Title: Blair Moody Papers Creator: Moody, Blair, 1902-1954 Inclusive dates: 1928-1954 Bulk dates: 1934-1952 Extent: 27.5 linear feet (in 29 boxes) Extent: 29 film reels Extent: 60 phonograph records Extent: 37 GB (online) Abstract:
Detroit newspaperman and United States Senator from Michigan. Correspondence chiefly concerning his 1952 senatorial campaign and his newspaper work in the United States and abroad during World War II; scrapbooks of newspaper articles written by Moody and published for the most part in the Detroit News and Barron's; tape recordings of public affairs radio program; photographs and motion pictures of public affairs interview programs.
Call number: 8634 Aa 2 Language: The materials are in English. Repository: Bentley Historical Library
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Finding aid prepared by: Ruth Bordin
Access and Use
Acquisition Information:
The collection was donated by Mrs. Blair Moody and Blair Moody, Jr. (donor 3224) in 1956.
Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
The collection contains audio tapes from which digital copies have been made. Source tapes are for staff use only. Audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.
To protect fragile audiovisual recordings (such as audio cassettes, film reels, and VHS tapes), the Bentley Historical Library has a policy of converting them to digital formats by a professional vendor whenever a researcher requests access. For more information, please see: http://bentley.umich.edu/research/duplication/.
Copyright:
Susan B. Moody, a granddaughter of Blair Moody, has transferred any applicable copyright to the Regents of the University of Michigan but the collection may contain third-party materials for which copyright was not transferred. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials.
Alternate Format:
Digitization: The Library has undertaken the digitization of a number of sound recordings within this collection. The resulting audio files are available for playback only in the Bentley Library Reading Room. Links to item images and additional information are available within this finding aid. Original sound recordings are only available for staff use.
Preferred Citation:
item, folder title, box no., Blair Moody Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Biography
Arthur Edson Blair Moody was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on February 13, 1902, the son of Arthur Edson Blair and Julia (Downey) Moody. He attended public schools in Providence, Rhode Island, and was graduated from Brown University in 1922, with a B.A. degree in economics. Following graduation from college, he taught and coached for one year at the Moses Brown School in Providence, and in 1923 became an employee of the Detroit News. At first a sportswriter, Moody afterward covered the Detroit City Hall as a reporter during the mayoralty administration of Frank Murphy.
In 1933 Blair Moody became a correspondent in the Washington office of the News, writing the column "The Lowdown on Washington". He also wrote for the Boston Globe, and was correspondent for Barron's from 1934 to 1948 and for the North American Newspaper Alliance since 1936. During World War II Moody served as a war correspondent in North Africa, Italy, Iran, and Britain, and after the war visited the Marshall Plan and North Atlantic Treaty countries to report on economic progress there. Beginning in 1946 he moderated the radio and television program Meet Your Congress, and from 1944 to 1945 he was economic consultant for the Committee for Economic Development.
Appointed to the United States Senate on April 23, 1951, by Michigan's Democratic Governor G. Mennen Williams, Blair Moody filled the vacancy created by the death of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg on April 18, 1951. The late Senator's term would have ended January 3,1953.
On taking his oath of office the new Senator indicated that in 1952 he would be a candidate for a full six-year term. Stating that he hitherto had not belonged to any party, he said he became a Democrat on the day of his appointment to the Senate by Governor Williams. On becoming a Senator, Moody resigned from the Detroit News, but continued for a time his weekly radio program.
In the Senate Moody was named to the Senate Banking and Currency Committee and the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, for which he was deemed well suited because of his background in economics. In July 1951, two months after taking office, Moody was named to head the subcommittee of the Senate Small Business Committee, set up to protect the interests of small business in the defense program. He immediately announced that as its first project the subcommittee would study the problem of steel cutbacks in the automobile industry, steel shortages among small businessmen, and unemployment traceable to plant dispersals. On the subject of controls against inflation the Michigan legislator took a firm stand in supporting the Administration's drive to strengthen and extend controls. In August Moody was appointed to a special subcommittee of the Senate Banking Committee, which conducted hearings on a proposal to restore the Government's power to set slaughtering quotas for livestock.
Moody sought election to the Senate in his own right, but was defeated by Charles E. Potter. In 1954 he again sought the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat held by Homer Ferguson. He died unexpectedly while campaigning July 20, 1954.
Blair Moody was the author of a book Boom or Bust (1941), a discussion of the economic aspects of World War II, in which he proposed a constructive program to prevent inflation and postwar economic collapse. Moody was a member of the Gridiron Club, the organization of Washington correspondents. He also belonged to the National Press Club, the Overseas Writers Club, and the University Club in Washington, DC; to the Detroit Club and to the Cammarian Club in Providence, Rhode Island.
