Campaign '56: Sounds of an Election Year

produced by Howard Roberts Lamar, 1923- (Folkways Records, 1961), 55 mins

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Field of Interest: World Music
Description: “This is the story of the election of the President of the United States. Out of the confusion and chaos of an election year, emerges the man who will fill the most powerful political office in the world. You are about to hear the living record of the campaign of 1956.” Political historian Howard Lamar and political scientist Charles Blitzer have edited and compiled this public record for presentation, which includes recordings of speeches by Dwight Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, Harry Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson and others.
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 55 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: American History
Label: Folkways Records
Producer: Howard Roberts Lamar, 1923-
Release Date: 1961
Subject: World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá