The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Poems by Langston Hughes


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Number4541 A / 4541 B / 4542 A / 4542 B / 4543 A / 4543 B / 4544 A / 4544 B
Matrix Number 718
Record Label Asch Recording Studio
Record Format78 RPM - 10"
Shelf Number395
Number of Tracks10
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes Poetry

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Negro Speaks of Rivers/Mother to Son/Ma Lord /I, Too, Sing America
Composer(s) : N/A
2 - To Captain Mulzac
Composer(s) : N/A
3 - Porter /Brass Spitoons /Ku Klux Klan /Merry-Go-Round
Composer(s) : N/A
4 - Florida Road Workers /Good Morning Stalingrag
Composer(s) : N/A
5 - Harlem Sweeties /Sylvester's Dying Bed /Wake /Little Lyric
Composer(s) : N/A
6 - The Weary Blues /Too Blue /Could Be Blues /Late Last Night
Composer(s) : N/A
7 - Little Songs /Silence Burden /The Breath of a Rose /Prayer /Border Line /In Time of Silver Rain
Composer(s) : N/A
8 - Still Here /Ballad of the Landlord /Big Buddy /Note on Commercial Theater
Composer(s) : N/A