Blair Moody on June 6, 1925, married Mary Williamson, by whom he had one son, Arthur Edson Blair, Jr. His two younger sons, Christopher Sorenson and Robert Orten, were born to his second wife, the former Ruth Curtis Amadon, whom he married on September 14,1940.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The Blair Moody collection documents the career of a Washington-based newspaper correspondent and columnist and United States Senator. The collection covers the period 1928 to 1954, though the bulk of materials date since the mid-1940s. Much of the collection pertains to that period of time when Moody was in the Senate or was running for election to the Senate, although his newspaper career is also well documented. The collection has been divided into the following series: Biographical; Correspondence; Personal/Family; Newspaper Career; Gridiron Club; Senatorial Papers; Speeches; Scrapbooks; Sound Recordings; and Visual Materials.
Subject Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the finding aid database and catalog of The Bentley Historical Library/University of Michigan. Researchers desiring additional information about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.
American newspapers -- Michigan -- Detroit.
Automobile industry and trade -- United States.
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Newspapers.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1942.
Journalists -- Michigan -- Detroit.
Labor unions -- Michigan.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1929-1938.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1939-1945.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1946-1960.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1951-
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Michigan.
Politicians -- Michigan.
Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Soviet Union.
Trucking -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
World War, 1939-1945.
Airplane industry -- Michigan -- Willow Run.
Automobile industry -- Michigan -- Willow Run.
Industrial buildings -- Michigan -- Willow Run.
Italy.
Journalism.
Political elections.
Politics and government -- 1946-1960.
Soldiers -- American.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Willow Run (Mich.) -- Airplane industry.
Willow Run (Mich.) -- Automobile industry.
Willow Run (Mich.) -- Industrial buildings.
World War, 1939-1945.
Elections -- United States -- 1940.
Elections -- United States -- 1953.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
Motion pictures.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Sound recordings.
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation (University of Michigan)
Democratic Party (Mich.)
McCloy, John J. (John Jay), 1895-1989.
Moody, Blair, 1902-1954.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Tennessee Valley Authority.
United States. Congress -- Elections, 1952.
United States. Congress -- Elections, 1954.
United States. Dept. of State.
United States. Economic Cooperation Administration.
United States. Temporary National Economic Committee.
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971.
Arnold, Thurman Wesley, 1891-1969.
Ball, Joseph H. (Joseph Hurst), 1905-1993.
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956.
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965.
Benton, William, 1900-1973.
Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981.
Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986.
Boyle, William M.
Brewster, Owen, 1884-
Brown, Prentiss M. (Prentiss Marsh), 1889-1973.
Brownell, Herbert, 1904-1996.
Butler, Richard Austen, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, 1902-1982.
Byrnes, James Francis, 1879-1972.
Cain, Harry P. (Harry Pulliam), 1906-1979.
Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979.
Childs, Marquis W. (Marquis William), 1903-1990.
Clapper, Raymond, 1892-1944.
Clardy, Kit Francis, 1892-
Connally, Tom, 1877-1963.
Corcoran, Thomas Gardiner, 1900-
Couzens, Frank, 1902-1950.
Cripps, Richard Stafford, Sir, 1889-1952.
Daniels, Jonathan, 1902-1981.
Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958.
Dean, Gordon E., 1905-1958.
Diggs, Charles C.
Dingell, John D. (John David), 1894-1955.
DiSalle, Michael V. (Michael Vincent), 1908-1981.
Dondero, George Anthony, 1883-1968.
Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976.
Downey, Sheridan.
Dulles, Allen Welsh, 1893-1969.
Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-
Eggleston, Arthur Francis, 1890-
Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985.
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976.
Ferguson, Homer, 1889-1982.
Ford, Henry, 1917-1987.
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949.
Frear, Joseph Allen, 1903-
Fruehauf, Harvey Charles, 1893-
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995.
Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957.
George, Walter F. (Walter Franklin), 1878-1957.
Green, Theodore Francis, 1867-1966.
Green, William, 1870-1952.
Griffiths, Hicks G., 1910-
Hannah, John A., 1902-1991.
Harmon, Tom.
Henderson, Leon, 1895-1986.
Herlong, Albert Sydney, 1909-1995.
Hersey, John, 1914-1993.
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966.
Hill, Norman Llewellyn, 1895-
Hoey, Clyde Roark, 1877-1954.
Hoffman, Clare Eugene, 1875-1967.
