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Songs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

The Andersonville Prison

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348580]
Identifier: MSS 1380
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten poem. The item includes "chorus" sections probably meaning it was meant to be sung. The item relates to the conditions of the Andersonville prison during the American Civil War. The date of the item is unknown.

Dates: 1880

Thomas E. Cheney papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1798
Scope and Contents

Twenty reel-to-reel tapes which record folk songs, typescripts of the recorded folk songs in two volumes, four volumes of folk songs, and one volume of Mormon folk tales. The materials relate largely to Mormon folklore and Mormon folk songs.

Dates: 1840-1963

Collection of yells and songs of Brigham Young University

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 330
Scope and Contents

Collection of music, songs and spirit yells of Brigham Young University. Includes a copy of George H. Brimhall and C.W. Reid's "Old Glory." Materials dated 1900-1960.

Dates: 1900-1960

Elbert H. Eastmond papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 388
Scope and Contents

Collection contains scripts, outlines, songs, poems, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings concerning the production and presentation of various Mormon Church pageants.

Dates: 1902-1936

Edward House collection of magazine articles

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230230200]
Identifier: MSS 1855
Scope and Contents

Articles cut from various magazines. The materials relate to composers of music and to various songs.

Dates: 1917-1942

Neils P. Johnson song book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319862]
Identifier: MSS SC 2170
Scope and Contents

Handwritten songs in Danish copied by Johnson.

Dates: approximately 1900

Robert MacAdam music composition book

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 906
Scope and Contents

Handwritten music composition book. The book is a collection of Irish songs and ballads.

Dates: 1805

Miscellanies in prose and verse

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 31197233647400]
Identifier: MSS 8412
Scope and Contents Materials include Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, a manuscript written by Abraham Orchard in 1780 in Bath, England. In the preface Orchard reflects on his experiences with sin, repentence, religion, and God. The rest of the manuscript contains poetry, prose, songs, and prayers about marriage, daily life, children, nature, and religion. Only part of the book is filled up and there is a note written by someone else stating when Orchard died. There is no cover on the book, the binding is...
Dates: 1780

Mormon missionary songs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313964]
Identifier: MSS SC 1595
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of two typewritten Mormon missionary songs collected by Melvin J. Ballard while in the Northern States Mission for the Mormon Church.

Dates: approximately 1895

William Minshall Evans papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 803
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poems and songs. Also included is a biography of Evans written by his granddaughter, Grace McLachlan Foxley, in 1940. The dating of the songs and poems is uncertain. At least one was written when Evans was on his mission in Liverpool, England.

Dates: 1870-1940