Original sacred harp

Resource Type
Tunebooks
Accession Date
11/9/2018
Date
1911
Call Number
TB1911Origina
Subtitle
containing a superior collection of standard melodies, of odes, anthems, and church music, and hymns of high repute
Author
White, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1879
Copy
8
Author 2
King, E. J. (Elisha J.), approximately 1821-1844
Author 3
James, J. S. (Joseph Summerlin), 1849-1931
Place of Publication
Atlanta
Publisher
[s.n.]
Section
Sacred Harps
Edition
rev., corr., and enl.
Librarian Comments
c.1 donated by Hester Day Daly and owned by her mother, Eva Doster Day. Note in 2014 inventory also associates this copy with J.J. Doster. 1st printing? c.2 formerly owned by Howard Denson. Includes some notation in red pencil. 2nd printing? c.3 owned by Loyd Redding. c.4 donated by Mozelle Smith of Bremen, Ga., having been given to him by Pearl McWhorter of Birmingham, Ala. Back cover detached. 1921? c.5 lacks covers, all before p.17, and all after p.532. c.6 donated by E.G. Akin and formerly owned by R.M. Reid. Lacks back cover and all after p.526. 1921? c.7 donated by Mozelle Smith, having been given to him by Pearl McWhorter of Birmingham, Ala. Lacks all but p.43-486. c.8 owned by Hugh Lee Turner and G.P. McLendon. c.9 lacks all before p.17 and after p.536. c.10 owned by J.J.Aderhold with note regarding its gift to him in 1946. Bound upside-down; lacks all before p.9, all after p.550, and only a fragment of index. 1911? c.11 donated by E.G. Akin with note: “This book belonged to R.M. Reid (my Grandfather) I’ve sung from it for many, many years. / I am giving it to the National Sacred Harp Foundation that it might be preserved with all the other precious material.” Lacks title page. 1921? c.12 owned by Lillian Teal, T.S. McLendon, Jr., Reese McLendon, and Lovvorn McLendon of Carrollton, Ga., and later by G.P. McLendon. Covers detached and body of book badly mutilated after p. 522. Includes index separated from another copy. 1921? c.13 donated by Gladys McGraw of Mt. Zion, Ga. Lacks all before p.25 and all after p.538. c.14 donated by Vera Denson Nunn and Violet Denson Hinton, and formerly owned by Tommye Denson Mauldin and T.J. Denson. Lacks all after p.538. c.15 donated by E.G. Akin with note: “This book belonged to M.W. Lovvorn; my dear friend; he song [sic] from it for many, many years. / I am giving it to the National Sacred Harp Foundation for safe keeping.” Lacks covers and all after p.516. c.16 loose from its binding and with many torn pages. c.17 donated by Mozelle Smith of Tallapoosa, Ga. Lacks back cover and all after 494. c.18 donated by the estate of Charlene Wallace. “Just out: August 1911” “Poplar Springs Book”