Hoffman, Paul G. (Paul Gray), 1891-1974.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
Brown, Muriel Buck Humphrey.
Ives, Irving McNeil, 1896-1962.
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Johnson, Pyke.
Johnston, Eric A. (Eric Allen), 1895-1963.
Kaiser, Edgar Fosburg, 1908-
Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Kerr, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1896-1963.
Kirchwey, Freda.
Knowland, Helen Davis Herrick.
Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974.
Knudsen, William S., 1879-1948.
Lamont, Thomas Stilwell, 1899-
Langer, William, 1886-1959.
Leahy, William D.
Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963.
Lenhart, Laurence G., 1893-
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985.
Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986.
Luce, Robert Harding, 1900-
McClellan, John L. (John Little), 1896-1977.
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980.
McFarland, Ernest William, 1894-1984.
McMahon, Brien, 1903-1952.
Mapes, Carl Herbert, 1900-
Martin, John Butlin, 1909-
Martin, Joseph William, 1884-1968.
Monroney, Mike, 1902-
Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974.
Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949.
Murphy, George, 1897-1961.
Murphy, Robert F., 1899-
Murray, Philip, 1886-1952.
Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959.
O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964.
Owens, Henry J.
Pastore, John O. (John Orlando), 1907-2000.
Picard, Frank A., 1889-1963.
Rabaut, Louis Charles, 1886-1961.
Rankin, John Elliott, 1882-1960.
Reuther, Victor G. (Victor George), 1912-2004.
Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970.
Reynolds, Quentin James, 1902-1965.
Romney, George W., 1907-1995.
Roosevelt, Dorothy Kemp, 1899-1985.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
Rosenberg, Anna M., 1902-
Ruml, Beardsley, 1894-1960.
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971.
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971.
Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979.
Scholle, August, 1904-
Scripps, Edward Wyllis, 1909-
Shields, Francis J.
Sittler, Edward L.
Smith, Harold Dewey, 1898-1947.
Smith, H. Alexander (Howard Alexander), 1880-1966.
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995.
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985.
Somervell, Brehon Burke, 1892-1955.
Sparkman, John, 1899-1985.
Staebler, Neil, 1905-2000.
Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949.
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988.
Taft, Charles P. (Charles Phelps), 1897-1983.
Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953.
Thomas, Elbert Duncan, 1883-1953.
Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951.
Van Wagoner, Murray Delos, 1898-
Voorhis, Jerry, 1901-1984.
Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953.
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974.
Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988.
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944.
Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961.
Wolcott, Jesse Paine, 1893-1969.
Downey, John.
Kaiser-Frazer Corp.
Moody, Blair, 1902-1954.
Moody, Arthur B.
Moody family.
Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Moody, Blair, 1902-1954.
United States. Congress. House.
United States. Congress. Senate.
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975.
Baker, Howard Henry, 1902-1964.
Barrett, Frank Aloysius, 1892-1962.
Bender, George Harrison, 1896-1961.
Benton, William, 1900-1973.
Blatnik, John Anton, 1911-
Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991.
Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965.
Burke, Thomas A., 1898-1971.
Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979.
Carlson, Frank, 1893-1987.
Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962.
Cole, Albert M. (Albert McDonald), 1901-1994.
Cole, W. Sterling (William Sterling), 1904-1987.
Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991.
Curtis, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1905-2000.
Dingell, John D. (John David), 1894-1955.
Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976.
Duff, James H. (James Henderson), 1883-1969.
Eberharter, Herman Peter, 1892-1958.
Farrington, Joseph R. (Joseph Rider), 1897-1954.
Felix, Robert Hanna, 1904-
Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970.
Frelinghuysen, Peter Hood Ballantine, 1916-
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995.
Fulton, James G. (James Grove), 1903-1971.
Gillette, Guy Mark, 1879-1973.
Gore, Albert, 1907-1998.
Heller, John R. (John Roderick), 1905-
Hosmer, Craig, 1915-1982.
Howard, Catherine.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
Hunt, Lester Callaway, 1892-1954.
Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983.
Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986.
Jonas, Charles R. (Charles Raper), 1904-1988.
Judd, Walter H., 1898-1994.
Kean, Robert Winthrop, 1893-
Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Kerr, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1896-1963.
Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974.
Langer, William, 1886-1959.
Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963.
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980.
Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989.
Mahon, George Herman, 1900-1985.
Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001.
Martin, Edward, 1879-1967.
Maybank, Burnet Rhett, 1899-1954.
Merrill, D. Bailey, 1912-
Miller, Arthur Lewis, 1892-1967.
Monroney, Mike, 1902-
Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982.
Murray, James E.
Patman, Wright, 1893-1976.
