Rosa Rio and Tara Schroeder
Recorded
December 19, 2008
01:26:59
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Id:
mbx004731
Description
Rosa Rio, 106, is interviewed by her friend, Tara Schroeder, 45.Subject Log / Time Code
Tampa Theatre; pipe organ; when she first heard a theatre organ; pipe organ on an elevator
How she felt when the talkies came in; Al Jolson singing, “Mammie”; that was the end of her movie organist career
NBC didn’t want to hire a woman; hired her for one week only; she stayed at NBC for 27 years
Eleanor Roosevelt; recording shows for the soldier’s overseas; met Eleanor Roosevelt in a studio; describes Eleanor; “I was floored by her”
childhood illness; declared that she would grow up to be an actress and wear pretty jewelry
Participants
- Rosa Rio
- Tara Schroeder
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Partnership
Partnership Type
OutreachKeywords
- 802 Union
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- apprenticeships
- card parties
- cbs
- cohorts (groups of friends)
- Cole Porter
- community worthies
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Feminism
- historical events/people
- Hollywood
- Influential People
- Mary Martin
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- NBC
- New Orleans flood of 1927
- New York city
- Organ
- organist
- Orson Welles
- personal experiences
- political beliefs and practices
- Radio City
- school day memories
- silent pictures
- social beliefs and practices
- Social Security
- talkies
- Tampa Theater
- woman president
- woman suffrage
- women’s rights
Subjects
- Achievements and Awards
- Birthdays
- Bosses
- Coming Of Age
- Community History
- Community Organizations
- Connections With The Famous
- First Job
- Histories
- Illness
- Instrument Playing
- Job Satisfaction
- Legacy
- Listening Habits
- Occupational Accidents
- Parents
- Pranks
- Radio
- Schools
- Singing
- Students
- Teachers
- Urban Life
- Workday Life