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Re: [ARSCLIST] Recordings of lynchings?
I have heard the KKK records,and seen them from time to time.They are mostly singing."The Old Firey Cross",is the one that turns up the most.Followed by songs about"N******,and "Coons"
Roger
RA Friedman <rafriedman@xxxxxxx> wrote: 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
Haverford, PA 19041
(610) 896-1278
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