“Beneath the Starry Flag”: the Flags and Songs of the 1913-14 Michigan Copper Strike as Image-making in the American Labor Movement

The 1913-14 Michigan copper strike is unlike many American labor actions of the period in that it did not include red flags or socialist anthems. Many of the most familiar photographs of the strike involve American flags, not red ones. Similarly, the songs mentioned in journalistic accounts of the strikers are American Civil War songs, not popular labor songs of the period. The few newly-written songs about the strike, published in the local newspapers, seem cautiously polite and espouse values such as patriotism, liberty and human rights. During a time when sections of the "friendly" press were concerned with labor presenting the correct image and avoiding unfavorable associations, the Copper Country strikers, and the W.F.M., seem to have been attempting to create a fresh narrative regarding what this strike was (and what it was not). This paper will consider elements of the Copper Country strike in the light of media coverage, prior to July 1913, of several American labor topics that might have influenced the way the strike was presented. Particular attention will be given to photographs, songs, and accounts from the 1912 Lawrence textile strike, as well as contemporaneous critiques of labor song lyrics. Most of this commentary will be drawn from the labor and socialist press, demonstrating that the 1913-14 Michigan copper strike occurred during a period in which the labor movement was struggling to craft and image that would display it as it wished to be seen. This paper has not yet been submitted.

Selected songs of Eliakum Zunser

arr. for voice with piano accompaniment by William Fichandler ...

A large-capacity memory system that recognizes the calls and songs of individual birds.

Auditory responses in the caudomedial neostriatum (NCM) of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) forebrain habituate to repeated presentations of a novel conspecific song. This habituation is long lasting and specific to individual stimuli. We here test the acoustic and ethological basis of this stimulus-specific habituation by recording extracellular multiunit activity in the NCM of awake male and female zebra finches presented with a variety of conspecific and heterospecific vocalizations, white noise, and tones. Initial responses to conspecific song and calls and to human speech were higher than responses to the other stimuli. Immediate habituation rates were high for all novel stimuli except tones, which habituated at a lower rate. Habituation to conspecific calls and songs outlasted habituation to other stimuli. The extent of immediate habituation induced by a particular novel song was not diminished when other conspecific songs were presented in alternation. In addition, the persistence of habituation was not diminished by exposure to other songs before testing, nor was it influenced by gender or laterality. Our results suggest that the NCM is specialized for remembering the calls and songs of many individual conspecifics.

Sixty Irish songs : for high voice /

For high voice and piano.

The Indians' book; an offering by the American Indians of Indian lore, musical and narrative, to form a record of the songs and legends of their race,

With music.

Shaker music : original inspirational hymns and songs illustrative of the resurrection life and testimony of the Shakers.

Includes index.

Folk-songs of England,

Pl. no.: 12593, 13678, 12993, 13587, 13652.

Famous Hawaiian songs /

Hawaiian words; chiefly with English translation.

Colonial love lyrics : six songs /

With piano accompaniment.

Kindertotenlieder = Songs on the death of infants = Chants sur la mort d'enfants /

Duration: 20 min.

Songs from the North : representative songs of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, /

The volume includes songs by Niels Gade, Edvard Grieg, Agathe Gröndahl, Halfdan Kjerulf, Christian Sinding and others.

One hour with thee : a ballad /

Arranged by T. Cooke.

A set of six songs ; A set of six ancient Spanish ballads ; A set of six songs [third set] /

Three sets of songs bound together : a set of six songs.

The Lute Player

Frans Hals, copy after; 2 ft. 2 3/8 in.x 1 ft. 11 5/8 in.; oil on canvas

The Lute Player

Edgar Degas; 6 19/64 in.x 8 15/32 in.; print on paper