Vinyl records of sermons and poems used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1958
name: label: Recorded by
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Used by
content: Louis J. Beasley, American, 1907 - 2001
notes: label: Description
content: Vinyl records of recorded sermons and poems used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The top half of the label on each record has blue printed text on a white ground and reads "THE VOICE OF/ [blank line]/ YOUR MAN IN SERVICE." The names of each of the specific recordings is hand-written on the blank line on the recto and verso sides of the record as follows:
label: Description
content: .1) Recto: "Message [illegible] / [illegible]"; Verso: "Church Call / and Chaplain's March"
label: Description
content: .2) Recto: "Sermon B"; Verso: "8 / America and Lord / I Want to be a Christian"
label: Description
content: .3) Recto: "Poem I"; Verso: "Poem II"
label: Description
content: .4) Recto: "Sermon I"; Verso: "Sermon II"
label: Description
content: The bottom half of the record labels is a blue ground with white and red printed text that reads "COURTESY... / PEPSI-COLA / RECORDS BY THE RECORDISC CORP., 395 BROADWAY, N. Y."
label: Description
content: The records do not have jackets or sleeves.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Worship services
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Louis J. Beasley Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.205.2.1-.4
objectType: label: Type
content: 45 rpm records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: vinyl
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (.1-.4): 6 3/8
label: Dimensions
content: Depth (.1-.4): 1/16 in. (16.2 × 0.2 cm)