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      • [Brown wax home recording of family gathering at home of W. H. Greenhow, Hornell, New York, November 16, 1901].

[Brown wax home recording of family gathering at home of W. H. Greenhow, Hornell, New York, November 16, 1901].

Cylinder12859

Performer:
Greenhow, W. H.
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1901
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

W. H. Greenhow and others.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (William Henry Greenhow Collection, Set Number: 134-04, Originally acquired: Wayne show, October 2008).

Brown wax cylinder.

Inscription on slip: "Record taken November 16, 1901. Grandma Greenhow / Aunt Sarah Wilkinson / Aunt Mary Gillette / Mabel Wombough / Olive Mary Greenhow / Papa."

Description:

Mary Frodsham Greenhow speaks: "On this day-- On this sixteenth day of November nineteen one, myself Mary Greenhow, Henry Greenhow my son, Sarah Wilkinson my daughter...."; then she sings two unidentified songs. W. H. Greenhow recites part of "The Heart's Prayer" ("As, down in the sunless retreats of the ocean...."), concludes: "W. H. Greenhow, Hornellsville, New York, November sixteen nineteen hundred and one." Then W. H.'s sister Sarah (Greenhow) Wilkinson speaks: "November sixteenth nineteen hundred and one, I, Sarah Greenhow, am visiting my brother in his home." Then speeches by "Mary Greenhow Gillette, visiting my brother and his friends in his home" and Mabel Wombough; laughter by W. H.'s daughter Olive M. Greenhow: "That was Olive. The other was Mabel. I have had the hardest work to get these people to talk into this machine, they're so awful about it. But you ought to see 'em and hear 'em when we don't want 'em to talk!"

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 120.8 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/f3sn08fm
Catalog System Number:
990041107680203776
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.