Listen "Episode 0139: The Ellis Island Yiddish Sound Archives"
Episode Synopsis
Eric Byron joins us this week to speak about the Ellis Island sound archives, which include a collection of Yiddish phonographic recordings dating from the 1890s to 1930s. Byron shares the history of these recordings, which we were made for an audience of newly arrived immigrants, and cranks up his Victor phonograph to share a few treasures from the collection.
Episode 0139
March 16, 2017
Yiddish Book Center
Amherst, Massachusetts
Episode 0139
March 16, 2017
Yiddish Book Center
Amherst, Massachusetts
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