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.

The American Songbag


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Number207-A / 207-B / 208-A / 208-B / 209-A / 209-B / 210-A / 210-B
Matrix Number GM 173 A
Record Label Musicraft
Record Format78 RPM - 10"
Shelf Number510
Number of Tracks8
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes N/A

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 - Gallows Song (My name, it is Sam Hall)
Composer(s) : N/A
2 - I Ride an Old Paint
Composer(s) : N/A
3 - Foggy, Foggy Dew
Composer(s) : N/A
4 - The Horse Named Bill
Composer(s) : N/A
5 - I'm Sad and I'm Lonely
Composer(s) : N/A
6 - Woven Spirituals
Composer(s) : N/A
7 - The Good Boy
Composer(s) : N/A
8 - Mama Have You Heard the News
Composer(s) : N/A