Edited by
Townsend, Willa Ann Hadley, American, 1880 - 1947
Published by
Sunday School Publishing Board, American, founded 1915
Subject of
Dr. Townsend, Arthur Melvin Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., American, founded 1895
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Owned by
Sinclair, Clayton, American
Sinclair, Hazel, American
Date
1924
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) on cardboard
Dimensions
H x W x D: 8 7/8 × 6 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (22.5 × 15.5 × 3.1 cm)
Description
A hardcover copy of Baptist Standard Hymnal with Responsive Readings edited by Willa Ann Hadley Townsend. The hardcover clothbound book is green with orange-peach page edges, and gold leaf text and design elements. The top half of the front cover features the title of the book printed in gold leaf text that reads [BAPTIST STANDARD / HYMNAL / With / Responsive Readings]. Below is a styled gold lead illustration of a scroll piece of sheet music behind a pipe organ. The text and illustration are printed within a thin, black rectangular frame. Printed at the top of the spine in gold leaf text is the abbreviated title: [BAPTIST / STANDARD / HYMNAL]. The back cover is plain. The interior pages are white with black text. The contents include 26 sections titled: [WORSHIP AND PRAISE], [GOD THE FATHER], [GOD THE SON], [THE HOLY SPIRIT], [THE TRINITY], [THE WORD OF GOD], [FALL OF MAN], [PROVISIONS OF THE GOSPEL], [ADMONITION AND INVITATION], [ACCEPTING CHRIST], [THE CHRISTIAN], [THE CHURCH], [TEMPERANCE], [TIME AND ETERNITY], [SPECIAL], [CHANTS], [RESPONSES], [LORD’S PRAYER], [DOXOLOGIES], [RECESSIONALS], [WORD-HYMNS], [FAMILIAR TUNES], [SELECTIONS FOR MALE VOICES], [SELECTIONS FOR FEMALE VOICES], [RESPONSIVE READINGS], and [INDEXES]. Following the explanation of metered music is sheet music. Handwritten pencil text at the top center of the front pastedown reads [Scott]. Handwritten brown green ink text at the top of the first front flyleaf page reads [November 1946 / Clayton & Hazel Sinclair / Harbor Road / Kittery Point / Maine]. The book has 672 pages.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place printed
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Type
hardcover books
Topic
Baptist
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Literature
Prayer
Religion
Segregation
Travel
Worship services
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Object number
2011.12.52.32
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d67e60d6-6c88-453a-9513-a79436327c1b

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