Rains, Albert M., 1902-
Reece, B. Carroll (Brazilla Carroll), 1889-1961.
Richards, James P. (James Prioleau), 1894-1979.
Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994.
Sebrell, W. H. (William Henry), 1901-1992.
Smathers, George A. (George Armistead), 1913-2007.
Smith, H. Alexander (Howard Alexander), 1880-1966.
Sparkman, John, 1899-1985.
Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953.
Velde, Harold Himmel, 1910-1985.
Vorys, John Martin, 1896-1968.
Watt, James, 1911-
Wiley, Alexander, 1884-1967.
Yorty, Samuel William, 1909-
Contents List
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Container / Location
Title
Biographical [series]
The Biographical series consists of a few folders of articles and clippings about Moody.
Box 1
Biographical sketches, etc
Box 1
Articles by or about Blair Moody
Box 1
Clippings about Blair Moody
(2 folders)
Box 1
Awards and citations
(also in oversize box 29)
Correspondence [series]
The Correspondence series, approximately twelve linear feet, relates primarily to the period when Moody was US Senator (1951-1952). The letters concern Senate business, arrangements for speeches and radio appearances, and letters of congratulations and thanks. Much of the correspondence prior to his appointment as Senator by Governor Williams in 1951 relates to his personal affairs, but also contains much commentary on Detroit and Michigan politics, his trips to Europe as a war correspondent and especially on economic development plans in the immediate post-war period, and of course the Washington scene.
For the few months of his Senate appointment the bulk of Moody's papers increased markedly. Unfortunately much of it consisted of routine correspondence with constituents and others about legislation, speech requests, and invitations. Much of the incoming constituent correspondence was apparently not saved. There is considerable correspondence with G. Mennen Williams and Neil Staebler about political matters and his campaign of 1952, and with other senators about transmittal of legislation, committees, etc.
There is very little material on the period after Moody's defeat in 1952, and very little on the campaign of 1954 except for files on Senator Charles E. Potter and his record.
To aid the researcher, a separate index of correspondents in the Moody Collection has been compiled and is appended to this finding aid.
Box 1
1928-June 1941
(32 folders)
Box 2
July 1941-May 1946
(49 folders)
Box 3
June 1946-May 24, 1951
(56 folders)
Box 4
May 25, 1951-August 19, 1951
(35 folders)
Box 5
August 20, 1951-October 15, 1951
(47 folders)
Box 6
October 16, 1951-December 26, 1951
(63 folders)
Box 7
December 26, 1951-February 15, 1952
(57 folders)
Box 8
February 16, 1952-April 7, 1952
(51 folders)
Box 9
April 8, 1952-May 28, 1952
(46 folders)
Box 10
May 29, 1952-August 14, 1952
(60 folders)
Box 11
August 15, 1952-November 22, 1952
(70 folders)
Box 12
November 23, 1952-1954
(23 folders)
Personal/family [series]
The Personal/Family series is a small series of family correspondence and papers pertaining to family affairs.
Box 12
Family correspondence
Box 12
Divorce papers
Box 12
Blair Moody, Jr. letters
Box 12
Papers relating to Mother's house (payment, upkeep, etc.)
Box 12
Miscellanea re. father A.B. Moody
Newspaper career [series]
Materials relating to Moody's association with the Detroit News and Barron's Weekly have been placed in the Newspaper Career series. Included are a sampling of some of his notes as a reporter and background materials used in the preparation of stories. Part of the reference materials relate to labor strikes, notably the General Motors strike of 1945-1946.
Box 13
Notes for articles
Box 13
1949
(Yugoslavia)
Box 13
1949
(Italy)
Box 13
Undated
(Atomic seminar)
Box 13
Undated
(2 folders)
(miscellaneous sampling)
Box 13
Note pads
(2 portfolios)
Other writings
Boom or Bust
Box 13
Galley with marginal notations
Box 13
Correspondence 1941
Box 13
Correspondence with publisher 1941
Box 13
Miscellaneous
Box 13
Edson Blair [Blair Moody] manuscripts
Box 13
"Our Chin is Out"
Box 13
Newspaper articles written as US Senator
(2 folders)
Box 13
Itineraries undated
Box 13
Testimony of Blair Moody, witness in Woodward Ave. widening case circa 1920s
Reference materials
Box 13
Humorous clippings and writings
(2 folders)
Box 13
Miscellaneous reference materials
(4 folders)
Box 14
Unions and strikes undated
Box 14
Unions and strikes 1938
(8 folders)
Box 14
Unions and strikes 1940
Box 14
Unions and strikes 1941
Box 14
General Motors Strike 1945-1946
(4 folders)
Box 14
Miscellaneous
Gridiron Club [series]
Moody was active in the Gridiron Club, an association of Washington correspondents. The materials Moody accumulated include skits performed, programs, correspondence about the organization, and news articles and press releases.
