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About Sound Recording
Accession Number:
MR-1965-301
Digital Identifier:
USIAAU-039
Title:
Senator John F. Kennedy Reading Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1957
Date(s) of Materials:
4 July 1957
4 July 1957
Description:
Sound recording of Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts reading the Declaration of Independence. A recording of Senator Kennedy's reading was broadcast on WQXR Radio in New York, on July 4, 1957, as part of the station's observance of the Fourth of July. An unidentified speaker introduces Senator Kennedy's reading; the date of the recording of the introduction is not known (John F. Kennedy was a senator at the time his reading was recorded, but the speaker in the introduction refers to him as President). Printed on the record label: "Reading of the Declaration of Independence by President John F. Kennedy." Accession MR-1965-301.
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Physical Description:
1 audio disk (12-inch; mono; 13 minutes)
Contributor(s):
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Archival Creator:
United States Information Agency
Sound Recording:
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