A Recording of Wilford Woodruff from 1897!

[Stargazer]

This is from the YouTube channel "Metatron's Academy" (he has a main channel, "Metatron"). He evaluates the phrasing, vocabulary, and accent of Br. Woodruff in this "talking machine" recording. The recording he comments upon was originally posted by another YouTube channel, "Life in the 1800s," which he credits and includes a link for in the video's description.

Metatron is a native Italian (probably Catholic) who lives in the United States. In talking about the recording, he mentions LDS specific scriptures, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenant and Pearl of Great Price. He also explains Wilford's use of the term "endowment" as a temple ordinance. One thing about this guy, he is one of the most thorough commentators about whatever subject he speaks about. He's a bit of a polyglot, too. Besides Italian and English, he also speaks Japanese, and I think he is conversant in Arabic. 

Anyway, here's the video:

 

[Kenngo1969]

I first encountered this on Daniel C. Peterson's Blog at Patheos.  It is way cool.  

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2022/04/the-actual-voice-of-one-who-was-there.html