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This series consists of three subseries organized by format - cassette tapes (SC), open-reel tapes (SR), and phonograph records (PR). The contents are similar in that they consist of recordings of 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. Most were made by Muskie's Senate or campaign staff for later reference, although numerous items are recordings of Muskie appearances on various radio and television programs. The recordings also contain a large number of audio press releases, called "beepers", prepared by Muskie's senate staff.

Submissions from 1972 1972

SC0572 - Speech - Granite City, Illinois - Muskie speaks on Nixon, Vietnam, taxes, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0578 - Speech - Madison, Wisconsin - Muskie speaks on environment, pollution, Nixon, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0579 - Interview - "Face the Nation," Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Muskie speaks on Vietnam, economy, government and taxes, Humphrey, McGovern, Nixon, Wallace, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0581 - Speech, Followed by Questions and Answers - Labor Temple, Superior, Wisconsin - Muskie speaks on Humphrey, Nixon, inflation, unemployment, Wallace, space plan, Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0582 - Speech - Fundraiser, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Muskie speaks on production, taxes, Nixon, Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0585 - Speech - Labor Breakfast, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Muskie speaks on labor, Nixon, inflation, Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0607 - Speech - City Council, West Allis, Wisconsin - Muskie speaks on resource, taxes, education, elderly people, unemployment, economy, poor economic leadership, primaries, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0611 - Speech - Viroqua, Wisconsin - Muskie speaks on issues in campaign, hopes of Americans, property taxes, medical bills, end to war in Vietnam, agriculture and economy, then answers questions, Edmund S. Muskie and Norbat Connors

SC0629 - Speech - Westchester County Democratic Dinner - Muskie speaks on taxes, inflation, economics, Nixon's leadership, Vietnam, Johnson, belief in Democratic party, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0630 - Speech - Labor Lunch, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Muskie speaks on his working with labor, Nixon economic policy, tax reform, employment, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0638 - Speech - Shipyard, Fall River, Massachusetts - Muskie speaks on running in Massachusetts, Nixon's leadership, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0651 - Country Club Dinner - Teeterboro, New Jersey - Muskie speaks on name of his plane, what people are telling him in primaries, inflation, unemployment, taxes, Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0658 - Speech - Democratic Fundraising Dinner, Detroit, Michigan - Muskie speaks on name of his plane, bombing of Haiphong, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0661 - Music, Speech - Music followed by Muskie on defeating Nixon, Nixon's policy in Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0665 - Speech - Altoona, Pennsylvania - Muskie speaks on Nixon's policy in Vietnam and his economic policy, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0668 - Speech - Newcastle, Pennsylvania - Muskie speaks on concerns of people, Nixon's policy on Vietnam and economics, taxes, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0673 - Press Conference - Cleveland, Ohio - Muskie speaks on Vietnam then answers questions about primary, taxes, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0674 - Speech - Cleveland, Ohio - Muskie speaks on Nixon's policy on Vietnam and answers questions about primary and Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0675 - Speech - Toledo, Ohio - Muskie speaks on Nixon's failure of his control program in increase of food prices, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0678 - Speech - American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Muskie speaks on Nixon's Vietnam and economic policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0679 - Speech Followed by Press Conference - Cincinnati, Ohio - Muskie speaks about ITT affair and end of inquiry into qualifications of Richard Kleindienst for Attorney General and his vote against him. Muskie answers questions about his campaign, Vietnam, economy, funding for non-public schools, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0694 - Speech, Followed by Questions and Answers - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Muskie speaks on three things he promises people, first is to end the war within sixty days, second is to use nation's resources to help build better lives, and third is to make government fair, Edmund S. Muskie and John White

SC409 - Speech - Muskie speaks to youth coalition of college student presidents on Muskie's integrity and defeat of Nixon., Edmund Muskie

