American History Collection
Step back in time with the American History Collection, a sweeping audio journey that brings the birth and growth of a great nation to life. Spanning over 66 hours across 157 recordings, this compilation draws from beloved Old Time Radio series such as Cavalcade of America, You Are There, Mr. President, American Trail, and Frontier Fighters. Organized by year, these dramatized episodes transform key moments and lesser-known stories into vivid, engaging entertainment—perfect for history buffs and OTR collectors alike.
Collection Highlights
- Hear pivotal events as they unfold, from the Battle of Gettysburg and the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the Louisiana Purchase and the California Gold Rush, all through the immersive style of You Are There and Cavalcade of America.
- Explore the personal stories behind America's development, including episodes on figures like Benjamin Franklin, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Annie Oakley, and Thomas Edison, plus rare turns-of-the-century Edison Wax Cylinder recordings.
- Delve into lesser-known but fascinating narratives, such as the Knock Kneed Man (Crispus Attucks), the saga of Senator Blanche K. Bruce, and pioneering women like Elizabeth Blackwell and Mariah Mitchell, drawn from series like Destination Freedom and Frontier Fighters.
Track Listing
Show all 314 tracks (66 hours, 58 min)
- 0985 CAV41-09-01 242 LEIF ERIKSON
- 1620 CAV35-11-27 008 COMMUNITY SELFRELIANCE
- 1621 CAV35-10-09 001 NO TURNING BACK
- 1635 CAV36-10-21 054 JOHN WINTHROP
- 1652 CAV37-06-23 088 THE PINE TREE SHILLING
- 1670 CAV35-11-06 005 FAITH IN EDUCATION
- 1679 CAV38-06-08 138 KING COAL
- 1680 CAV37-10-13 104 WILLIAM PENN AND THE HOLY EXPERIMENT
- 1687 CAV36-12-30 063 YANKEE INDEPENDENCE
- 1707 CAV37-02-17 070 OUNCE OF PREVENTION
- 1712 CAV36-10-14 053 SENTINELS OF THE DEEP
- 1723 CAV36-04-08 027 OPPORTUNITY
- 1723 CAV37-11-10 108 JOHN BARTRAM'S GARDEN
- 1729 CAV36-01-15 015 BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE
- 1729 CAV38-05-25 136 CHILD WELFARE IN AMERICA
- 1732 CAV38-05-18 135 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- 1733 CAV36-04-22 029 SAFETY FIRST
- 1735 CAV38-05-11 134 FRA JUNIPERO SERRA
- 1738 CAV36-04-29 030 SELFRELIANCE
- 1738 CAV36-05-06 031 THE ARTISTIC IMPULSE
- 1746 CAV37-06-16 087 STARS OF DESTINY
- 1750 CAV37-03-24 075 THE HOUSE OF GLASS
- 1764 CAV37-03-10 073 STEPHEN GIRARD
- 1770 DF 48-06-27 001 Knock Kneed Man, The Crispus Attuckus
- 1774 CAV35-11-20 007 WILLINGNESS TO SHARE
- 1775 CAV42-10-26 302 IN THE BEST TRADITIONS
- 1775 You are There 490515 LexingtonAndConcord
- 1776 AmTrail 01 Dispatch From New York
- 1776 AmTrail 13 The Brave Flag
- 1776 CAV36-01-01 013 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- 1776 CAV42-01-12 261 THE GENTLEMAN FROM PARIS
- 1776 Speeches Samuel Adams (Peter Marinker)
- 1776 You are There 480321 PhiladelphiaJuly41776
- 1778 CAV38-02-23 123 NOAH WEBSTER
- 1782 AIR 191 Birth of the Balloon
- 1784 CAV37-10-20 105 JOHN JACOB ASTOR
- 1785 CAV36-06-24 037 STEAMBOAT BUILDERS
- 1787 AmTrail 02 The Northwest Ordinance
- 1787 CAV38-03-16 126 CAPTAIN ROBERT GAY
- 1788 You are There 480919 VirginiaRatifiesTheConstitution
