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Songbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Arts, 1926-1949

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 18, microdex: 2
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the use of music in the YWCA of the U.S.A. Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. Music Committee address the need for music in the organization and the leading of music programs, and a report from the YWCA of the U.S.A. Laboratory Division assesses the role of the Music Committee and its relationship to the association. Correspondence with Carl Zander of the Boy Scouts of America and Lynn Rohrbough of the Cooperative Recreation Service concern the printing of...
Dates of Materials: 1926-1949

Arts, 1920-1950

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 18, microdex: 4
Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. work with music and arts in their associations. Music materials include a copy of the "Songbook of the Y.W.C.A.," guidance for running a successful music program, suggested music programming, bibliographies and the diary and field reports of Elizabeth Lawson. Lawson's field work involved traveling to local associations and evaluating and advising their music program. Miscellaneous art materials concern work with arts programs in general in local...
Dates of Materials: 1920-1950

Camp Bonnie Brae records

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00592
Abstract

Camp for girls. Records document camp activities and include photographs; administrative records from the camps founding in 1919 through 2007, including correspondence, reports, minutes, financial information, information about staff, songbooks, publicity materials, and publications; and as well as files pertaining to buildings and grounds.

Dates of Materials: 1914 - 2009

Carolyn McDade papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00724
Abstract

Born June 19, 1935 to a Southern Baptist family, Carolyn McDade is a feminist, a writer of women's music, and self-described activist. The collection includes personal and professional papers, including correspondence, music, writing, and organizational documents.

Dates of Materials: 1940 - 2023

Music collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00409
Abstract Documents a wide variety of women's participation in the broad field of music. Material consists of books, catalogs, concert programs, interviews (both written and recorded), musical scores, printed material, photographs, publicity, recordings and songbooks. Contains biographical material on well-known women singers and composers (both classical and popular). Includes the women's liberation rock bands and folk music of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as feminist recording...
Dates of Materials: 1848 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1930s-1980

Sophie Hutchinson Drinker papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00051
Abstract Sophie Drinker was a historian and musicologist. Papers primarily relate to Drinker's work on the history of women and music, and her promotion of choral singing by women. Types of materials include correspondence, research, and writings for her books Brahms and His Women's Choruses (1952), and Music and Women: The Story of Women in Their Relation to Music (1948). Of particular interest are the songbooks, or stimmenhefte,...
Dates of Materials: 1859-1990; Majority of material found within 1935-1966

Suffrage collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00447
Abstract Feminists, Suffragists. Comprised largely of printed materials such as pamphlets, newspaper clippings, petitions, legislative documents, articles, periodicals, and books pertaining to the enfranchisement of women primarily in the U.S., but also in England and there are small amounts of material on other countries. There are also manuscript materials including unpublished writings and correspondence. Photographs document suffrage parades, demonstrations, groups, and individuals. Suffrage...
Dates of Materials: 1851-2009; Majority of material found within 1880s-1920s

Temperance collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00440
Abstract

Collection encompasses a broad social movement in which American women played a prominent role. Materials include information on the Women's Christian Temperance Union; photographs; biographies and autobiographies; postcards; songbooks; and stamps. Also included are publications from various organizations.

Dates of Materials: 1832-1987

Women's Music Archives records and collected music

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00552
Abstract The Women's Music Archives records and collected music consists of bibliographies, biographical sketches, clippings, correspondence, flyers, newsletters, photographs, posters, publicity materials, songbooks, sound recordings, videotapes, and memorabilia. The bulk of the collection dates from 1975 to 1995 and consists of live and studio-produced recordings by women musicians and of women's music festivals, retreats, and conferences. There is also a significant amount of papers documenting the...
Dates of Materials: 1964-2007