SR749 - Muskie feed for Wednesday January 26, 1972, Edmund S. Muskie

Submissions from 1971 1971

PR0017a - Memorial Service for Whitney Young, pt. 1, Edmund Muskie

PR0017b - Memorial Service for Whitney Young, pt. 2, Edmund Muskie

PR0017c - Memorial Service for Whitney Young, pt. 3, Edmund Muskie

PR0017d - Memorial Service for Whitney Young, pt. 4, Edmund Muskie

SC0025 - Interview on "30 Minutes" - ESM on trip to Soviet Union, views on foreign policy, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Middle East conflict, Vietnam, domestic problems, congressional reform, six day war, unemployment, race relations. Introduction: Elisabeth Drew, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0075 - Speech followed by Q & A session - End of speech, questions and answers, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0159 - Military briefing - ESM briefed by unidentified Israeli officer on Egyptian, Syrian and Soviet air capabilities in Middle East, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0160 - Remarks at Weitzman Institute, Israel - ESM on Purpose of institute, bomb shelters, Arabs, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0161 - Remarks on arrival at Cairo, then Press conference - ESM on Purpose of visit, Egyptian leaders, economic development, crisis in Middle East, Soviet role, Palestinian movement, U.S.-Egypt relations, trip to Soviet Union, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0162 - News report: Senator in Middle East - ABC-TV news report on senator's trip to Egypt, reported by Peter Jennings, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0163 - Remarks at Press conference - Muskie remarks to press he was glad to be in Moscow with Governor Averill Harriman, purpose of trip and then accepts questions from press about his meeting with Kosygin, other government officials, Middle East. Anti-Soviet demonstrations in New York, three areas to discuss regarding East-West relations at Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), Berlin talks, and Middle East Talks. Why Soviet interest in European Security Conference, why Soviets devoted so much time in meeting with Muskie, trade, agreements regarding space, oceanography, computer science. Muskie gives his evaluation of Kosygin as person, then talks about Lake Baikal Project, environment, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0164 - Press conference followed by Q & A session - ESM on East-West relations, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0165 - Press conference - ESM on Foreign policy, meeting with West German officials (many interruptions), 1972 campaign, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0167 - Remarks - ESM meeting with children, signing autographs, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0168 - Press conference - ESM Reaction to Nixon's speech, 1972 campaign, revenue sharing, Nixon's proposals, relations with Congress, Cambodia, Middle East, war powers, Vietnam, US-Soviet relations, San Francisco oil spill, labor relations, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0169 - Remarks upon Los Angeles arrival - ESM on Welfare, revenue sharing, 1972 campaign, Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0170 - Remarks at Herb Young dinner - ESM on Trip to Middle East, Middle East crisis, Israel, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0171 - Speech at convention luncheon (incomplete) - ESM on 1972 campaign, elections, Democratic party, Nixon, welfare, Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0172 - Press conference - ESM on Nixon's speech, 1972 campaign, revenue sharing, Vietnam, 91st Congress, Middle East, Cambodia, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0173 - Press conference - ESM on Tax reform, economy, budget, capital punishment, oil spill, movie workers, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0174 - Press conference - ESM on Employment, comments on Nixon's speech, relationship between President and Congress, lack of action by 91st Congress, revenue sharing, foreign policy, Cambodia, war powers, Cooper-Church, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Middle East, environment, oil spills, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0175 - Remarks - Muskie on arms build-up, US-Soviet relations, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0176 - Remarks followed by Q & A session - Muskie speaks on property taxes, economy, Vietnam, foreign policy, President Nixon and Latin America, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0178 - Speech - Muskie speaks to Council on Health Plan Alternatives about organized labor, health care, national health insurance, Health Security Act, Medicare and Medicaid, Muskie's proposals, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0179 - Press conference followed by Q & A session - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Muskie's trip abroad, Soviet Union, Vietnam war, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0180 - Interview on TV "AM Show" - Muskie speaks on trip to Soviet Union, Middle East, Western Europe, environment, US-Soviet relations, revenue sharing, Vietnam war, Cambodia, Nixon's economic policy, race relations, supersonic transport, Alaskan pipeline, seniority system in Congress, Edmund S. Muskie

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

SC0182 - Statement to press - Muskie speaks on U.S. allies’ involvement in Vietnam, Cambodia, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0184 - Interview with Bernard Kalb - Muskie interviewed by Bernard Kalb with occasional questions from John Hart: 1972 campaign, Vietnam war, Cambodia, Edmund S. Muskie and Bernard Kalb

SC0185 - Remarks - George Mitchell introduction of William Hathaway. Muskie speaks on Hathaway's appointment to Appropriations Committee, Peter Kyros, Kenneth Curtis, fundraising. Introduction: George Mitchell, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0186 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Senate whip, foreign policy, Middle East, environment, relations with Soviet Union, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0187 - Remarks - Muskie speaks on Democratic party, elections, farm policy, Middle East, campaign, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0188 - Meeting with Agricultural Leaders - Muskie speaks on Maine agriculture, U.S. agriculture problems, farm problems, Muskie's visit to North Carolina, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0189 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, campaign, revenue sharing, property tax, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0190 - Remarks - Muskie speaks on U.S. values, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0191 - Remarks - Laotian incursion, wage and price controls, inflation, Philadelphia mayor's race, Vietnam war, health care policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0192 - Interview - Muskie on background, response of family to presidential aspirations, Abraham Lincoln, Muskie's personality, 1972 campaign, leisure activities, trip to Soviet Union, Middle East, generation gap, Vietnam War, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0193 - Remarks - Muskie speaks on home rule for Washington, D.C., Fauntroy's candidacy, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0195 - Statement on Water Pollution, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0196 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on Vietnam, environment, New Jersey in 1972, Davis-Bacon Act, labor, eighteen year old voters, Middle East, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0197 - Speech - Muskie speaks on 1958, 1964, 1970 elections, Harrison "Pete" Williams, Whitney Young, Nixon's State of the Union message, supersonic transport, discord in United States, economic development, United States ideals, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0198 - Speech - Muskie speaks on inflation, unemployment, state of U.S. economy, Nixon's economic policies, bill on regulation of securities industry, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0199 - Interview - Part 1 of 2 - Muskie speaks on his schedule, Whitney Young, black leadership, politics of confrontation, 1972 campaign, supersonic transport, unemployment, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, People's Republic of China-U.S. relations, Middle East, women in politics, Margaret Chase Smith, military draft, all-volunteer army, draft evasion, conscientious objection, J. Edgar Hoover, Ramsey Clark, Democratic party. Audio quality: Fair., Edmund S. Muskie

