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Italians were the first to come as so-called discoverers and at the time of this broadcast, the last major group to arrive as immigrants. Their contributions to America are many.

This episode takes a look at how the Chinese and Japanese contributed to the building of the United States.

The Slavs, Poles, Czechs, and Slovaks come to America after the Civil War to work in the nation's mills and mines.

The eastern and southern Slavs and their contribution to America's development, beginning in 1747. This program is also dedicated to The Boy Scouts Of America, celebrating its twenty ninth year.

How Jewish people co-operated with other groups at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War and went on to contribute in many other ways to the development of the country.

The years between the Civil War and our immediate past are the focus of this episode.Cherokee land is opened to settlers and Immigrants from all countries follow.. Cattlemen become enemies of the homesteaders and the Industrial Revolution begins.

How the people from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark contributed to the United States.

The story of the Germans, who came to America in greater numbers than any other group making up nearly one fourth of the nation's immigrants.

Station ID. Theme music. Guest: Theo Hardeen, Houdini's brother, magician and keeper of Houdini's secrets. Host: Ezra McIntosh. Announcer: Anthony Ward General theater announcement...

The Irishman has lent a greatly needed optimistic quality to American life--E. S. BOGARDUS. Soon after the Pilgrims had landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, small groups of Irish came to the colonies. Then, by the millions starting with the potato famine of 1845.

What Hindus, Roumanians, Lithuanians, Bulgarians, Hungarians and Estonians have contributed to the United States. Included are profiles of Joseph Pulitzer and John Phillip Sousa.

A dramatization of the legend of John Henry produced by the WPA Graphic Arts Division, the Federal Art Project and the Federal Theater Radio Division. The program is based on th...

Benjamin Franklin asks the French for assistance during the Revolutionary War, and is not turned away. The French became the first 'official' friend of the United States. The Dutch or Netherlanders are also included in this program,

The story of the only immigrant group who came to America against its will. We have brought . . . a gift of story and song; . . . the gift of sweat and brawn ... and a gift of the spirit . . . —W. E. B. Du Bois

How did the first immigrants make the United States? They pushed back the frontiers, defended liberty, and made our life a human experience starting with the Cumberland Road.

Scotch, Scotch-Irish and Welsh: How these three groups came to our country and contributed to it.

The Southwest is as Spanish in color and historical background as New England is Puritan, as New York is Dutch, or New Orleans is French. The Spaniard comes to America first; in St. Augustine and Mexico City. Jose Comprubi, a Harvard graduate and publisher of La Prensa discusses what America has meant to the Hispanic people.

Laws, literature and the principals of freedom were brought to America from England. Lewis S. Posner a lawyer, chair of the Teacher's Retirement Board, talks on the contributions of the English Common Law.

Amelia Earhart welcomed by Mayor Jimmy Walker at City Hall.

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This recording is the first episode in "The Genius of the Blind," a series produced by WNYC, in collaboration with the National Bureau for Blind ...