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"Americans All"

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Collection Collector

Whitehead, Henry Preston, 1917-2002

Collection Citation

Henry P. Whitehead collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Michael A. Watkins.
sova.acma.06-042_ref238

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa76d666e11-025b-4ca7-ac29-e3b650329739

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Henry P. Whitehead collection
Henry P. Whitehead collection / Series 3: Tomlinson D. Todd

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Tomlinson D. Todd producer, director, and moderator of the popular "Americans All" Radio program, which he founded on March 31, 1946. The "Americans All" program ran for nearly 17years from March 1946 to March 1962 on four D.C. radio stations. The "Americans All" program was broadcasted on Sundays over numerous Washington D.C. stations: W.W.D.C. from March to July 1946 beginning at 11:30 p.m. and ending at 12 a.m. From July 1946 to October 1947 the program was broadcasted from 11:15 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. From October 1947 to November 1947 the program was on station WOOK from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. From November 1947 to March 148 the broadcast was from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on WQQW and from March 1948 to 19?? he program was on WOOK station from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The program was dedicated to charity and promotion of justice, education, harmony, and understanding among all races and creeds in America. Additionally the program promoted the "one world" idea or the universality of all mankind along with emphasizing the preservation of the American way. The program included dramas, interviews, addresses, round table discussions and renditions from well-known musical aggregations. Participants included members of congress, judges, Hollywood, college presidents, representatives of foreign governments, leaders in civic, religious, educational, labor and other fields of endeavor. Participants also included prominent musical and dramatic groups. Participants were local, nationals and international. The program was sponsored by the Institute on Race Relations.

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Identifier

ACMA.06-042, Subseries 3.4

Type

Archival materials

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into two sub-subseries 3.4.1 Photographs 3.4.2 Audio/Sound Recording

Collection Rights

The Henry P. Whitehead collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.

Collection Restrictions

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
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Record ID

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