- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 37 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 37 minutes). [Unidentified speaker introduces the lecture with a biographical sketch of Agnes de Mille based on De Mille's autobiography Dance to the piper (1952); presentation of awards, the first, a scholarship in honor of Agnes de Mille, to a student; the second, the Leadership for freedom award, to Agnes de Mille.] Agnes de Mille speaks about her public disagreement with Hedda Hopper regarding freedom of speech on Edward R. Murrow's Small world program; the persecution of suspected Communists during the 1950s including her experience being questioned about an acquaintance by the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation]; the American heritage and early tradition of individual freedom; the urge to conform that characterizes contemporary America; the American obsession with practical usefulness. In closing, she reads aloud a passage by Henry George about the ongoing struggle to maintain individual freedom in America.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Agnes de Mille Collection.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Lecture given by Agnes de Mille on May 11, 1960, at the presentation of the Leadership for freedom award of the Women's Scholarship Association, Roosevelt University; recorded on May 11, 1960 by radio station WMFT, Chicago, Illinois.
- The sound quality is good. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous remarks.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Funding (note)
- The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-2008
- OCLC
- 36936980
- Author
De Mille, Agnes, speaker.
- Title
Aspects of freedom in America/ Agnes de Mille.
- Imprint
1960.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded by radio station WMFT, Chicago, Illinois May 11, 1960 Chicago (Ill.)
- Funding
The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 37 minutes); acetate; full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto72008_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-2008
Former call number: *MGZT 7-103
- Local Note
Archival Original: *MGZTO 7-103; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate, full track. Relabeled as *MGZTO 7-2008 on September 12, 2014. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2008; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Awards and honors.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-2008