(This is the second installment of the “Found Sound” entry)
Voices from the past. I find it amazing how when I first heard the recording from 1958 of my grandfather’s voice how it was instantly recognizable. Grandpa passed away in November of 1975, I was 16 that year. We did not visit too frequently since we were in Maryland and they were in South Dakota. But the way sounds seem forever forged to memory is fascinating. It has been over 40 years since I’ve heard his voice, but yet I knew right away who it was.
Since there are more dates specified on Side 2, I’ve tried to work back to the correct dates for this recording (some are guesses).
The following is the recording from Side 1 of that tape from 1958:
Some interesting chapters in the recording (click the time link to jump to that chapter):
| Name | Start |
| Start — Monday Feb 10 – 1958 (?) | 00:00:05.457 |
| Arlys | 00:01:24.656 |
| Palmer – Just after Dinner Feb 10 | 00:02:53.894 |
| Tuesday Feb 11 – Go to town for Drawing | 00:03:12.726 |
| Cold – “14 below” | 00:03:48.101 |
| Palmer – “Kids” driving the Ford | 00:05:35.099 |
| @ Marge & Ron’s – young Lori talking | 00:07:20.282 |
| Ron Larson: | 00:09:28.740 |
| Ellen Holvick (Grandma) | 00:10:56.823 |
| Palmer — New Recorder Wed Feb 12? | 00:12:11.022 |
| Ellen: Received Tape on Sat 8 | 00:15:07.581 |
| Palmer: the “DJ”; Surgery; HiFi | 00:16:58.033 |
| Ellen: Plays Piano”Sail Along Silvery Moon” | 00:22:11.077 |
| Ellen plays piano | 00:24:31.287 |
| Palmer/Ellen plays “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” | 00:29:03.299 |
| The School in Rutland | 00:31:02.390 |
| Ellen plays “Sweet Hour of Prayer” | 00:31:44.703 |
| Piano: ? | 00:33:10.953 |
| Piano: ? | 00:34:24.100 |
| Palmer: More about the School | 00:35:19.605 |
| Piano: ? | 00:36:34.442 |
| Basketball Broadcast: Egan vs Dell Rapids | 00:38:47.294 |
| ??? Marty & “I” (Nana?) | 00:54:58.131 |
| Thursday Feb 13, 1958 | 00:57:02.926 |
| Marge | 00:57:34.642 |
| Marge | 00:58:43.641 |
| Rutland Basketball Radio Broadcast | 01:00:26.198 |
Questions that I have listening to this:
- Who are some of the people mentioned? (JoAnn, “Ollie”)
- What are the other songs/hymns Grandma Ellen plays?
Comments Welcome!
I’m working on the recording of “Side 2” for the next installment.
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