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[Brown wax home recording of singing and speech by Olive Mary Greenhow].

Cylinder12862

Performer:
Greenhow, Olive and Greenhow, W. H.
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1898
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

W. H. Greenhow; Olive Greenhow.

Brown wax cylinder.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (William Henry Greenhow Collection, Set Number: 134-07, Originally acquired: Wayne show, October 2008).

Description:

W. H. Greenhow introduces his daughter: "Olive Mary Greenhow was born May twenty-eighth eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. She will now sing a song of her papa's composition." She sings a song to the tune of Yankee Doodle. "Olive will now speak a piece composed by her papa which she recited in the public school. / [...] she couldn't remember it so she will now recite something else." She recites and sings "Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground."

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 143.3 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/f35x28fj
Catalog System Number:
990041107650203776
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.