Re: [ARSCLIST] Abraham Lincoln -- recording star??? Slave Recordings

["Thomas H. Stern" <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Slave recordings - during the 30's the WPA DID record surviving former
slaves and their children.  Fascinating listening.  Some were released on Lp
by 'Mark56', and I believe there is a recent book of transcriptions with
some tape copies. (how about getting these issued on CD/ or with photos or
film on a DVD.  Where are you Library of Congress?)
Best wishes, Thomas Stern

Dale Francis wrote:

> this discussion was forwarded to me from
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> Association of Moving Image Archivists
>
> > Hi, everybody!
> >
> > As usual, non specialized journalists include a lot of "hype" and "hot
> > air" in their articles to attract the attention of readers.
> >
> > The cylinder Phonograph was invented by Edison in 1877, and the first
> > prototype was built around December 4 of that year. He applied for a
> > patent on December 24.
> >
> > Abraham Lincoln was very much dead by then, much less would you find
> > recordings "from the early days of slavery".
> >
> > And we make fun of people who ask for motion picture archival footage
> > of the American Civil War...
> >
> > These journalists deserve some kind of award.
> >
> > Jose Llufrio
> > Technicolor East Coast, New York
>
> >> Leon Scott is "reputed" to have recorded Lincoln in the White House
> >> on his
> >> Phonautograph.
>
> http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/scott.html
>
> >> The earliest such device of which we have any actual knowledge is the
> >> one constructed by De Kempelein of Vienna, who, in 1791,
> >
> >> On June 26, 1857, a French typographer, Leon Scott, deposited with
> >> the Académie des Sciences a paper describing an invention which he
> >> named the "Phonautograph.
>
> http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/begun1.html
>
> http://www.phonautograph.com/
>
> Dale
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