SC0200 - Interview - Part 2 of 2 - Muskie on meeting with Kosygin, press portrayal, Soviet Union, religion, birth control, Muskie's Catholicism, Kent State, abortion, Muskie's income, current mood on campus, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0201 - Interview - Muskie speaks on environmental issues, supersonic transport, oil refineries in Maine, economic development, auto emission standards, organized labor, water pollution bill, Nixon administration, policy on environmental protection, Earth Day, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0202 - Conference - Muskie speaks on his background and professional career, urban problems, revenue sharing, Nixon administration, economic policies, Vietnam war, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0203 - Meeting - Muskie addresses group assembled to generate new ideas that has chance of dealing with pressing domestic problems to come to him in any from, memos, speeches etc. When asked what is basic problem he states economics, lack of confidence and leadership, resource to support cities; welfare, grants and other programs have not worked, and would like ideas of what reform needs to be made or things can be done. Morris Abrams introduces members of group, and thanks them for attending, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0204 - Remarks - Muskie speaks on Severin Beliveau as chair of groups, Nixon administration's policies, Location incursion, Vietnam war, Nixon's economic policies, Vietnam veterans, supersonic transport, McGovern Commission guidelines, manned space program, agriculture, FBI surveillance, health care, help for drug addicts, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0205 - Interview - Mrs. Jane Muskie speaks on Muskie's public standing, 1972 campaign, Jane Muskie's illness, trip to Middle East and Soviet Union, Jane Muskie's role, Muskie's temperament, Martha Mitchell, Muskie family, Jane Muskie

SC0206 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Jane Muskie's D-day speech, 1972 election, trips to Israel, Egypt, Soviet Union and Africa, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0207 - Speech - Muskie speaks on 1972 election, U.S. economy, Vietnam war, Cambodian and Location incursion, freedom of information, Pentagon propaganda, supersonic transport, Nixon administration, actions on labor statistics, news media, tape ends in mid speech, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0208 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Vietnam war, revenue sharing, J. Edgar Hoover, ocean dumping, Nixon administration, economic policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0209 - Speech - Muskie speaks on nuclear weapons, U.S. and Soviet arms race, strategic arms limitations talks, teamsters and farm workers unions, Vietnam war, South Africa, health costs, wage and price control, environment, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0210 - Interview with Paul Duke - Muskie speaks on Nixon and Calley case, letter from Captain Daniel, President's intervention, Edmund S. Muskie and Paul Duke

SC0211 - Interview with Bill Monroe - Muskie speaks on FBI's report on Earth day, FBI surveillance of public and Muskie, Edmund S. Muskie and Bill Monroe

SC0212 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Calley case, Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0213 - Speech - Muskie on labor, Nixon administration, unemployment in Louisiana, Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0214 - Speech - Muskie on poverty, government, social spending, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0215 - Speech - Muskie speaks on difficulty for blacks in education, minority rights in education, cost of higher education, taxes, economy, and extremely hostile questions, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0216 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Vietnam, Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance, economy, racism, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0217 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on mass transit, China, Vietnam, Calley case, Lockheed defense contracts, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0218 - Q & A session - Muskie speaks on revenue sharing, FBI surveillance, trip to Israel, Middle East, Egypt, U.S. policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0219 - Speech - Muskie's speech on Vietnam, Democratic party, military budget, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0222 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on campaign 1972, China, Vietnam, prisoners of war, Governor Wallace, Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0223 - Speech - Muskie on state legislatures, Democratic party, emerging South, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0224 - Speech - Muskie speaks on campaign 1972, politics in general, racism, integration, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0225 - Speech - Muskie speaks on South, state government, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0226 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on Earth Day, FBI, China, staff reorganization, economy, Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0227 - Speech - Muskie speaks on directions of government, Vietnam, 18 year old vote, model cities program, pollution, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0228 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Polish immigrants, Vietnam, U.S. image also contains speech about urban problems addressed to southern audience, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0229 - Speech - Muskie speaks on problems of city government, urban life, South, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0230 - Speech - Muskie speaks on economics and welfare, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0231 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on revenue sharing, category eight programs, support for cities, Earth Day, Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0232 - Speech - Muskie speaks on labor, unions, recession, Vietnam veterans, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0233 - Speech - Muskie speaks on economy, unemployment, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0234 - Speech - Muskie speaks on voter registration, Democratic party, Edmund S. Muskie