- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Recorded by
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Used by
- Beasley, Louis J., American, 1907 - 2001
- Date
- ca. 1958
- Medium
- vinyl
- Dimensions
- Diameter (.1-.4): 6 3/8
- Depth (.1-.4): 1/16 in. (16.2 × 0.2 cm)
- Description
- Vinyl records of recorded sermons and poems used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The top half of the label on each record has blue printed text on a white ground and reads "THE VOICE OF/ [blank line]/ YOUR MAN IN SERVICE." The names of each of the specific recordings is hand-written on the blank line on the recto and verso sides of the record as follows:
- .1) Recto: "Message [illegible] / [illegible]"; Verso: "Church Call / and Chaplain's March"
- .2) Recto: "Sermon B"; Verso: "8 / America and Lord / I Want to be a Christian"
- .3) Recto: "Poem I"; Verso: "Poem II"
- .4) Recto: "Sermon I"; Verso: "Sermon II"
- The bottom half of the record labels is a blue ground with white and red printed text that reads "COURTESY... / PEPSI-COLA / RECORDS BY THE RECORDISC CORP., 395 BROADWAY, N. Y."
- The records do not have jackets or sleeves.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Record Albums
- Type
- 45 rpm records
- Topic
- Catholicism
- Men
- Military
- Religion
- Segregation
- Worship services
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Louis J. Beasley Family
- Object number
- 2013.205.2.1-.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




