Preliminary Inventory of the Roy Pryor Radio Broadcast collection
Finding aid prepared by The Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Roy Pryor radio broadcast collection
Date (inclusive): 1941-1942
Collection Number: XX650
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
Number of Items: 57 phonorecords
(5.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Relates to American neutrality in World War II, the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, and the first weeks
of American participation in the war. Includes speeches by President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and newscasts.
source:
Pryor, Roy
Creator:
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Creator:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Roy Pryor radio broadcast collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Biographial Note
Roy Pryor was a hobbyist who, from the mid-1930s until the late 1940s, recorded radio broadcasts onto transcription discs
in his home. During the early part of World War II he and his family made a special point of trying to capture programs related
to the conflict in Europe and the Pacific. As a teacher and dean of the Menlo School and Junior College, he used some of these
recordings in class and made them available to other educational institutions.
Source of information: "Pryor Collection," Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University, available at http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ars/collections/pryor.html,
accessed October 23, 2009.
Related Collections
Pryor collection, Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sound recordings
United States -- Foreign relations
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Neutrality -- United States
Pryor, Roy
Sound recording of address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the 77th Congress #445
January 6, 1941
General Physical Description note: (4 records)
Sound recording of address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at 4th of July ceremony #561
July 4, 1941
Sound recording of speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the torpedoing and sinking of U.S. merchant ships by Germany #587
September 11, 1941
General Physical Description note: (2 records)
Sound recording of speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Navy Day #625
October 27, 1941
General Physical Description note: (2 records)
Sound recording of speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the International Labor Organization #632
November 6, 1941
General Physical Description note: (2 records)
Sound recording of Armistice Day ceremonies and speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt #638
November 11, 1941
General Physical Description note: (2 records)
Sound recording of newscast by Upton Close on U.S. relations with Japan and Russia #672
December 7, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by H. V. Kaltenborn with first report of Pearl Harbor attack #673
December 7, 1941
Sound recording of radio news bulletins on Japanese attacks #675
December 7, 1941
General Physical Description note: (8 records)
Sound recording of newscast by Gabriel Heatter on Pearl Harbor #678
December 8, 1941
Sound recording of local newscast after San Francisco blackout, and #680 Newscast by Fulton Lewis, Jr. on Pearl Harbor, both #679
December 8, 1941
Sound recording of news report by Royal Arch Gunnison from Manila on Japanese attack on the Philippines, and #682 News summaries
of the day
#681
December 8, 1941; December 9, 1941
Sound recording of address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt reporting on the first three days of the war #683
December 9, 1941
General Physical Description note: (2 records)
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: xx650_a_0002802
Scope and Contents note
Roosevelt speaks about the Pearl Harbor attack and how America intends to respond. He says the Japanese story has copied the
arch of Germany under Hitler and Italy under Mussolini, saying Japanese aggression in the Pacific matches aggressions in Europe
and Africa. He does not know how bad the damage at Pearl Harbor is. Roosevelt calls for the country to be prepared for strikes
anywhere, including on both coasts, but notes the country has been gearing up for war for the past 18 months. He calls for
the complete mobilization of the country, saying it will be a hard and grueling fight. He portrays service to one's country
not at a sacrifice, but as a privilege. He believes there will be plenty of food for the war, but that other materials--metals,
etc.--will be needed first for the war effort. He says this shows America can never isolate herself from the rest of the world
ever again. Comparing the Axis powers to gangsters and recognizing the obvious conflict with the Japanese, he says America
will also fight Hitler and Mussolini because it would be bad to have the rest of the world controlled by fascists. KPO - 7:00
pm
Sound recording of news summaries of the day #684
December 10, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by Fulton Lewis, Jr. on war news #686
December 10, 1941
Sound recording of Congressional declaration of war on Germany and Italy #687
December 11, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by Raymond Gram Swing on war news #688
December 11, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by Fulton Lewis, Jr. on war news #691
December 12, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by H. V. Kaltenborn on war news #692
December 13, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by Upton Close on war news #695
December 14, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by H. V. Kaltenborn on war news #696
December 14, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by Upton Close on war news, and #713 Newscast by Upton Close on war news #699
December 15, 1941; December 21, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by Fulton Lewis, Jr. on war news, and #703 Newscast by Fulton Lewis, Jr. on war news #701
December 15, 1941; December 17, 1941
Sound recording of news report by Royal Arch Gunnison from Manila, and #706 News report by Royal Arch Gunnison from Manila #702
December 16, 1941; December 19, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by Raymond Gram Swing on war news #704
December 18, 1941
Sound recording of newscast by H. V. Kaltenborn on war news #714
December 21, 1941
Sound recording of "Over Our Coffee Cups" commentary - News report on characteristics of the American people in an emergency #716
December 21, 1941
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: xx650_a_0002803
Scope and Contents note
This program is commentary on the ability of Americans to change and adapt to new circumstances, focusing on the new war circumstances.
KPO - 9:15 pm
Sound recording of news report by Royal Arch Gunnison from Manila, and #720 News report by Royal Arch Gunnison from Manila #717
December 22, 1941; December 24, 1941
Sound recording of address by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to a joint session of the U.S. Congress #723
December 26, 1941
General Physical Description note: (2 records)
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: xx650_a_0002801
Scope and Contents note
KPO - 9:30 a.m.
Sound recording of news report by Royal Arch Gunnison from Manila, and #728 News report by Royal Arch Gunnison from Manila #724
December 26, 1941; December 27, 1941
Sound recording of news report by Royal Arch Gunnison from Manila, and #736 News report by Royal Arch Gunnison from Manila #734
December 29, 1941; December 30, 1941
Sound recording of address by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the Canadian Parliament #735
December 30, 1941
General Physical Description note: (3 records)
Sound recording of reports of unsuccessful attempts to contact Royal Arch Gunnison in Manila #737
December 31, 1941 and January 1 and 2, 1942
Sound recording of the State of the Union message by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the 77th Congress #747
January 6, 1942
General Physical Description note: (2 records)
Sound recording of radio address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt #815
February 22, 1942
General Physical Description note: (2 records)
Sound recording of speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on seven-point non-inflation program #891
April 28, 1942
General Physical Description note: (2 records)
