Early Recordings Index
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VVL 00077 M1250 bd06 Eugene v. Debbs. "Winning a world" The Socialist movement. Edison cylinder recording, 1904 Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00577 M4739 bd01 Edison, Thomas A. One of the first recordings ever made, a full ten years before Edison patented his gramophone, this German language cylinder documents the sounds of lambs, cows, cuckoos, and other fauna. Recorded 1878 Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00808 M2038 bd05 Banks. Guarantee of bank deposits; which cites the success which the state of Oklahoma has had in protecting individual investors, and suggests that the federal government follow suit with William Jennings Bryan. Edison Records. OK to hold and loan (preservation) Early recording. Date unknown
VVL 00809 M2038 bd06 Bryan, William Jennings. An ideal republic; in which he expresses his hopes for the future of the United States. Edison Records. OK to hold and loan (preservation) Early recording. Date unknown
VVL 00881 M539 bd04 Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. The American Negro (Atlanta Exposition address). Washington speaks on the improvement of race relations, and conditions in the South. Recorded by Columbia Gramophone Company, 1906. Ok for web and loan Early recording. Camlot (pre-Q)
VVL 00883 M539 bd06 Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. Liver Story. A humorous story related by Edison. Introduced by Walter H. Miller. National Vocarium, 1906. Ok for web and loan Early recording. Camlot (pre-Q)
VVL 00884 M539 bd07 Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. First recording ever made: "Mary had a little lamb"
Thomas Edison Laboratories, 1927.
Ok for web and loan Early recording (pre-Q)
VVL 00913 M3067 bd01 Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Address of doubtful authenticity. Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, 1892. Ok for web and loan Early recording. Also on presidents web site at "www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents/"
VVL 00915 M3067 bd03 Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. Thomas Edison talks about the contributions of 19th century scientists to the knowledge of electricity. Recorded by Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, 1908. Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00927 M180 bd01 Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924. Labor and war bond speech during World War I. Recorded by the AFL-CIO, 1918. Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00933 M290 bd04 Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933. Law and order. Coolidge's ideas on state government in Massachusetts. Broadcast on Nation's Forum, 1919. Ok for web and loan Early recording. Also on presidents web site at "www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents"
VVL 00934 M840 bd09 Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. William Jennings Bryan narrates "23rd Psalm". Recorded by Gennett, 1920. Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00939 M3821 bd05 Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933. Calvin Coolidge's 1920 Fourth of July speech, delivered before he was nominated to run for Vice President. Includes coverage of Dempsey beating Willard on July 4, 1919. Recorded July 4, 1919 and July 4, 1920. (Tony Janak) Ok for web and loan Early recording. Also on presidents web site at "www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents"
VVL 00947 M2252 bd09 Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Grover Cleveland delivers remarks invoking the heroes of 1776 as models of independent thought, in his campaign against Benjamin Harrison. Ok for web and loan Early recording. Also on presidents web site at "www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents"
VVL 00948 M4646 bd01 Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901. The only known recording of President Harrison, presumably made after his presidency, sometime between 1894 and 1899, by Giuseppe Bettini. Ok for web and loan Early recording. Also available at: "www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents" (may be the only recording of Harrison).
VVL 00949 M341 bd04 McKinley, William, 1843-1901. Address at Pan-American Exposition. Columbia Test Cylinder, 1900. Ok for web and loan Early recording. Also on presidents web site at "www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents"
VVL 00950 M291 bd02 Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. Popular election of senators. Recorded by Edison, 1910. Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00951 M291 bd03 Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. Cross of Gold speech. Recording also includes Address before the Democratic Convention in 1896; bimetalism.Broadcast on Gennett, 1896 [1921]. Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00952 M291 bd04 Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. Immortality. Recorded by Edison, 1903. Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00953 M291 bd05 Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. Imperialism. Recorded by Edison, 1901. Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00954 M291 bd06 Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. TitleSwollen fortunes. Recorded by Edison, 1902. Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00960 M594 bd03 Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. Will of the people. Recorded by Thomas A. Edison, 1904. Ok for web and loan Early recording
VVL 00961 M594 bd04 Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. William Taft speaks on the rights of labor. Recorded by Thomas A. Edison, 1906. Ok for web and loan Early recording