The Senate Career series includes press releases, committee materials, and a scattering of campaign papers. As Moody was in the Senate for a brief period, the files are somewhat thin on information pertaining to current events and legislation. Though somewhat small, Moody's months in the Senate can also be documented through his scrapbook collection, his collection of speeches and transcripts of his radio/television public affairs program, and through the sound recordings of speeches and radio programs.
Box 15
Press releases April-October 1952
(14 folders)
Box 15
Letters to the editor
Box 15
Press materials Undated
Bills, resolutions, and amendments introduced by or related to Senator Moody
Box 15
Bills and resolutions 1951-1952
(2 folders)
Box 15
Bills, analyses, and amendments undated
Box 15
McClellan Bill and related material 1950-1952
Box 15
Moody-Dingell Bill (statistical data) 1951
Box 15
Opposition to Moody-Dingell Bill
Box 15
Amendments 1951-1952
(2 folders)
Box 15
Voting record
(2 folders)
Box 15
Voting record (economy)
Box 15
Voting record
(2 volumes)
Post Office investigation
Box 16
General 1951
Box 16
Correspondence 1951
Box 16
Miscellaneous
(1 portfolios)
Box 16
Committee on Banking and Currency 1951-1952
(3 folders)
Select Committee on Small Business
Box 16
Weekly staff reports 1951-1952
Box 16
Report of investigation 1951
Box 16
Other committees
Box 16
Statements made by Moody 1951-1952, undated
(3 folders)
Box 16
Form responses to constituents letters
(2 folders)
Box 16
Schedules
Campaign materials
Box 16
1952
(2 folders)
Box 16
1954
(4 folders)
Oversize Box 29
Campaign poster
Box 16
Miscellaneous
Speeches (include radio and television appearances) [series]
The Speeches series date from 1940 and include both formal addresses, as well as transcripts of Moody appearances on radio and television programs. Here will be found available transcripts for Moody's Meet Your Congress program.
Box 16
1940
Box 16
1941
Box 16
1942
Box 16
1944
Box 16
1945
Box 16
1946
Box 16
1947
Box 16
1948
Box 16
1950
Box 16
January-March 1951
Box 16
April-June 1951
Box 16
July 1951
Box 16
August-September 1951
Box 16
October 1951
Box 16
November-December 1951
Box 16
January 1952
Box 16
February 1952
(2 folders)
Box 16
March 1952
Box 16
April 1952
Box 17
May 1952
(2 folders)
Box 17
June 1952
Box 17
July-September 1952
Box 17
October 1952
Box 17
1951-1952, undated
(7 folders)
Box 17
1953
Box 17
Undated
(4 folders)
(radio and television)
Meet Your Congress (radio and television program)
Box 17
1946
Box 17
1947
Box 17
1948
Box 17
1949
Box 17
1950
Box 17
1951
Box 17
Undated
(2 folders)
Box 17
Speech note cards circa 1943-1951
(1 portfolios)
Box 17
Programs and notices of speeches
Scrapbooks [series]
The Scrapbooks date from 1933 to 1951 and contain clippings of all of Moody's articles from the Detroit News and Barron's.
