Harry Spencer
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1900 - 1910
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker, performer, vocalist, author
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-2103 | 10-in. | 12/29/1904 | The hand of fate | Ada Jones ; Len Spencer | Descriptive scene | speaker | |
| Columbia | 19 | 10-in. | approximately 1901 | Husking bee dance | Harry Spencer | Comic monologue, with violin and piano | speaker | |
| Columbia | 19 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Husking bee dance | Harry Spencer | Comic monologue, with violin and piano | speaker | |
| Columbia | 21 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | The Arkansaw traveller | Harry Spencer | Descriptive scene, with violin | speaker | |
| Columbia | 21 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | The Arkansaw traveller | George Schweinfest ; Harry Spencer | Descriptive scene, with violin | speaker | |
| Columbia | 23 | 10-in. | ca. 1901-1908 | Schultz on kissing | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 23 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Schultz on kissing | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 24 | 10-in. | ca. 1901-1908 | Schultz on George Washington | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 24 | 7-in. | between 1901 and September 1902 | Schultz on George Washington | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 25 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Schultz on malaria | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 25 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Schultz on malaria | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 26 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Schultz on the man behind the gun | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 26 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Oct. 1905 | Schultz on the man behind the gun | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 27 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Schultz's trip to Chicago | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 27 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Oct. 1905 | Schultz's trip to Chicago | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 28 | 10-in. | ca. 1901-1908 | Schultz on Christian Science | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 28 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Oct. 1905 | Schultz on Christian Science | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 33 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Dese bones shall rise again | Harry Spencer ; Len Spencer | Minstrels, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 33 | 10-in. | ca. 1901-1908 | Dese bones shall rise again | Harry Spencer ; Len Spencer | Minstrels, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 34 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Stump speech on love | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 34 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | A stump speech on love | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 35 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | A Negro sermon | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 35 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | A Negro sermon | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 160 | 10-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg | Harry Spencer | Recitation | speaker | |
| Columbia | 160 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg | Harry Spencer | Recitation | speaker | |
| Columbia | 599 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Darkey's dream | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra, with talk | speaker | |
| Columbia | 634 | 10-in. | ca. 1902-1904 | Virginia skedaddle | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra; with talk (take 4) | speaker | |
| Columbia | 639 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | McKinley memorial | Artists vary | Recitation, with brass quartet | speaker | |
| Columbia | 639 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | McKinley memorial | Artists vary | Recitation, with brass quartet | speaker | |
| Columbia | 641 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Coon, coon, coon | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 641 | 10-in. | approximately 1902 | Coon, coon, coon | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 642 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Hear dem bells | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 642 | 10-in. | approximately 1902 | Hear dem bells | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 643 | 10-in. | approximately 1902 | A high old time | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 644 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-1904 | The laughing song | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 644 | 10-in. | between 1902 and 1904 | The laughing song | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 645 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | The old log cabin in the dell | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 645 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | The old log cabin | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 646 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Sadie Ray | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 646 | 10-in. | ca. 1902-1904 | Sadie Ray | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 660 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Clever imitations of John T. Raymond, Joseph Jefferson, Lawrence Barrett | Harry Spencer | Impersonations | speaker | |
| Columbia | 662 | 10-in. | ca. 1902-1908 | Imitations of John Kernell, Frank Mayo, May Irwin | Harry Spencer | Impersonations | speaker | |
| Columbia | 662 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Imitations of John Kernell, Frank Mayo, May Irwin | Harry Spencer | Impersonations | speaker | |
| Columbia | 798 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | I've a longing in my heart for you, Louise | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 798 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | I've a longing in my heart for you, Louise | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 799 | 10-in. | between January and September 1902 | My heart loves you, too | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal duet and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 799 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | My heart loves you, too | Artists vary | Minstrels, with orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 800 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Mandy Lee | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 800 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Mandy Lee | Artists vary | Minstrels, with orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 801 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | My wild Irish rose | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 801 | 7-in. | between January and September 1902 | My wild Irish rose | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal duet and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 802 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Tell me | Artists vary | Minstrels, with orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 802 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Tell me | Artists vary | Minstrels, with orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 803 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | When the autumn leaves are falling | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 803 | 10-in. | between January and September 1902 | When the autumn leaves are falling | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal duet and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 804 | 10-in. | between January and September 1902 | The old folks at home | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal duet and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 804 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | The old folks at home | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 805 | 10-in. | between January and September 1902 | My old Kentucky home | Henry Burr | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 805 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | My old Kentucky home | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | performer | |
