Voices of Faith at Work in the World

About this Collection

The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others. The majority, 1,031 recordings, are from United Methodist national agencies, annual conferences, seminaries, and other sources.

This SoundTheology online archive is an independent service of Audio-Rescue.com, provided in conjunction with the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Many of these programs would have been lost forever if not saved in this project. The originating institutions have made the recordings available for public access to further private study, scholarship, and research. They retain the rights to the recordings.
 

This audio collection has been chosen for inclusion in the Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force Sound Collection Database.

Randomly-chosen Program From This Collection:

The Forgotten Miners

Speaker(s): Isadore E. Buff, Del Shields (host)

Description: A cardiologist, Dr. I. E. Buff (1908-1974) was the first physician to complain that the death certificates of coal miners frequently listed the cause of death as a heart attack, while he contended that pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) placed such a burden on the heart that it was the real precipitating cause. Calling in from West Virginia, Buff tells Night Call listeners that most other countries in the world treat miners very much better than they are treated in the U.S. Buff's career and national exposure reached its peak in 1969, soon after this program, when he was the spokesman for thousands of coal miners who marched on the U.S. Capitol seeking black-lung benefits. Later that year, Congress passed the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act.

Length: 58:57
Recording Date: June 17, 1969
Recorded at: WRVR Radio Studio, New York City