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The sound recordings are digitized from various formats including cassette tapes, open-reel tapes and phonograph records. Recordings include Muskie's speeches and other public remarks, including question-and-answer sessions, press conferences, radio and television interviews and news broadcasts, campaign spots for broadcast over radio or television, and congressional hearings. This selection of recordings is relevant to Muskie's environmental work over his career but may include other topics if the speaking engagement included other topics.

  • SR296 - Muskie speech on Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act

  • SR749 - Muskie feed for Wednesday January 26, 1972

  • SC241 - Speech on economic dislocation, plant shutdowns, pollution and ecology, worker layoffs

  • SR207 - News report on Senate hearings on water pollution

  • SR427 - Muskie campaign interview

  • SR693 - Muskie feed for Tuesday November 30, 1971

  • SC0028 - Press conference - Press conference with Muskie on ambient air quality standards, automobiles in Los Angeles and their pollution

  • SC0014 - Q & A session - ESM questions and answers on water pollution

  • SC0015 - Remarks - Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania - ESM on environment, protection of air and water

  • SC0173 - Press conference - ESM on Tax reform, economy, budget, capital punishment, oil spill, movie workers

  • SC0181 - Speech - Muskie speaks on organized labor in U.S., consumer protection legislation, state of U.S. economy, supersonic transport, pollution control

  • SC0243 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on economic dislocation, environmental protection, U.S. economy and Nixon policies, economic problems, pollution, automobiles, wage and price restraints, 1972 campaign, Vietnam war, abortion, large unions