| Columbia | 833 | 10-in. | approximately 1902 | Address by the late President McKinley at the Pan American exposition | Harry Spencer | Recitation | speaker | |
| Columbia | 833 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Address by the late President McKinley at the Pan American exposition | Harry Spencer | Recitation | speaker | |
| Columbia | 844 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | On mutton pies | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 844 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | On mutton pies | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 845 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | On sweethearts | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 845 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | On sweethearts | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 847 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | On trousers | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 847 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | On trousers | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 848 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | The boy and the cheese | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 848 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | The boy and the cheese | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 849 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Women's rights meeting | Harry Spencer | Monologue, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Columbia | 849 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Women's rights meeting | Harry Spencer | Monologue, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Columbia | 850 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | A political meeting | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 850 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Political meeting | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 851 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Dissertation on love | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 851 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | Dissertation on love | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 852 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Auction sale of a piano | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 852 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Auction sale of a piano | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 853 | 10-in. | ca. 1902-1908 | Bird sale | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 853 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | Bird sale | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 854 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | A football match | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 854 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | A football match | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 855 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | How I got to Morrow | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 855 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | How I got to Morrow | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 880 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Auction sale of a pawnbroker's goods | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 880 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | Auction sale of a pawnbroker's goods | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 884 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | The Blazing Rag Concert Hall | Harry Spencer ; Len Spencer | Dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 884 | 7-in. | approximately 1902 | The Blazing Rag Concert Hall | Artists vary | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 1109G | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | An evening with the minstrels | Minstrels [Columbia Records group] | Minstrels : Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 1109E | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | An evening with the minstrels | Minstrels [Columbia Records group] | Minstrels : Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 1109C | 7-in. | approximately 1903 | An evening with the minstrels | Minstrels [Columbia Records group] | Minstrels : Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 1109C | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | An evening with the minstrels | Minstrels [Columbia Records group] | Minstrels : Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 1518 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-July 1903 | Uncle Josh on an automobile | Cal Stewart | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 1518 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-July 1903 | Uncle Josh on an automobile | Cal Stewart | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 1528 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | Reuben Haskin's ride on a cyclone auto | Len Spencer | Comic monologue, with sound effects | speaker | |
| Columbia | 1778 | 10-in. | between January and April 1904 | The marriage bells | Edward F. Rubsam | Bells solo, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Columbia | 3020 | 7-in. | ca. 1904 | Reuben Haskins' trip through the New York subway | Harry Spencer ; Len Spencer | Comic dialogue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 3050 | 10-in. | between 1904 and January 1905 | The hand of fate | Ada Jones ; Harry Spencer ; Len Spencer | Descriptive scene, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat V9025] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | McKinley's speech of acceptance | Harry Spencer | Recitation | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat X9233] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg | Harry Spencer | Recitation | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat X9244] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Bryan on the Philippine question | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat X9245] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Bryan on our national destiny | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat X9248] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Casey at Denny Murphy's wake | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat X9249] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Casey taking the census | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat X9250] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Casey joins the Masons | Harry Spencer | Monologue | speaker | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 8481 | 10-in. | 1906 | Schultz on the man behind the gun | Harry Spencer | Comic monologue | speaker | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 8491 | 10-in. | 1906 | Schultz's trip to Chicago | Harry Spencer | Comic monologue | speaker | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 8546 | 10-in. | 1906 | Schultz on trousers | Harry Spencer | Comic monologue | speaker | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cat 44847] | 10-in. | 1906 | Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg | Harry Spencer | Recitation | speaker | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cat 44849] | 10-in. | 1906 | President McKinley at the Pan-American exposition | Harry Spencer | Recitation | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Spencer, Harry," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100976.
Spencer, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100976.
"Spencer, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Spencer, Harry, 1875-1946 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005042115
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