Among the more than 2,000 cylinder-type records are rare recordings by Thomas Edison and Theodore Roosevelt. The more than 14,000 flat disc recordings encompass the entire history of flat discs from 1897 to the present, in all configurations. The collection of recordings includes diamond records, music box metal records, a rare and early Enrico Caruso recording, and a rare Edison long-playing disc.
Submissions from 1908
A- National Airs & B-Jiggs Reels, Columbia Phonograph Company
A-Old Black Joe; B-Swanee River, Columbia Phonograph Company
Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon, Columbia Phonograph Company
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming, Columbia Phonograph Company
Dixie Minstrels No. 3, Columbia Phonograph Company
Down Where the Big Bananas Grow, Columbia Phonograph Company
Flanagan's Real Estate Deal, Columbia Phonograph Company
For The Red, White, & Blue, Columbia Phonograph Company
God Be With You Till' We Meet Again, Columbia Phonograph Company
Heaven is My Home, Columbia Phonograph Company
Highland Mary Did The Highland Fling, Columbia Phonograph Company
Home Sweet Home, Columbia Phonograph Company
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Columbia Phonograph Company
It’s a Long Way To Tipperary, Columbia Phonograph Company
It's Only Me in My Knightie, Columbia Phonograph Company
I Want To Go Back To Michigan, Columbia Phonograph Company
I Want What I Want When I Want It, Columbia Phonograph Company
Lasca"" Davenport, Columbia Phonograph Company
Make a Noise Like a Hoop, Columbia Phonograph Company
Mandy Lou, Columbia Phonograph Company
Maximas, Columbia Phonograph Company
Medley of 1909 Hits, Columbia Phonograph Company
Morning, CY, Barn Dance, Columbia Phonograph Company
My Little Girl Etc., Columbia Phonograph Company
My Old Kentucky Home, Columbia Phonograph Company