- 1789 AmTrail 05 Samuel Slator s Machine
- 1789 CAV38-06-01 137 SAMUEL SLATER
- 1790 CAV36-03-25 025 CONSERVATION
- 1790 CAV36-05-13 032 TILLERS OF THE SOIL
- 1790 CAV37-04-28 080 GEORGE WASHINGTON, FARMER
- 1798 CAV36-02-05 018 LOYALTY TO FAMILY
- 1800 CAV37-03-31 076 THE MCGUFFY READERS
- 1800 CAV38-04-13 130 THOMAS JEFFERSON AND AMERICAN EDUCATION
- 1800 DF 48-07-18 004 The Denmark Vesey Story
- 1803 AmTrail 03 Louisiana Purchase
- 1803 AmTrail 04 Lewis and Clark Expedition
- 1803 CAV35-12-11 010 THE WILL TO EXPLORE
- 1803 CAV38-02-16 122 THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
- 1804 CAV38-03-23 127 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
- 1805 CAV36-01-29 017 ENTERPRISE
- 1810 CAV35-12-18 011 DEFIANCE OF NATURE
- 1814 CAV40-02-06 173 JEAN LAFFITE
- 1816 MPres 530901 e210 James Monroe
- 1817 CAV37-10-06 103 MARY LYON, PIONEER WOMAN EDUCATOR
- 1820 CAV36-06-17 036 HEROES OF TEXAS
- 1820 CAV37-03-17 074 JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
- 1821 Frontier Fighters 25 Steven F Austin
- 1824 CAV37-03-03 072 NATIONAL PARKS PIONEERS
- 1825 AIR 180 Electronics in Communications
- 1827 CAV37-02-10 069 THE MAN WHO COULDN'T GROW OLD
- 1829 MPres 471002 e015 Andrew Jackson
- 1830 AmTrail 06 The Golden Ocean
- 1830 CAV35-11-13 006 WOMAN'S EMANCIPATION
- 1830 You are There 491127 TrialRunOfTomThumbSteamLocomotive
- 1831 CAV36-07-01 038 AMERICAN JOURNALISM
- 1835 CAV38-02-09 121 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
- 1835 CAV38-03-30 128 CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN
- 1840 CAV38-04-27 132 MARIAH MITCHELL
- 1840 MPres 481024 e070 John Tyler
- 1841 CAV36-02-19 020 THE BRIDGE OF BUILDERS
- 1841 CAV36-03-11 023 PRESERVATION
- 1841 CAV41-03-26 219 DOWN TO THE SEA
- 1842 CAV35-12-04 009 HEROISM IN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- 1842 CAV36-05-20 033 HARDNESS
- 1843 AmTrail 08 On To Montarey
- 1843 Frontier Fighters 26 Oregon, 5440
- 1844 AmTrail 07 The Magic Wire
- 1844 CAV37-01-27 067 PIONEER WOMAN PHYS ELIZABETH BLACKWELL
- 1845 CAV36-04-01 026 FAME IN LITERATURE
- 1846 AIR 199 Uncle Sam s Attic
- 1847 Frontier Fighters 23 Massacre At Taos New Mexico
- 1848 CAV37-05-12 082 THE STORY OF DYNAMITE
- 1848 MPres 480125 e031 Zachary Taylor
- 1849 AmTrail 09 The California Gold Rush
- 1849 CAV36-05-27 034 RESOURCEFULNESS
- 1849 CAV37-04-21 079 THE GOLDEN TOUCH
- 1849 CAV37-09-29 102 EDWIN BOOTH
- 1849 Frontier Fighters 27 Nevada The Comstock Lode
- 1849 Frontier Fighters 30 Oregon And The Pacific Republic
- 1850 CAV36-01-22 016 SPEED OF WORDS
- 1851 CAV36-02-26 021 HEROES OF THE SEA
- 1852 CAV35-10-30 004 THE WILL TO REBUILD
- 1855 CAV36-04-15 028 RAILROAD BUILDERS
- 1856 CAV36-11-11 056 TRANSCONTINENTAL JOURNEYS
- 1856 DF 48-07-04 002 Railway to Freedom Harriet Tubmab
- 1857 CAV38-04-06 129 THE SEARCH FOR IRON
- 1858 CAV41-09-08 243 GERONIMO
- 1859 CAV37-09-01 098 VICTOR HERBERT
- 1860 AAT460710 16 Young Mr Lincoln
- 1860 CAV35-10-16 002 THE CONQUERED DISTANCE
- 1860 CAV36-02-12 019 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- 1860 Frontier Fighters 20 Rev Thomas Starr King
- 1860 MPres 481128 e075 Abraham Lincoln
- 1861 Frontier Fighters 19 Wild Bill Hickok
