Welcome to Kalamazoo. [1949-04-01].

In this installment of "Welcome to Kalamazoo," Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews Gaston Harris, a lecturer and self-described world traveler, who is in Kalamazoo for a number of speaking engagements. Among other topics, Harris discusses his encounters with Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein, and his impr...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Corporate Author: WKZO (Radio station : Kalamazoo, Mich.) (Broadcaster)
Other Authors: Harris, Gaston (Interviewee)
Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970 (Host)
Language:English
Series:Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Subjects:
Gandhi, > Mahatma, > 1869-1948.
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955.
Soviet Union > Description and travel.
Interviews.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (14 min., 7 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Summary:
In this installment of "Welcome to Kalamazoo," Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews Gaston Harris, a lecturer and self-described world traveler, who is in Kalamazoo for a number of speaking engagements. Among other topics, Harris discusses his encounters with Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein, and his impressions of Russia which he visited in 1931. Harris also talks about what inspired him to travel, his childhood as a member of the Sunbeam Missionary Society, and being inspired by Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points as a young man.
Note:Electronic resource.
Part of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Originally broadcast on WKZO Radio.
Call Number:Voice 34603
Playing Time:00:14:07
Event Details:
Broadcast 1949 April 1