Research Catalog

Title

[Grandchildren of Ben McLaurin sing and tell jokes] [sound recording]

Publication

[1956-1962]

Details

Additional Authors

• McLaurin, Benjamin F., 1906-1989.
• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' meetings.

Found In

c2ic Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' Meetings (CstRLIN)NYPG94-R988.

Description

1 sound tape reel (7:10 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono.; 7 in.

Summary

A recording of Eddie Haywood playing Begin the Beguine is played followed by Ben McLaurin talking and joking with his grandchildren, Benjamin, Dana, and Carolyn Davis. Benjamin begins singing I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and lapses into a joke instead. Carolyn Davis sings Oh Christmas Tree and tells jokes with Dana McLaurin.

Donor/Sponsor

• Schomburg NEH Humanities Resources Access Project.
• Collection donated by Benjamin F. McLaurin.

Subject

• McLaurin family
• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy.

Call Number

Sc Audio C-674 (Side 3, counter no. 40)

OCLC

NYPG94-R1254

Title

[Grandchildren of Ben McLaurin sing and tell jokes] [sound recording]

Imprint

[1956-1962]

Reproduction

Service copy. New York, N.Y. : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, 1993. 1 sound cassette.

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Added Author

McLaurin, Benjamin F., 1906-1989.

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' meetings.

Found In:

c2ic Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' Meetings (CstRLIN)NYPG94-R988.

Research Call Number

Sc Audio C-674 (Side 3, counter no. 40) Original in Sc Audio TC-251