Box 18
1933-1934
Box 18
1934-1935
Box 18
1935-1936
Box 18
1936-1937
Box 19
1937-1938
Box 19
1938-1939
Box 19
1939-1940
Box 19
1940-1941
Box 20
1941-1942
Box 20
1942-1943
Box 20
1943-1944
Box 20
1944-1945
Box 21
1945-1946
Box 21
1946-1947
Box 21
1947
Box 21
1947-1948
Box 22
1948-1949
Box 22
1949
Box 22
1949-1950
Box 22
1950-1951
Box 22
1951
Box 23
Scrapbooks of Barron's columns
Box 23
1936-1940
Box 23
1940-1942
Box 23
1942-1944
Box 23
1944-1947
Box 24
1946-1948
Box 24
Scrapbook of articles concerning Europe 1947
(3 volumes)
Appointment books
Box 24
1946
Box 24
1947
Box 24
1948
Box 24
1950
Box 24
1952
Box 25
Scrapbooks of articles concerning the activities of Detroit soldiers in World War II 1944
(3 volumes)
Box 25
Scrapbook concerning speaking engagements 1951
Box 25
Guest register for birthday party 1952
Box 25
Scrapbook concerning government finance undated
Box 25
Newspaper clippings of articles on "The Low-down on Washington," 1938
Sound Recordings [series]
The Sound Recordings include both sound tapes and sound disks. Beginning in 1946 and continuing through the first few months of 1954, Moody was moderator of "Meet Your Congress, a weekly public affairs program which appeared first on radio and then in the early 1950s on television. Moody liked to refer to the program as a capsule of the best of Congressional debates on the current issues of the day. His guests each week included members of both the House and the Senate as well as an occasional member of the Executive branch or the private sector. The collection of tapes for the program is unfortunately incomplete. There is one tape that can be dated to 1951; the rest date from 1953 to 1954. Of the tapes in the collection, Moody moderated all the programs except for the last three months when his responsibilities were taken over by fellow journalists, Ernest K. Lindley, Charles Lucey, and Roscoe Drummond. The "Meet Your Congress" series of tapes are all 7 inches and play at 7 1/2 ips. A smaller part of the Moody tape collection consists of broadcasts of his "This is Washington" program which was the means he used to report to his constituents on his activities as senator during 1951-52. The collection includes four of these tapes, all from 1951. They are 5 inches and play at 7 1/2 ips. There is finally a speech given by Moody at Laurium Union Hall, October 16, 1952. Moody was then in the midst of what would then be an unsuccessful campaign for reelection.
The sound disk subseries dates earlier than the sound tapes and include Moody radio broadcasts from 1940 and 1946-1950.
Sound tapes [subseries] [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
Box 26
US Foreign Policy and the Firing of General Douglas MacArthur 1951[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-1-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Korean War discussion, Unrest in South China. Includes dicussion with panelists: Herbert Lehman, Hubert Humphrey, Robert A. Taft, Homer Capehart.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: Korean War 1953 May 14[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-2-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Discussing United Nations involvement in the Korean War: Panelists: H. Alexander Smith, William F. Knowland, Paul Douglas, Clinton P. Anderson)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "A Code of Fair Play for Congressional Investigations" 1953 May 30[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-3-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Radio program moderated by Roscoe Drummond. Panelists: John J. Sparkman, Paul Douglas.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: International Economics 1953 September 09[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-4-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Homer Capehart, Burnet R. Maybank, John D. Dingell, John Leddy.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Foreign Policy" 1953 September 10[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-5-1-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Alexander Wiley, Thruston B. Morton, Mike Mansfield, Walter Judd)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: Eisenhower speech on the preservation of liberty. 1953 September 23[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-6-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Begins with commericals for WTTT Washington. Panelists: Catherine Howard, Harold H. Velde, James E. Murray, Herman Eberharter.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: Farm Prices and Politics 1953 October 18[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-7-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Lester C. Hunt, A.L. Miller, Carl Curtis, Wright Patman.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Is the Eisenhower Administration Slipping or Gaining?" 1953 November 01[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-8-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Robert S. Kerr, Craig Hosmer, George A. Smathers, Hugh Scott.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: 1953 Elections and Politics 1953 November 08[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-9-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Richard Bolling, Carl Curtis, William Langer, Mike Mansfield.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Issues and Politics of the Coming 1954 Session of Congress" 1953 November 15[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-10-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Albert Gore Sr., Mike Monroney, Clarence J. Brown, Craig Hosmer.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Taxes" 1953 November 29[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-11-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Jacob Javits, Carl Curtis, John D. Dingell, Richard Bolling.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Investigating Committees" 1953 December 13[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-12-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Mike Mansfield, Guy Gillette, Peter Frelinghuysen, Robert W. Kean.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: 1954 Session of Congress 1954 January 10[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-13-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Discussing budgets and military spending. Panelists: Frank Carlson, Henry M. Jackson, H. Alexander Smith, John McCormack.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: Eisenhower's Program in Congress 1954 January 17[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-14-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: John F. Kennedy, Frank A. Barrett, Mike Monroney, Carl Curtis.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: 1954 Budget 1954 January 24[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-15-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: George A. Smathers, Hubert Humphrey, Craig Hosmer, Peter Frelinghuysen)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "The New Look" 1954 January 31[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-16-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(On the topic of military posture and budget. Panelists: John Sparkman, Edward Martin, Henry M. Jackson, Clarence J. Brown.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "The National Economy" 1954 February 07[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-17-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Warren Magnuson, Robert W. Kean, Richard Bolling, John M. Vorys.