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      • [Brown wax home recording of birthday speeches and singing of hymns by Joseph Sawyer and family, October 22, 1894].

[Brown wax home recording of birthday speeches and singing of hymns by Joseph Sawyer and family, October 22, 1894].

Cylinder13303

Performer:
Joseph, Sawyer
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1894
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Inscription on lid: "59 / Grandfather's Birthday / Good"; on bottom of box: "Wishes on Grandfather's Birthday."

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 352-01).

Joseph Sawyer and family..

Channel rim brown wax cylinder.

Description:

Speech made by Joseph Sawyer (1823-1901) on his seventy-first birthday, followed by congratulatory speeches by his wife Ann Maria and by some of his children (including Joseph Dillaway Sawyer, Arthur Wilkinson Sawyer, and Mary Sawyer Rogers) and grandchildren; then male vocal solo, "Rock of Ages," and mixed chorus of "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow," sung to Old 100th. Transfer made at 49.6 rpm and slowed digitally to current speed.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 33.1 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Format:
Audio musical
Collection(s):
Cylinder Audio Archive
Library Location:
Department of Special Research Collections
ARK:
ark:/48907/f3571bf3
Catalog System Number:
990041103240203776
Copyright Holder:
University of California (System). Regents
Restrictions:

MP3 files of the restored cylinders available for download are copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California. They are licensed for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License. Acknowledgments for reuse of the transfers should read "University of California, Santa Barbara Library." The original wav files (either unedited or restored) can be provided upon request for commercial or non-commercial use such as CD reissues, film/tv synchronization, use on websites or in exhibits. The University of California makes no claims or warranties as to the copyright status of the original recordings and charges a use fee for the use of the transfers. Please contact the University of California, Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections for information on licensing cylinder transfers.