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Loyalty[sound recording] /Ambassador James W. Gerard.

About this Item

Title

  • Loyalty

Summary

  • Speech given by Ambassador James Watson Gerard as warning to German Americans, "Every citizen must declare himself American -- or traitor!"

Names

  • Gerard, James W. (James Watson), 1867-1951. spk
  • Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
  • A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : Made by the Columbia Graphophone Co., c1918.

Headings

  • -  Gerard, James W.--(James Watson),--1867-1951--Political and social views
  • -  Speeches, addresses, etc., American
  • -  Political oratory--United States
  • -  Patriotism--United States
  • -  Statesmen--United States--Attitudes
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--United States--Propaganda
  • -  United States--Politics and government--1913-1921
  • -  Live sound recordings
  • -  Test pressings (Sound recordings)

Genre

  • Alternate takes (Sound recordings)

Notes

  • -  Nation's Forum: 77666 (matrix).
  • -  James Watson Gerard, speaker; Guy Golterman, director.
  • -  Recorded Feb. 7, 1918, New York, N.Y.
  • -  Take 1.
  • -  Sound quality: good.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Issued with: From the battlefields of France, Nation's Forum 69333.
  • -  Rigler and Deutsch index, DLC 182/1163
  • -  Goldenberg, D. "Nation's Forum : a history and discography," The Discographer, v. 2, n. 4
  • -  Source used: M/B/RS Recorded Sound Section Subjects files; discographical sources.
  • -  Production level cataloging.

Medium

  • on 1 side of 1 sound disc (2 min., 56 sec.) : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Nation's Forum 77666
  • NCPB 03262 Single-sided vinyl custom pressing of an original master recording made by the Columbia Graphophone Company; without label, data handwritten on container (matrix: 77666-2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00585649

Rights Advisory

  • Digital version reproduced by the Library of Congress through the generosity of the family of Guy Golterman and with the cooperation of CBS-Sony Records and the Recording Industry Association of America.

Online Format

  • audio

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

The Library of Congress is providing access to this collection of sound recordings for educational and research purposes with the permission of the family of Guy Golterman, the original publisher. The family is represented by one of Golterman's grandsons, who may be contacted at this address:

Edward L. Golterman
435 Chancellor Square Court
Apt. C
Kirkwood, MO
314-315-2548
egolterman@att.net

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Chicago citation style:

Gerard, James W. , . Spk, Nation'S Forum Collection, and A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. Loyalty. New York: Made by the Columbia Graphophone Co, 1918. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/00585649/.

APA citation style:

Gerard, J. W., Nation'S Forum Collection & A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. (1918) Loyalty. New York: Made by the Columbia Graphophone Co. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00585649/.

MLA citation style:

Gerard, James W. , . Spk, Nation'S Forum Collection, and A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. Loyalty. New York: Made by the Columbia Graphophone Co, 1918. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00585649/>.