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...deposited in the Harvard Theatre Collection in Widener Library, for safe keeping, and in return for this gift, the Theatre Collection was to subsidize the necessary experimentation to have the originals salvaged. The interest of Henry M. Rogers '62, oldest living graduate of Harvard, and close friend of Edwin Booth's daughter, Edwina, was secured, and his generosity permitted the experimentation to proceed...
...Booth's Voice Amplified...
Much of the background noise was eliminated and Booth's voice was carefully amplified before the transfer, so that the results are indeed a triumph of recording. The striking features of Booth's presentation are the richness of his resonance, the beauty of his inflection, and the simplicity of his interpretation...
...Rogers Room of the Theatre Collection a phonograph will he installed, so that all interested can actually play the Booth records and other historical records...
...amusing incident in connection with the discovery of the records was the finding of a cigar among the pile of papers. Close by was a note bearing the inscription, "This was the last cigar which Edwin Booth ever held in his mouth." The teeth marks were still apparent, for, though forbidden by his doctors to smoke, the dying actor was not to be denied the pleasure of keeping the cigar in his mouth...