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Taxes" 1954 February 14[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-18-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: John Sparkman, Henry M. Jackson, Carl Curtis, Robert W. Kean.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Readjustment or recession" 1954 February 21[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-19-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Frank A. Barrett, Paul Douglas, George Bender, Wright Patman.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Is Our Defense Adequate?" 1954 February 28[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-20-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: James H. Duff, John Sherman Cooper, Mike Monroney, George H. Mahon.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Can We Avoid A Major Slump?" 1954 March 07[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-21-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Frank A. Barrett, Paul Douglas, George Bender, Wright Patman)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Should Hawaii and Alaska Become States?" 1954 March 14[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-22-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: William F. Knowland, Warren Magnuson, George Smathers, Joseph R. Farrington.)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "Taxes" 1954 March 21[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-23-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Paul Douglas, J. William Fulbright, Carl Curtis, Robert W. Kean)
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Box 26
Meet Your Congress Program: "New Look" 1954 March 28[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-24-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(On the topic of military posture, panelists: Francis Case, Edward Martin, Henry M. Jackson, Samuel W. Yorty.)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: "Should the Government Act Now to Reverse the Slump?" 1954 April 04[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-25-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Frank Carlson, Frank A. Barrett, Herbert Lehman, Richard Bolling.)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: Hydrogen Bomb Explosion 1954 April 11[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-26-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: James H. Duff, Sterling M. Cole, Clinton M. Anderson, Thomas A. Burke.)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: "Peace and Indo-China." 1954 April 18[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-27-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Panelists: Ralph E. Flanders, Estes Kefauver, Paul Douglas, Walter Judd.)
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Box 27
"Indo-China." Panelists: William Langer, Guy Gillette, Hubert Humphrey. April 25, 1954[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Tape never received; Edaphone recording only)
Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: "Political Issues of the Coming Campaign" 1954 May 09[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-28-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Charles Lucey, moderator. Panelists: Warren Magnuson, Clarence Brown, John McCormack, Carl Curtis.)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: "Can We Achieve a Bi-partisan Foreign Policy?" 1954 May 16[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-29-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Charles Lucey, moderator. Panelists: Paul Douglas, Mike Mansfield, James G. Fulton, John M. Vorys.)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program 1954 May 23[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-30-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
("Social Security." Ernest K. Lindley, moderator. Panelists: Robert Kean, Howard Baker, Richard Bolling, John Blatnik.)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: "Should Government Employees Give Confidential Material to Congressmen?" 1954 June 06[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-31-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Ernest K. Lindley, moderator. Panelists: Estes Kefauver, H. Alexander Smith, Peter Frelinghuysen, George Mahon.)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: "Are We Holding or Losing Our Allies?" 1954 June 13[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-32-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Roscoe Drummond, moderator. Panelists: Guy Gillette, Craig Hosmer, Henry M. Jackson, Bailey Merrill)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: "What Should We Do About Indo-China?" 1954 June 20[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-33-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Ernest K. Lindley, moderator. Panelists: William F. Knowland, John Sherman Cooper, Mike Mansfield, James P. Richards.)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: "Power Policy" 1954 June 27[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-34-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(On the topic of "Power Policy" and public vs. private power sources. Ernest K. Lindley, moderator. Panelists: Carroll Reece, Charles R. Jonas, John J. Sparkman, Albert Gore.)
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Box 27
Meet Your Congress Program: U.S. Health Care 1954 July 04[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-35-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(On the topic of US Health Care. Bryson Rash, moderator. Panelists: W. Henry Sebrell, James Watt, J. Roderick Heller, Robert H. Felix.)
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Meet Your Congress Program: Government Housing Policy 1954 July 11[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-36-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(On the topic of Government Housing Policy. Ernest K. Lindley, moderator. Panelists: Homer Capehart, Albert M. Cole, Albert M. Rains, Richard Bolling.)
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Box 27
"This is Washington" program 1951[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 5 inch, 7 ½ ips)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-37-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Report of Senator Moody to his constituents on the topic of government economy. Guest: John McClellan.)
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Box 27
"This is Washington" program 1951 October 08[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 5 inch, 7 ½ ips)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-38-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Report of Senator Moody to his constituents on the topic of presidential directive respecting the classification of information. Guest: William Benton.)
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Box 27
"This is Washington" program 1951 October 16[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 5 inch, 7 ½ ips)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-39-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Report of Senator Moody to his constituents on the topic of security blackout and problems of education. Guest: William F. Knowland.)
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Box 27
"This is Washington" program 1954 October 24[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 5 inch, 7 ½ ips)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-40-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Report of Senator Moody to his constituents on the topic of highlights of current session of Congress.)
