Glenn Miller’s Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade (March 13, 1942)

Two audio files (the only known extant recording) of Glenn Miller’s March 13, 1942 radio show where he dedicated his “A String of Pearls” to the “…gals at Madison College down in the Shenandoah Valley…”.  The first recording is the dedication.  The second is a war bond encouragement

acquired from Dennis M. Spragg, Senior Consultant for the Glenn Miller Archive in the University of Colorado at Boulder

Related Material:

The Fall 2003 issue of “Montpelier” magazine which mentions the 1942 dedication on page 36.

James Madison University. (2003). Montpelier Magazine, Volume 26 (Issue 4).
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/montpelier-2000s/15

The 1942 Schoolma’am, the college yearbook, pages 80-81  

The Schoolma’am, 1942. Harrisonburg (Va.): Madison College

March 13, 1942 Volume 20 Issue 17 of the Breeze, the school newspaper

The Breeze, March 13, 1942. Harrisonburg (Va.): Madison College.