Vito Marcantonio collection of political speeches and advertisements [sound recording] 1938-1952

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Vito Marcantonio collection of political speeches and advertisements [sound recording], 1938-1952

Vito Marcantonio collection of political speeches and advertisements [sound recording] 1938-1952

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20443

Vito Marcantonio was a New York politician active from the early 1930's up to his death in 1954. He was a congressman for the 18th New York District from 1935 to 1937 and from 1939-1951. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City in 1949. He was a member of the American Labor Party. The sound recordings date from 1938 to 1952. Several selections consist of political advertisements for the 1949 mayoral campaign. Other selections include a 1951 press conference with an assistant to Marcantonio, Clifford T. McAvoy, who was running for City Council; a political speech given by Marcantonio in 1938 to the Harlem Legislative Committee; a 1943 speech on the downfall of Mussolini; and a 1952 speech given to the American Labor Party.

6 sound tapes

The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.