Re: [ARSCLIST] Recordings of lynchings?

[RA Friedman <rafriedman@xxxxxxx>]

I know there are recordings that I have access to at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania from the 1920s/30s that were issued by the KKK. They were collected by the Balch Institute. Don't know what's on them. They have no matrix # or maker's mark.
 
Feel free to contact me off-list if you think it's worth giving these an audition to see what's on them.
 
RA Friedman, Archivist, Freedman Jewish Music Archive
University of Pennsylvania
 

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	Subject: [ARSCLIST] Recordings of lynchings?
	
	

	Hello-
	
	I am a scholar in American literature and cultural studies. For a
	project on aural representations of African-Americans from
	approximately 1880-1920, I'm trying to find information about
	possible recordings of lynchings. There are references to such
	recordings in works by several recent historians, but some of the
	information comes from a single memoir, and some is simply presented
	without footnotes. I've tried the recorded sound and folklore
	collections at the LOC; they referred me to this list.
	
	It seems quite possible that if these recordings were made, they were
	reenactments, given the technological challenges of recording with a
	horn. Even so, I'm interested in finding out anything possible about
	the production, distribution, and consumption of such recordings. Has
	anyone in the list ever encountered such a thing?
	
	Many thanks for your help.
	
	Best,
	Gus
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	Gustavus T. Stadler
	Associate Professor and Chair
	Department of English
	Haverford College
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