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President Ronald Reagan's speech on the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors award

Title
President Ronald Reagan's speech on the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors award, 1985-12-20.
Author
Reagan, Ronald
Publication
December 20, 1985.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.), issuing body.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (11 minutes) : digital, stereo
Summary
Audience applause; President Ronald Reagan's speech for the presentation of the Kennedy Center Honors; Reagan gives brief biographies for each recipient: Merce Cunningham, Irene Dunne, Bob Hope, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and Beverly Sills; audience applause.
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Genre/Form
  • Award presentations (Sound recordings)
  • Speeches.
Note
  • Contains President Ronald Reagan's speech at the Kennedy Center Honors of 1985; with awards presented to Merce Cunningham, Irene Dunne, Bob Hope, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and Beverly Sills.
  • Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on typed note on original cassette and container, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  • Typed note on original cassette and container: "Kennedy Center Honors 1985 ; White House Speech ; Kennedy Center ; 12/20/85 ; Audio Cassette ; Dolby ; WO# A 07391".
  • Sound quality is good.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1425
OCLC
913893931
Author
Reagan, Ronald, speaker.
Title
President Ronald Reagan's speech on the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors award, 1985-12-20.
Production
December 20, 1985.
Playing Time
001041
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in, Washington, District of Columbia, 1985 December 20.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (11 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1425.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 25, 2015.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.), issuing body.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1425
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