Philip Quarles

Bearing "a message of friendship and a message of trust," Diallo Telli, marks Guinea's admission to the United Nations. 

In this 1961 interview, Kenneth Tynan pronounces on the state of the American theater.

The hardest working dancer in Ballet, Dame Alicia Markova sits down with Walter Terry to discuss her transition from the spotlight to the director of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. 

Technology, information, and education; what the future looked like…in 1966

John Updike, Dr. I.I. Rabi, Aileen Ward, Christopher Tunnard, William McNeill, and John Crowe speak at the National Book Awards Ceremony.

Bel Kaufman became an unofficial spokeswoman for the urban teacher after her book Up the Down Staircase was published in 1965. Hear her humor and insight.

Acheson addresses a global situation which he feels has turned against America.

Behind the banter in this 1950 roundtable, one detects a rich mix of fellowship and rivalry.

America sends aid to the suffering.

Barrett elucidates the Overseas Press Club on the current state of Latin America

"What Is Modern Photography?" is the question posed at this symposium hosted by the Museum of Modern Art's Edward Steichen. An all-star panel of photographers, including Margaret Bourke-White, Walker Evans, Irving Penn, and Ben Shahn, give (or refuse to give) their individual, often contradictory, definitions of the controversial medium. The gathering provides a great snapshot of  the state of the art in 1950.

Whitney Young was one of the most powerful voices calling for achieving racial equality by working within the system.

"All that I have told in this story is true, down to the last butterfly or flower."

Saying that once he arrived, "I've never felt a moment of sorrow," Wright extolls his adopted city of Paris, raving first about the landscape, the architecture, and vistas.

Herman Wouk talks about his best-selling novels

Pianist Teddy Wilson discusses his career and speculates on the future of jazz in this February 18, 1950 interview.

Walter White, head of the NAACP, ponders race and foreign relations at the Great Hall of Cooper Union, in New York City, in this 1949 recording.

Novelist Rebecca West talks about her book, The Birds Fall Down, at the Book and Author Luncheon

West discusses her take on literature and the writer's responsibility at this Book and Author Luncheon

Grover Whalen talks about his autobiography at this Book and Author Luncheon