Alexandria Digital Research Library

Brown wax home recording of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, recited by Herbert D. West

Cylinder13003

Author:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Performer:
West, Herbert D.
Variant Title:
Gettysburg Address
Place of Publication:
[Place of production unknown],
Issued Date:
1890
Topics:
Personal recordings, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, and Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Topics:
Speeches, addresses, etc., American, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, and Personal recordings
Places:
United States
Notes:

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 191-01, Originally acquired: John Levin, Union Phonograph Show 2012).

Brown wax cylinder.

Announcement at beginning: "--speech [...] at Gettysburg by Herbert D. West of Rockville, Connecticut; Lincoln's speech [with those?] at Gettysburg by Herbert D. West of Rockville, Connecticut."

Herbert D. West.

Place of recording likely the United States.

Description:

Male recitation. The speaker was a carpenter in Rockville City, Connecticut, born in 1862.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 121.4 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/f3d50md2
Catalog System Number:
990041106240203776
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.