- 1861 You are There 490522 BombardmentOfFtSumter
- 1862 You are There 481226 MonitorVsMerrimac
- 1863 CAV37-01-13 065 FATHER OF PLASTICS
- 1863 CAV37-10-27 106 CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG
- 1863 Frontier Fighters 22 Up And Cp Railroad
- 1863 Speeches Abraham Lincoln (Peter Marinker)
- 1863 You are There 471021 BattleOfGettysburg
- 1865 CAV36-10-07 052 HELPING HAND
- 1865 CAV38-03-09 125 THE LAST OF THE SCOUTS, BUFFALO BILL
- 1865 CrmClassics 531209 e24 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- 1865 You are There 470707 AssassinationOfLincoln
- 1865 You are There 481107 LeeAndGrantAtAppamatox
- 1865 You are There 490605 CaptureOfJohnWilkesBooth
- 1866 AIR 198 The Cash Register
- 1866 AmTrail 11 The New South
- 1866 CAV37-06-30 089 LUTHER BURBANK
- 1866 Frontier Fighters 18 Santa Fe Trail
- 1866 Frontier Fighters 29 Oklahoma Land Rush
- 1867 AIR 194 Dynamite
- 1868 You are There 490227 ImpeachmentOfAndrewJohnson
- 1869 AIR 173 George Westinghouse
- 1870 CAV36-03-18 024 THEY ALSO SERVE
- 1870 Frontier Fighters 21 Cochise Capt TJ Jeffers
- 1874 CAV35-12-25 012 THE HUMANITARIAN URGE
- 1874 CAV41-06-16 231 ANNIE OAKLEY
- 1875 DF 49-09-04 060 The Saga of Senator Blanche K Bruce
- 1877 CAV36-12-23 062 A TRIBUTE TO ERNESTINE SCHUMANNHEINK
- 1879 AmTrail 10 The Rich Desert
- 1880 CAV36-10-28 055 EDWARD MACDOWELL
- 1880 CAV37-11-03 107 ELMER AMBROSE SPERRY
- 1881 CAV41-06-23 232 JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
- 1886 CAV37-04-07 077 ADMIRAL PERRY DISCOVERS THE POLE
- 1887 CAV38-03-02 124 ANNE SULLIVAN MACY
- 1888 Thomas Alva Edison Speaking to Mr Blain WaxCylinder
- 1889 CAV35-10-23 003 THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION
- 1889 CAV36-01-08 014 WOMEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE
- 1889 MPres 470814 e008 Benjamin Harrison
- 1891 AIR 201 Gustave Dalen
- 1892 MPres 470703 e002 Grover Cleveland
- 1893 CAV41-03-12 217 BLACK RUST
- 1893 DF 48-08-08 007 The Heart of Georga Cotton
- 1894 AIR 202 The Sting of Death
- 1895 DF 49-07-17 053 TalesOfStackalee
- 1897 DF 48-10-17 017 Boy Traded for HorseGeorge Carver
- 1898 CAV37-05-19 083 THOMAS A EDISON THE MAN
- 1908 The Rights of Labor
- 1908 Thomas Alva Edison Electricity and Progress WaxCylinder
- 1927 Thomas Edison Wax Recording
- 0985 CAV41-09-01 242 LEIF ERIKSON
- 1620 CAV35-11-27 008 COMMUNITY SELFRELIANCE
- 1621 CAV35-10-09 001 NO TURNING BACK
- 1635 CAV36-10-21 054 JOHN WINTHROP
- 1652 CAV37-06-23 088 THE PINE TREE SHILLING
- 1670 CAV35-11-06 005 FAITH IN EDUCATION
- 1679 CAV38-06-08 138 KING COAL
- 1680 CAV37-10-13 104 WILLIAM PENN AND THE HOLY EXPERIMENT
- 1687 CAV36-12-30 063 YANKEE INDEPENDENCE
- 1707 CAV37-02-17 070 OUNCE OF PREVENTION
- 1712 CAV36-10-14 053 SENTINELS OF THE DEEP
- 1723 CAV36-04-08 027 OPPORTUNITY
- 1723 CAV37-11-10 108 JOHN BARTRAM'S GARDEN
- 1729 CAV36-01-15 015 BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE
- 1729 CAV38-05-25 136 CHILD WELFARE IN AMERICA
- 1732 CAV38-05-18 135 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- 1733 CAV36-04-22 029 SAFETY FIRST
- 1735 CAV38-05-11 134 FRA JUNIPERO SERRA
- 1738 CAV36-04-29 030 SELFRELIANCE
- 1738 CAV36-05-06 031 THE ARTISTIC IMPULSE
