MC 85.16.2, 8/16/1942 pts 1+4
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the recordings of 22 or 23 broadcasts on 54 vinyl disks of "Voz de Portugal" hosted by Affonso Ferreira Ferreira-Mendes. The recordings were made over the period on one year, in 1942 by Pat Mauretti, of an unspecified government intelligence agency, possibly a World War II-era precursor to the CIA; they were done without Mr. Ferreira-Mendes' knowledge. Thirty years later, in the early 1970s, these disks were sent in a box to his daughters in Taunton. The originals are on 16-inch vinyl recording disks. Archives and Special Collections staff transferred most, but not all of these recordings to CD in 2007. All of these broadcasts are associated with WSAR in Fall River. Each program is about one hour in length. Each vinyl disk contains fifteen minutes of programming per side.
Dates
- Other: 8/16/1942 pts 1+4
Language of Materials
Material entirely in Portuguese.
Extent
From the Collection: 55 items (55 vinyl recording disks and 72 compact disc recordings)
Materials Specific Details
Voice of Portugal Radio Station WSAR, Fall River MA
Affonso Ferreira Ferreira-Mendes
Track # 1
Opening show, thanking sponsors.
Song: “Ele é tão lindo, agarrai “, Dedicated to all whose participate in the show “Voz de Portugal”.
Announcement: Our Lady of Loreto Feasts, largest Portuguese-American feast celebrated for eighteen years. Saturday, Sunday and Monday Norton and Taunton, MA. September 5-7, 1942.
Announcement: President Roosevelt passed bill that work will not be refused to those who were foreign born.
Advertisements for local businesses.
Announcement: Feast “Hora Portuguesa”, August 15th and 16th, 1942. Saturday (8/15) Chamarrita and Orchestra, dance for younger audience. Sunday (8/16) “arraial”, City Brand. Food and beverages, musical entertainment.
Advertisements for local businesses.
Track # 2
Song: not identified.
Announcement: Portuguese Press Association (Associação Portuguesa da Imprensa), New Bedford, MA. Announcing II Congresso da Imprensa (Press Meeting) beginning at 9:30 A.M., banquet at 1:00 p.m. August 23, 1942.
Announcement: Barbecue at Southern Portuguese Club, Taunton, MA. September 4-7, 1942. Food and beverages, musical entertainment.
Advertisements for local businesses.
Announcement: Holy Ghost Feast August 29-30, 1942. Norwood, RI, promoted by the “Irmandade da Nossa Senhora do Rosário”. Musical entertainment, mass, procession, parade, food and beverages.
Song: “Esse olhar dá-me tristeza “, sung by Irene Almeida, with Manuel Magano (Portuguese guitar) and António Simões (accoustic guitar). Dedicated to Mrs. Izilda Lessa (wife of Mr. Agostinho Lessa, singer on show) is at home after having been in the hospital.
Advertisements for local businesses.
Announcement: buy defense stamps to help crush Japan, Hitler and Mussolini.
Advertisements for local businesses.
Announcement: Holy Ghost Feast, Riverpoint, RI, organized by the Irmandade do Divino Espírito Santo from that town. September 2 to 6, 1942. Sacrifices, bread and meat, music and dance, processions and mass. Portuguese Club of Education and Recreation (Clube Português de Instrução e Recreio): procession, mass, music and Holy Ghost Soup.
Advertisements for local businesses.
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Repository Details
Part of the UMass Dartmouth Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Repository
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu