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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Samuel Gardner
RLIN number: NXCP89-A4
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: Thomas Alva Edison Project
Description: Edison's hearing problems; design of aluminum violin; competition with Edison records; test records for Edison; F.O. Stanley; impressions of Edison; early years of record advertising; recording procedure; teaching at Institute of Musical Arts; compositions, musical career.
Extent: Transcript: 39 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
Restrictions: Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1975 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Gardner, Samuel, 1891-
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1891
Speaker occupation: Violinist
Age at speaking: 84
Document date: 1975
Interviewer: Goldstein, Kenneth K.
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Composers; Musicians; Sound recordings; Sound--Recording and reproducing
Topics discussed - Other terms: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Gardner, Samuel, 1891-
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0020960-16400