Nelson A. Rockefeller

Nelson Rockefeller takes the oath of office in this 1959 recording of the governor's inauguration. 

Back in happier, non-World-Cup-matches-between-Belgium-and-USA times, this is what the New York state governor said. Listen to the whole, happy broadcast here.

Mayor John V. Lindsay honors the crew of the Apollo 13 mission at the Lincoln Center and awards the Gold Medal of the City of New York to Fred W. Haise, John L. "Jack" Swigert. He awards James A. "Jim" Lovell Jr. with a crystal paperweight.

Lindsay ...

President Lyndon Johnson, candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey, and others speak at the 23rd Alfred E. Smith dinner honoring Smith and the late Cardinal Spellman.

The New York Stock Exchange celebrates the 175th anniversary of its founding. Speakers include Gustave Levy, Chairman of Stock Exchange Board of Governors; G. Keith Funston, retiring President of the New York Stock Exchange; Mayor John Lindsay; Governor Nelson Rockefeller; and Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

The formation of an educational television network.

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Official opening of Pier 36 on the East River for the Belgian Line. Commissioner of Public Events Richard C. Patterson speaks that this gathering symbolizes the positive relationship between Belgium and ...

After City Hall, the celebrations were taken uptown to Harlem.

Everyone congratulates Moses.

The following speakers celebrate the dedication of the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal: Chairman of the Port Authority S. Sloan Colt; Federal Administrator of Highways Rex M. Whitten; New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller; New Jersey Governor Richard J. Hughes; New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner, and Robert Moses.

Laurence Rockefeller acts as host of the opening of Lake Welsh Beach in the Palisades. His brother, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, speaks in tribute to Laurence's long career in service of parks and conservation. Commissioner Robert Moses and conservationist Harold Wilm also speak, Wilm about the the importance of seeing New ...

The power of Niagara Falls comes to life.

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Speeches in honor of exhibition opening at the Museum of Modern Art. Nelson Rockefeller discusses the provenance of the paintings in the exhibition and the shipping trouble endured to make the ...

WNYC's Tommy 'Gift-of-Gab' Cowan paints a colorful word picture of the historic event. "A picture can kill a million words," says Tommy.

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Short speeches by Mayor O'Dwyer, Nelson Rockefeller, and President Alemán on the occasion of his visit to New York. Alemán's speech is in Spanish, followed by an English translation.

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