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      • Brown wax home recording of excerpt from Samantha at Saratoga, recited by Chester Niles Chubb, March 28, 1909

Brown wax home recording of excerpt from Samantha at Saratoga, recited by Chester Niles Chubb, March 28, 1909

Cylinder12978

Composer:
Holley, Marietta, 1836-1926
Performer:
Chubb, Chester Niles
Variant Title:
Samantha at Saratoga
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1909
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Announcement at beginning: "Edison Record. From Samantha at Saratoga, by Chester Niles Chubb, March the twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and nine."

Chester Niles Chubb.

Inscription on box: "Chester / March 28th 1909."

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (F. E. Moses Collection, Set Number: 179-16, Originally acquired: Don Hill Collection, c.2000 (from Bevis Faversham, 1992)).

Brown wax cylinder.

Description:

Recitation of an excerpt from Samantha at Saratoga by Marietta Holley, beginning with "Yes, from the very moment [sic, minute] that our two minds wuz made up to go to Saratoga...."

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 154.0 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/f35h7fqz
Catalog System Number:
990041106490203776
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.