is more important to recognize and deal with what is wrong with America. Topics include unemployment, inflation, economic problems, and government spending on the war in Vietnam. Recording quality is poor, but improves later in the recording. SR11 [Documentary on 1968 presidential campaign] Date: 1968 Length: 1 hr., 38 min., 1 sec. Format: 3 3/4 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Broadcast in 1968. Topics include Vietnam war policies; campaigns of McCarthy, Nixon, Rumney and Robert Kennedy; Democratic primaries; crime rates, civil rights; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Humphrey; student riots; Robert F. Kennedy assassination; Republican primaries, campaigns of Rockefeller and Reagan; Nixon's victory and challenge of uniting a divided nation. Edmund S. Muskie Papers Page 3 of 125 Container List for Series XVII.B Sound Recordings: Open Reel Tapes Recording No. Description SR12a [Hubert H. Humphrey nominates Muskie for vice president] Date: 1968 Length: 8 min., 31 sec. Format: 3 3/4 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Speaker: Hubert H. Humphrey. Recorded August 29, 1968 in Chicago, Ill. Speech in which Hubert H. Humphrey nominates Edmund S. Muskie to run as the Democratic nominee for the vice presidency. SR12b [Edmund S. Muskie accepts nomination for the Democratic vice presidential candidacy] Date: 1968 Length: 8 min., 11 sec. Format: 3 3/4 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Speaker: Edmund S. Muskie. Recorded August 29, 1968 in Chicago, Ill. Speech in which Edmund S. Muskie accepts Hubert H. Humphrey's nomination to run as the Democratic nominee for the vice presidency. SR13 [News reports on Muskie and the campaign] Date: 1968 Length: 4 min., 4 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Speakers: Morton Dean, Jane G. Muskie, Edmund S. Muskie. Broadcast September 3, 1968. News report on Muskie visiting his children in Kennebunk Beach, Maine. Brief clip from Jane Muskie. Also, excerpts of interviews with Edmund Muskie on white backlash, George Wallace and the Republican party. SR14 [1968 Democratic National Convention excerpts and news reports] Date: 1968 Length: 25 min., 42 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Speakers: Hubert H. Humphrey, Edmund S. Muskie, CBS News Correspondent Morton Dean, and unidentified others. Recorded in Chicago, Ill. in Aug. 1968 and in Portland, Me. on Sept. 10, 1968(?). Excerpts from the 1968 Democratic National Convention including Hubert H. Humphrey's nomination of Edmund S. Muskie as his Vice Presidential running mate, Muskie's acceptance speech, a backstage interview with Muskie, and commentaries. Also, news clips from shortly after the convention. SR15 [Press conference, Sept. 11, 1968] Date: [1968] Length: 29 min., 33 sec. Format: 3 3/4 ips, 1 track, mono. Content: Recorded at the Statler-Hilton Motel Airport in Indianapolis, Ind. on Sept. 11, 1968. Press conference held by Vice Presidential candidate Edmund S. Muskie. Topics include disadvantages of the electoral college, national primaries, negotiations for ending the war in Vietnam, the United Nations, and racial unrest. SR16 [Muskie on the Dick Cavett Show] Date: 1968 Length: 22 min., 3 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. Content: Broadcast September 17, 1968. Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Edmund Muskie appears on the Dick Cavett show, which was guest hosted by Henry Morgan. Topics include why Muskie wanted to be Vice President; the extent to which a Vice President can or should disagree with the President; crime in the cities; how to end the war in Vietnam; and the war on poverty. Edmund S. Muskie Papers Page 4 of 125 Container List for Series XVII.B Sound Recordings: Open Reel Tapes Recording No. Description SR17 [Speech to the National Association of Life Underwriters] Date: 1968 Length: 34 min., 02 sec. Format: 3 3/4 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Introduction by: unidentified man; speaker: Edmund S. Muskie. Recorded Sept. 18, 1968 in Los Angeles, Calif. Vice Presidential candidate Edmund S. Muskie addresses a convention of the National Association of Life Underwriters. Topics covered include his attitude toward his candidacy, problems with welfare and urban renewal, racial issues and the need for citizen participation in shaping their communities and the country. SR18 [Interview with Muskie's mother and sister] Date: 1968 Length: 17 min., 22 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. Content: Interviewer: unidentified; Speakers: Josephine Muskie, Lucy Paradis (nee Muskie). Recorded October 5, 1968. Voice of America interview with Edmund Muskie's mother (Josephine Muskie) and one of his sisters (Lucy Paradis). Mrs. Muskie talks about her husband, raising her children, and how proud she is of Edmund Muskie. SR19 [Muskie speaking on racial problems] Date: 1968 Length: 3 min., 54 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. Content: Speaker: Edmund S. Muskie. Broadcast October 15, 1968. Two news reports on Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Edmund Muskie's speech on racial problems to the National Council of Women. Includes two excerpts from the speech. SR20 [Muskie interviewed by Jim Conway] Date: 1968 Length: 27 min., 54 sec. Format: 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. Content: Interviewer: Jim Conway; Speaker: Edmund S. Muskie. Broadcast by WGN-TV Chicago on October 17, 1968.