Cylinder 23?
A last note ... One of our astute listeners, Sarah, noticed that cylinder #23 was missing from the third batch of Lenora’s recordings. As...
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- Oct 30, 2022
Cylinders 39–45
This final batch of wax cylinder recordings brings us to the end of our investigation. I can’t say I feel ready to file it away....
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- Oct 23, 2022
Cylinders 32–38
In our penultimate collection of her testimony, I find myself connected to Lenora more deeply than I ever could have anticipated when I...
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- Oct 16, 2022
Cylinders 19–31
Lenora was inconsistent in providing verbal dates and times when she recorded, so I continue to rely on her handwritten numbering on each...
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- Oct 9, 2022
Cylinders 11–18
This second batch contains the next eight wax cylinder recordings, numbered 11 through 18, all inscribed in what appears to be Lenora's...
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- Oct 2, 2022
Cylinders 1–10
Every effort made these past few months has led to this moment: the release of the audio from the wax cylinders in Lenora’s trunk. As I...
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- Sep 18, 2022
Enlistment
Alongside June’s WCTU paraphernalia, she separated a few select pieces from the military documents belonging to her husband, Timothy...
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- Sep 11, 2022
Temperance
As indicated in one of the notes saved in Lenora's collection of correspondence, her sister June was a member of the Woman's Christian...
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- Sep 4, 2022
Shining in June
As last week’s post concluded our recap of objects on display in the Hollow Medium booth at the end of July, it is time for us to dig...
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- Aug 28, 2022
Correspondence
Hidden in a leather folio marked "Handkerchiefs", Lenora kept a selection of correspondence that must have held some significance to her....
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- Aug 14, 2022
St. Augustine Ephemera
Beginning our exploration of items recovered from Lenora’s trunk, this week highlights a collection of ephemera from her home of St....
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