MC 85.18.2, 8/16/1942 pts 3+6
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 3+6
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
Song: not identified
Announcement: Feast August 15th Saturday and 16th Sunday. “Grande Festa Campestre”, promoted by Comissão de Menford, MA Associação Benevolente Aliança Portuguesa Massachusetts, Charity Fund Club. The event will take place in Prospect Ives, at the Portuguese Club in Menford, MA. Musical entertainment, sports and traditional Portuguese games. Portuguese cuisine to be served.
Advertisements for local businesses.
Announcement: Feast August 16, 1942. “Grande Festa Campestre”, Bayview. Promoted by the Commission of Saint Peter (Comissão do Império de São Pedro), Fall River, MA.
Advertisements for local businesses.
Announcement: Our Lady of Fatima Feast (Nossa Senhora de Fátima), Valley Falls, RI. August 28-30, 1942.
Song: “Vinho Verde”, by orchestra. Dedicated to Mr. João Fernandes, on the occasion off his birthday that was on the previous Friday.
Track # 2
[nothing]
Track # 3
[nothing]
Track # 4
Song: not identified. Sung by Laurinda Rocha with orchestra. Dedicated to Vasconcelos family, from Providence RI.
Advertisements for local businesses.
Announcement: Portuguese Social Club (Clube Social Português) Annual Picnic August 23, 1942. Pawtucket, RI. Food and beverages.
Song: “Não pares coração”, sung by Irene Almeida with orchestra. Dedicated to:
Mr. Armando Nunes, from Providence, RI., who has recently recovered from illness and has returned to work in bakery of that same city.
Mrs. Ludevina Cereja and daughter Glória Cereja, who are on vacation with family Mr. António Borges Alves, in Taunton, MA.
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.
Closing of show.
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