Re: [ARSCLIST] Scopes Trial Sound Recordings

["McCormick, Kathleen" <kmccormi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The trial was the first live radio broadcast from a trial but there was
not recording made. William Jennings Bryan did record a number of other
speeches some of which are available online at
<http://www.historicalvoices.org/earliest_voices/bryan.html> from the
Vincent Voice Library (although none appear directly related to Scopes).
The American Experience site has music clips for contemporary songs
related to the trial
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/sfeature/sf_music.html#>



Katie McCormick
 
Reference Archivist and 
Coordinator for the Oral History Program
Special Collections - J. Murrey Atkins Library
UNC Charlotte
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Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
 
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Subject: [ARSCLIST] Scopes Trial Sound Recordings

One of our museum members was asked by a local theatrical group about to

present "Inherit the Wind" whether there were any sound recordings
available of 
the Scopes trial, either the trial itself or broadcast reports of it.

I found a million links to the trial on Google, but only one relating to

sound recordings, on another list, with a few suggestions for research
but no 
definite sources.

Does anyone have any information about the existence of actual
contemporary 
recordings of the event?

Mike Csontos