Cadle Tabernacle Audio Collection
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Title: Cadle Tabernacle Audio Collection
Dates: c.1939-1941
Collection Number: CFT00033
Creator/Collector:
E. Howard Cadle
B.R. Lakin
Cadle Tabernacle (Indianapolis, IN)
Extent: 3 Boxes, 1.50 linear feet
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Repository:
Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: The Cadle Tabernacle Audio Collection consists of 16-inch electrical transcriptions and compact discs (CDs) with audio transfers
of "The Nation's Family Prayer Period" radio broadcasts. The original air dates range from c. 1939 - c.1941. Transfers to
compact discs occured c. 2013.
Language of Material: English
Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law. Reproductions are not permitted except for digital preservation.
Cadle Tabernacle Audio Collection. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Biography/Administrative History
Cadle Tabernacle (1921-1968) was a church built in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1921 by E. Howard
Cadle, and named in honor of his mother, Loretta “Etta” Cadle. The building was built at the
intersection of New Jersey and Ohio Streets across from Indianapolis City Hall. The building
served as a center for evangelical programs and broadcasts on the Cincinnati, Ohio radio station
WLW in the 1930s. With a seating capacity of 10,000 with a choir loft capacity of 1400, it was
billed as the largest religious building in the world at the time.
Cadle’s radio program, "The Nation’s Family Prayer Period", reached an estimated 30 million people
between 1931-1950s. Throughout its broadcasting history, coverage ranged across the
Midwestern United States, Mexico, and Canada via 16” inch electrical transcriptions and shortwave radio stations. Monday through
Saturday programs were 15 minutes long, and Sunday
programs were 30 minutes long.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Cadle Tabernacle Audio Collection consists of 16-inch electrical transcriptions and compact
discs (CDs) with audio transfers of "The Nation's Family Prayer Period" radio broadcasts. The
original air dates ranged from c. 1939 - c.1941. The compact discs were created by Read G.
Burgan of RGB Digital c. 2013.
Most discs are commercially pressed, though some are made from lacquer. Most discs play from
the outside rim towards the center. The discs’ conditions range from fair to poor. Some paper
labels differ from the matrix numbers engraved in the discs. None of the lacquer discs have
labels and no matrix numbers. Some labels also have notes indicating when the broadcasts aired
at a particular radio station, but no indication of the original recording date.
Evangelistic sermons
Religious broadcasting
Cadle Tabernacle (Indianapolis, Ind.)