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Aspects of freedom in America

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Aspects of freedom in America

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Title
Aspects of freedom in America
Names
De Mille, Agnes (Speaker)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1960-05-11
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-2008
Topics
De Mille, Agnes
Hopper, Hedda, 1885-1966
Murrow, Edward R
Freedom of speech -- United States
Genres
Lectures
Radio programs
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: 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.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 37 min.) : acetate; full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.
The sound quality is good. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous remarks.
Description
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. 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.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 36936980
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12117212
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 50314890-4c82-0136-0759-6dafa7e9a628
Rights Statement
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  • 1960: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Aspects of freedom in America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7b06d80-3ba4-0134-5c64-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Aspects of freedom in America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7b06d80-3ba4-0134-5c64-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1960). Aspects of freedom in America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7b06d80-3ba4-0134-5c64-60f81dd2b63c

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Aspects of freedom in America