- 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.




