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The Walter J. Ong Collection contains a number of audio recordings of lectures and interviews given by Walter J. Ong. Additional recordings will be made available as copyright allows.

Catholic Education and Man’s Future on Earth. The Sounds of Learning Series. Lecture CL-718. Audiotape. Omaha: Opinion Institute, 1960. (Time: 28:15, 25.8 MB.)

The Christian and Technological Society. The Sounds of Learning Series. Lecture CL-718. Audiotape. Omaha: Opinion Institute, 1960. (Time: 26:19, 24 MB.)

An abridgement of "Academic Excellence and Cosmic Vision." National Catholic Educational Association Bulletin: Report of the Proceedings and Addresses--Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois 19-22 Apr. 1960 57 (Aug. 1960): 37-50.

The End of the Age of Literacy. The Sounds of Learning Series. Lecture CL-718. Audiotape. Omaha: Opinion Institute, 1960. (Time: 30:46, 28.1 MB.)

The Future of Literacy. University of Illinois, Urbana-Campaign. Recorded 28 April 1975. (Time: 1:22:09, 75.2 MB.)

Harry Cargas Interview with Walter J. Ong, S.J. Recorded 2 April 1975. (Time: 28:12, 40.3 MB.)

This interview formed the basis of "An Interview with Walter J. Ong, SJ." By Harry James Cargas. Ed. Harry James Cargas and Walter J. Ong, SJ. Webster Review 3.2 (1977): 36-49.

Oral History: Remembering Alice Toklas, John and Simone Brown, and Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. With Claude N. Pavur, S.J. Recorded 10 May 1981. (Time: 15:37, 14.3 MB.)

Fr. Ong met Toklas, the Browns, and Teilhard de Chardin while in based in Paris to conduct research for his dissertation (17 November 1950 - 21 July 1953). The entire dissertation research trip, from the day he left Boston to the day he returned, began 11 March 1950 and ended 3 December 1953.

At Saint Louis Community College at Forest Park Recorded 6 Nov. 1972. (Time: 1:31:52, 81.4 MB.)

Writing is a Technology that Restructures Consciousness. Warhaft Lecture, University of Manitoba. Recorded 26 Jan. 1984. (Time: 1:34:07, 86.1 MB.)

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