- 1746 CAV37-06-16 087 STARS OF DESTINY
- 1750 CAV37-03-24 075 THE HOUSE OF GLASS
- 1764 CAV37-03-10 073 STEPHEN GIRARD
- 1770 DF 48-06-27 001 Knock Kneed Man, The Crispus Attuckus
- 1774 CAV35-11-20 007 WILLINGNESS TO SHARE
- 1775 CAV42-10-26 302 IN THE BEST TRADITIONS
- 1775 You are There 490515 LexingtonAndConcord
- 1776 AmTrail 01 Dispatch From New York
- 1776 AmTrail 13 The Brave Flag
- 1776 CAV36-01-01 013 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- 1776 CAV42-01-12 261 THE GENTLEMAN FROM PARIS
- 1776 Speeches Samuel Adams (Peter Marinker)
- 1776 You are There 480321 PhiladelphiaJuly41776
- 1778 CAV38-02-23 123 NOAH WEBSTER
- 1782 AIR 191 Birth of the Balloon
- 1784 CAV37-10-20 105 JOHN JACOB ASTOR
- 1785 CAV36-06-24 037 STEAMBOAT BUILDERS
- 1787 AmTrail 02 The Northwest Ordinance
- 1787 CAV38-03-16 126 CAPTAIN ROBERT GAY
- 1788 You are There 480919 VirginiaRatifiesTheConstitution
- 1789 AmTrail 05 Samuel Slator s Machine
- 1789 CAV38-06-01 137 SAMUEL SLATER
- 1790 CAV36-03-25 025 CONSERVATION
- 1790 CAV36-05-13 032 TILLERS OF THE SOIL
- 1790 CAV37-04-28 080 GEORGE WASHINGTON, FARMER
- 1798 CAV36-02-05 018 LOYALTY TO FAMILY
- 1800 CAV37-03-31 076 THE MCGUFFY READERS
- 1800 CAV38-04-13 130 THOMAS JEFFERSON AND AMERICAN EDUCATION
- 1800 DF 48-07-18 004 The Denmark Vesey Story
- 1803 AmTrail 03 Louisiana Purchase
- 1803 AmTrail 04 Lewis and Clark Expedition
- 1803 CAV35-12-11 010 THE WILL TO EXPLORE
- 1803 CAV38-02-16 122 THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
- 1804 CAV38-03-23 127 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
- 1805 CAV36-01-29 017 ENTERPRISE
- 1810 CAV35-12-18 011 DEFIANCE OF NATURE
- 1814 CAV40-02-06 173 JEAN LAFFITE
- 1816 MPres 530901 e210 James Monroe
- 1817 CAV37-10-06 103 MARY LYON, PIONEER WOMAN EDUCATOR
- 1820 CAV36-06-17 036 HEROES OF TEXAS
- 1820 CAV37-03-17 074 JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
- 1821 Frontier Fighters 25 Steven F Austin
- 1824 CAV37-03-03 072 NATIONAL PARKS PIONEERS
- 1825 AIR 180 Electronics in Communications
- 1827 CAV37-02-10 069 THE MAN WHO COULDN'T GROW OLD
- 1829 MPres 471002 e015 Andrew Jackson
- 1830 AmTrail 06 The Golden Ocean
- 1830 CAV35-11-13 006 WOMAN'S EMANCIPATION
- 1830 You are There 491127 TrialRunOfTomThumbSteamLocomotive
- 1831 CAV36-07-01 038 AMERICAN JOURNALISM
- 1835 CAV38-02-09 121 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
- 1835 CAV38-03-30 128 CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN
- 1840 CAV38-04-27 132 MARIAH MITCHELL
- 1840 MPres 481024 e070 John Tyler
- 1841 CAV36-02-19 020 THE BRIDGE OF BUILDERS
- 1841 CAV36-03-11 023 PRESERVATION
- 1841 CAV41-03-26 219 DOWN TO THE SEA
- 1842 CAV35-12-04 009 HEROISM IN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- 1842 CAV36-05-20 033 HARDNESS
- 1843 AmTrail 08 On To Montarey
- 1843 Frontier Fighters 26 Oregon, 5440
- 1844 AmTrail 07 The Magic Wire
- 1844 CAV37-01-27 067 PIONEER WOMAN PHYS ELIZABETH BLACKWELL
- 1845 CAV36-04-01 026 FAME IN LITERATURE
- 1846 AIR 199 Uncle Sam s Attic
- 1847 Frontier Fighters 23 Massacre At Taos New Mexico
- 1848 CAV37-05-12 082 THE STORY OF DYNAMITE
- 1848 MPres 480125 e031 Zachary Taylor
- 1849 AmTrail 09 The California Gold Rush
