A lot of wartime broadcasting captured off short-wave was recorded using
Memovox discs, a way of embossing recordings onto 16" platters of thin
cellulose acetate. Those discs deteriorated quickly, but NARA did get to
them early enough that many of them are preserved.
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On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 4:35 PM MICHAEL DOLAN <
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> Hello Filip,
>
> The Record Group at the National Archives for the Office of War
> Information is 208:
>
> https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535 <https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535>
>
> There is a large collection of wartime broadcasts and recordings that is
> mostly not included in the online database:
>
> https://catalog.archives.gov/id/653144 <
> https://catalog.archives.gov/id/653144>
>
>
> The records of the United States Information Agency would also be worth
> looking at since recordings from World War 2 are in there, too. That is
> Record Group 306.
>
> https://catalog.archives.gov/id/622 <https://catalog.archives.gov/id/622>
>
> Check with the Roosevelt and Truman Presidential Libraries as well since
> there would have been communications between the OWI and the White House.
>
>
> Good luck.
>
> Michael
>
>
> > On Sep 4, 2019, at 10:28 AM, Filip Šír <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > we are now in process of research George Voskovec and Jan Werich
> recordings
> > for OWI during WWII.
> >
> > We would like to know if there is any kind of information about archive
> of
> > OWI connect with broadcast to Czechoslovakia. We appreciate your help and
> > directions.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Filip Sir
> > Czech Republic
>
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