Voice of America (Organization)

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1942
Americans
Russian, English

History notes:

The Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series was broadcast internationally by the Voice of America radio program, which covered topics in the arts and sciences in mid-twentieth century America.

From the description of Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series scripts, circa 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702202512

American governmental agency broadcasting by radio to audiences in foreign countries.

From the description of Voice of America radio broadcast transcripts, 1948-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867411

Broadcasting organization of the United States government founded in 1941 as a division of the Office of War Information. The Voice of America recorded radio programs from commercial radio stations in the United States and rebroadcast them in Europe.

From the guide to the Voice of America collection of broadcast recordings, 1942-1955, (The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.)

Voice of America broadcast about the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women and its retraining program for Soviet women emigrants.

From the description of Broadcast, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007848

Broadcasting organization of the United States government founded in 1941 as a division of the Office of War Information.

The Voice of America recorded radio programs from commercial radio stations in the United States and rebroadcast them in Europe.

From the description of Voice of America collection of broadcast recordings [sound recording], 1942-1955. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626872

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Subjects:

  • American poetry
  • International broadcasting
  • Jews
  • Poets
  • Propaganda, American
  • Propaganda, Anti-communist
  • Radio broadcasting
  • Radio programs
  • Women immigrants

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Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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