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American Songs of the California Gold Rush

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Content Description

From the Collection:

The Santa Barbara Legacy Reel Audio Tape Collection contain recordings of oral histories, radio programs, meetings, lectures, telephone conversations, ceremonies, and music perfomances of local old timers and influential people. These 184 electronic files, extracted from 98 one quarter-inch reel-to-reel magnetic tapes, represent the earliest audio recordings made by the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

Dates

  • 1955 - 1978

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

2 Electronic files

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Materials Specific Details

Track 1 consists of the following ten (10) songs for a program of Gold Rush era music sung by Elizabeth Hvolboll and Robert Walton, accompanied by Bernice Shapiro on piano:

La Rue - Elizabeth

Green Grow the Lilacs - Bob

Santiana - Bob

The Race to California - Elizabeth

Crossing the Plains - Bob and Elizabeth

Life in California - Bob

Humbug Steamship Companies (Uncle Sam's Farm) - Bob

The California Stage Company - Bob and Elizabeth

Corrido de JoaquĆ­n Murrieta - Elizabeth

Twelve Hundred More - Bob and Elizabeth

Track 2 consists of the same ten (10) songs from Track 1, as recorded during a practice session.

Repository Details

Part of the Gledhill Library Repository

Contact:
136 E. De La Guerra
Santa Barbara California 93101 USA