Vinyl records of sermons and poems used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

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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.

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