- 1849 CAV36-05-27 034 RESOURCEFULNESS
- 1849 CAV37-04-21 079 THE GOLDEN TOUCH
- 1849 CAV37-09-29 102 EDWIN BOOTH
- 1849 Frontier Fighters 27 Nevada The Comstock Lode
- 1849 Frontier Fighters 30 Oregon And The Pacific Republic
- 1850 CAV36-01-22 016 SPEED OF WORDS
- 1851 CAV36-02-26 021 HEROES OF THE SEA
- 1852 CAV35-10-30 004 THE WILL TO REBUILD
- 1855 CAV36-04-15 028 RAILROAD BUILDERS
- 1856 CAV36-11-11 056 TRANSCONTINENTAL JOURNEYS
- 1856 DF 48-07-04 002 Railway to Freedom Harriet Tubmab
- 1857 CAV38-04-06 129 THE SEARCH FOR IRON
- 1858 CAV41-09-08 243 GERONIMO
- 1859 CAV37-09-01 098 VICTOR HERBERT
- 1860 AAT460710 16 Young Mr Lincoln
- 1860 CAV35-10-16 002 THE CONQUERED DISTANCE
- 1860 CAV36-02-12 019 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- 1860 Frontier Fighters 20 Rev Thomas Starr King
- 1860 MPres 481128 e075 Abraham Lincoln
- 1861 Frontier Fighters 19 Wild Bill Hickok
- 1861 You are There 490522 BombardmentOfFtSumter
- 1862 You are There 481226 MonitorVsMerrimac
- 1863 CAV37-01-13 065 FATHER OF PLASTICS
- 1863 CAV37-10-27 106 CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG
- 1863 Frontier Fighters 22 Up And Cp Railroad
- 1863 Speeches Abraham Lincoln (Peter Marinker)
- 1863 You are There 471021 BattleOfGettysburg
- 1865 CAV36-10-07 052 HELPING HAND
- 1865 CAV38-03-09 125 THE LAST OF THE SCOUTS, BUFFALO BILL
- 1865 CrmClassics 531209 e24 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- 1865 You are There 470707 AssassinationOfLincoln
- 1865 You are There 481107 LeeAndGrantAtAppamatox
- 1865 You are There 490605 CaptureOfJohnWilkesBooth
- 1866 AIR 198 The Cash Register
- 1866 AmTrail 11 The New South
- 1866 CAV37-06-30 089 LUTHER BURBANK
- 1866 Frontier Fighters 18 Santa Fe Trail
- 1866 Frontier Fighters 29 Oklahoma Land Rush
- 1867 AIR 194 Dynamite
- 1868 You are There 490227 ImpeachmentOfAndrewJohnson
- 1869 AIR 173 George Westinghouse
- 1870 CAV36-03-18 024 THEY ALSO SERVE
- 1870 Frontier Fighters 21 Cochise Capt TJ Jeffers
- 1874 CAV35-12-25 012 THE HUMANITARIAN URGE
- 1874 CAV41-06-16 231 ANNIE OAKLEY
- 1875 DF 49-09-04 060 The Saga of Senator Blanche K Bruce
- 1877 CAV36-12-23 062 A TRIBUTE TO ERNESTINE SCHUMANNHEINK
- 1879 AmTrail 10 The Rich Desert
- 1880 CAV36-10-28 055 EDWARD MACDOWELL
- 1880 CAV37-11-03 107 ELMER AMBROSE SPERRY
- 1881 CAV41-06-23 232 JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
- 1886 CAV37-04-07 077 ADMIRAL PERRY DISCOVERS THE POLE
- 1887 CAV38-03-02 124 ANNE SULLIVAN MACY
- 1888 Thomas Alva Edison Speaking to Mr Blain WaxCylinder
- 1889 CAV35-10-23 003 THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION
- 1889 CAV36-01-08 014 WOMEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE
- 1889 MPres 470814 e008 Benjamin Harrison
- 1891 AIR 201 Gustave Dalen
- 1892 MPres 470703 e002 Grover Cleveland
- 1893 CAV41-03-12 217 BLACK RUST
- 1893 DF 48-08-08 007 The Heart of Georga Cotton
- 1894 AIR 202 The Sting of Death
- 1895 DF 49-07-17 053 TalesOfStackalee
- 1897 DF 48-10-17 017 Boy Traded for HorseGeorge Carver
- 1898 CAV37-05-19 083 THOMAS A EDISON THE MAN
- 1908 The Rights of Labor
- 1908 Thomas Alva Edison Electricity and Progress WaxCylinder
- 1927 Thomas Edison Wax Recording