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Box 27
Speech at Laurium Union Hall 1952 October 16[Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 10.5 inch, 7 ½ ips)
Online
[Part 1] ([8634-SR-41-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Blair Moody campaigning in northern Michigan during the 1952 election.)
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Sound disks [subseries]
(16 in. discs unless otherwise indicated)
Blair Moody Interview
Sound discs
January 1, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16"))
Moody Radio Newscast
Sound discs
January 27, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16"))
Sound discs
February 9, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
February 16, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
February 25, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
March 3, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
March 10, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
March 17, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
March 24, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
(with Walter Karig)
Sound discs
March 31, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
(with Walter Karig)
Sound discs
April 7, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
April 14, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
April 18, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Campaign broadcasts and talks
Sound discs
Undated
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
("Your Washington Correspondent")
Sound discs
Undated
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
September 20, 1940
(1 phonograph record (12 in.))
Sound discs
September 27, 1940
(1 phonograph record (12 in.))
Sound discs
October 3, 1940
(1 phonograph record (12 in.))
Sound discs
October 10, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
October 25, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
October 31, 1940
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Blair Moody Forum
Sound discs
March 9, 1947
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
July 20, 1947
(2 phonograph records (16 in.))
Sound discs
July 27, 1947
(2 phonograph records (16 in.))
Sound discs
December 31, 1948
(2 phonograph records (16 in.))
Sound discs
January 7, 1949
(2 phonograph records (16 in.))
Sound discs
January 17, 1949
(2 phonograph records (16 in.))
Sound discs
Re. protection February 6, 1949
(2 phonograph records (16 in.))
Meet Your Congress
Sound discs
April 13, 1947
(1 phonograph record (16 in.))
Sound discs
October 3, 1948
(2 phonograph records (16 in.))
(unidentified but probably MYC)
Sound discs
October 24, 1948
(3 phonograph records (12 in.))
Sound discs
October 31, 1948
(3 phonograph records (12 in.))
Sound discs
November 7, 1948
(3 phonograph records (12 in.))
Miscellaneous
Sound discs
Spots circa 1952
(2 phonograph records (10 in.))
Sound discs
Radio broadcast January 20, 1946
(1 phonograph record (12 in.))
Various broadcasts
Sound discs
September 30, 1950
(4 phonograph records (12 in.))
Sound discs
October 8, [195-]
(4 phonograph records (12 in.))
Sound discs
October 15 [1950]
(4 phonograph records (12 in.))
Visual Materials [series]
Photographs [subseries]
The photographs relate to Moody's career as a foreign correspondent and politician. Included also are family photographs of the Moody and Downey families.
Box 28
Colleagues (signed photographs)
Box 28
Downey, John (Civil War)
Oversize Box 29
Groups, identified
Box 28
Groups, unidentified
Journalist
Box 28
Italy? 1944
Box 28
Military
Box 28
Miscellaneous
Box 28
Moody, Arthur B., and family
Box 28
Moody, Blair, and family post-1940
Moody family
Box 28
Scotland
Box 28
Unidentified
Box 28
Politics
Box 28
Portraits
Senator
Box 28
Kaiser-Frazer Willow Run plant tour
Box 28
Life Magazine photos
Box 28
Miscellaneous
Box 28
Williams, G. Mennen, with Blair Moody
Motion Pictures [subseries]
The motion pictures are of the "Meet Your Congress" television program mainly from 1953 following Moody's defeat for the Senate. Issues covered in the program include the Korean War and the incoming Eisenhower administration.
Meet Your Congressman Series
An evaluation of President Eisenhower's State of the Union Speech . Senators: Saltonstall, Ferguson, Humphrey, and Monroney circa January, 1953 ([8634-1])
Interview with Senator Monroney: Discussing Budget reorganization, St. Lawrence Seaway, Anti-Corruption in Government Bill, and Employment undated ([8634-27])
Feb. 20, 1952, to automobile executives concerning unemployment in Detroit
Ball, Joseph Hurst, 1905-
Nov. 4, 1941
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956.
July 23, 1951
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965.
Feb. 4, 1944, Aug. 15, 1946, Aug. 16, 1946, Oct. 11, 1946, Jan. 5, 1947, Jan. 23, 1948, Jan. 24, 1948, Jan. 28, 1948; some consist of pencilled notes of Baruch on the proof sheets on Moody's books
Benton, William, 1900-1973.
Dec. 3, 1952, concerning Benton's defeat
Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-
July 30, 1951
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, University of Michigan
June 18, 1951 (text of speech given by Moody at the dedication of the Hillel Foundation at the University of Michigan)
