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songbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Class of 1885 records

 Collection
Identifier: HCQ-002-1885
Overview

This collection contains a cremation songbook, junior orations, and a fiftieth reunion program from the Haverford College Class of 1885.

Dates: 1884-1935

Thomas S. Downing Jr. songbook

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-004
Overview This small volume contains songs and poems collected by Thomas S. Downing Jr. (1852–1926) during his time at Haverford College. Downing, the son of a prosperous farmer in West Whiteland, Chester County, Pennsylvania, attended Haverford from 1869 through 1872. After graduating, Downing returned to Chester County and became a farmer. Various Haverford students wrote verses in Downing's songbook, some traditional and some original compositions. They cover a wide variety of topics and offer...
Dates: 1869–1872, 1882

Francis Barton Gummere songbook and notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-023
Overview

The Francis Barton Gummere songbook and notebooks consists of three volumes of papers created by Gummere. There is a songbook created during his time at Haverford College in addition to his notebooks on Germanic life and the philosphy of Baruch Spinoza.

Dates: 1869-1889

Lindley Haines songbook

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-034
Overview

This collection contains one songbook gathered by Lindley Haines in 1866 and 1867. The song lyrics in the volume were copied by his peers at Haverford College.

Dates: 1866-1867

William H. Haines autograph album and songbook

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-037
Overview

This album contains about ten entries of autographs that were pasted into a volume between 1868 and 1871. These entries contain people's names and sometimes the date and their college affiliation. Most of the entries in this album are song lyrics. At the bottom of the lyrics are names of Haverford students, the year the lyrics were added to the album, their graduation year, and their hometown.

Dates: 1868-1871

Walter Willits Pharo songbook

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-017
Overview

The collection contains one songbook written by Walter Willits Pharo during his time at Haverford College (1871-1875). He compiled a number of songs during his time at the college before going on to become an iron manufacturer.

Dates: 1872-1874

William H. Reese papers

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-001-016
Overview

The collection contains William Reese's letters from and to Glee Club Members, a brochure of a Glee Club Alumni concert in honor of Reese and Haverford College Glee Club songbook edited by Reese.

Dates: 1947 - 1989

Bryn Mawr College songbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-Songbook
Scope and Contents The Songbook Collection houses the student songbooks published by Bryn Mawr College. This collection, which dates from 1889 to 2017, consists of printed booklets, published bound books, printed sheets, and handwritten sheets with annotations and music notations, evidencing the tradition of oral songs and singing in Bryn Mawr College undergraduate student life. The collection is not a full run of songbooks from every year, but contains a sampling of songbooks from every decade with large gaps...
Dates: 1889 - 2017

Edward Morris Wistar songbooks

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-041
Overview

These two volumes contain handwritten song lyrics compiled by Edward M. Wistar and his classmates during his time at Haverford in the early 1870s. Some are specific to Haverford, while many were other popular songs of the time.

Dates: 1869-1871