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
Where The Sunset Turns Etc., Columbia Phonograph Company
Whistling Solo, Columbia Phonograph Company
Will The Roses Bloom In Heaven, Columbia Phonograph Company
Darling Nellie Gray, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Fol-The-Rol-Lol, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Ginger"" Two-Step, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
I'm of Living Without You, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Inverary, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Jnole Josh on a Fifth Ave Bus, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Looking This Way, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Miss Mccloud's Reel, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Neath The Old Cherry Tree, Sweet Marie, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Oh Tell Us Merry Birds, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Soldiers Life, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Sunny Southern Home, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
The Cockney Band Two-Step, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Trombone Sneeze, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Unknown, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Unknown, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Unknown, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Virginia Reel, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Where The Sweet Magnolia's Bloom, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Zep Greens Air Ship, National Phonograph Company; Orange, New Jersey
Submissions from 1904
10th Regiment March, Edison Laboratory; Orange, New Jersey
Abide With Me, Edison Laboratory; Orange, New Jersey