Glenn Estes Dill recorded live radio broadcasts onto glass-based record discs in the 1940s. He taped them directly from the radio onto a wire recorder and then transferred them to records. These recordings consist mainly of speeches given over the radio during World War II by Franklin D. Roosevelt and others, including Winston Churchill.
The Glenn Estes Dill Collection, [ca. 1940-1949], consists of 55 fragile glass-based discs of radio speeches from the 1940s. Specifically, the recordings pertain to World War II, 1941-1945; speeches given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941-1944; the Democratic National Convention, 1944; speeches given by Winston Churchill, 1942-1944; and miscellaneous broadcasts, 1942-1948 and undated.
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Glenn Estes Dill Collection, [ca. 1940-1949], Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s