Perhaps also of interest is the radio play "The Great Tennessee Monkey
Trial"
presented by L.A. Theater Works based on transcripts of the trial and
newspaper
(particularly H.L.Menken) reportage.
Best wishes, Thomas Stern.
http://www.latw.org/Audio/detail.aspx?title=Great Tennessee Monkey
Trial, The
<http://www.latw.org/Audio/detail.aspx?title=Great%20Tennessee%20Monkey%20Trial,%20The>

McCormick, Kathleen wrote:

>The trial was the first live radio broadcast from a trial but there was
>not recording made. William Jennings Bryan did record a number of other
>speeches some of which are available online at
><http://www.historicalvoices.org/earliest_voices/bryan.html> from the
>Vincent Voice Library (although none appear directly related to Scopes).
>The American Experience site has music clips for contemporary songs
>related to the trial
><http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/sfeature/sf_music.html#>
>
>
>
>Katie McCormick
>
>Reference Archivist and
>Coordinator for the Oral History Program
>Special Collections - J. Murrey Atkins Library
>UNC Charlotte
>9201 University City Blvd
>Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
>
>704-687-6288
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>One of our museum members was asked by a local theatrical group about to
>
>present "Inherit the Wind" whether there were any sound recordings
>available of
>the Scopes trial, either the trial itself or broadcast reports of it.
>
>I found a million links to the trial on Google, but only one relating to
>
>sound recordings, on another list, with a few suggestions for research
>but no
>definite sources.
>
>Does anyone have any information about the existence of actual
>contemporary
>recordings of the event?
>
>Mike Csontos
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