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Blondell Hill Gospel Music Collection, 1916-1964, bulk 1940-1964

A Guide to Blondell Hill's Papers at the Indiana University Archives of African American Music and Culture

Finding aid prepared by Dorothy Berry and Allison Bohm

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University, Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC)
Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-181
2805 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47408-2601
Phone: 812-855-8547
Fax: 812-856-0333
Email: aaamc@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc

Creator
Hill, Blondell, 1904-2005

Title
Blondell Hill Gospel Music Collection, 1916-1964, bulk 1940-1964

Collection No.
SC 158

Extent
.25 linear ft. (1 document case)

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
This collection consists of gospel song books and sheet music, song texts, photographs, and other ephemeral material related to Blondell Hill’s participation with choirs in Richmond, Indiana, Petoskey, Michigan, and Harbor Springs, Michigan.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research. Advance notice of your visit is highly recommended to ensure that requested materials will be ready for use upon your arrival. Contact the AAAMC staff for more details.

Biographical Note

Blondell Harris Hill was born in Marianna, Arkansas on February 9, 1904. At the age of 19 she was recruited to attend Earlham College and moved to Richmond, Indiana. At Earlham she completed two years of study, including music, piano, and other required course work. She then married Roy Hill, whose mother owned the Mary E. Hill Nursing Home in Richmond, Indiana. Blondell Hill was active as a church musician and played for the Sunday School and the Senior Choir at the Bethel A.M.E. church in Richmond. She passed her love of music on to her daughter, Rochelle, who sang in the children’s and junior choirs.

Hill also worked for the Leeds family in Richmond as a cook. They spent the summers of 1952-1956 in the resort town of Petoskey, Michigan, where Hill performed with a local gospel choir. Originally formed by a seasonal household employee from Dayton, Ohio, the choir was comprised of African Americans in the Petoskey area who came from Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Kentucky to work in the resort town. Since there was no African American church in Petoskey and most of the household employees had been accustomed to singing in gospel choirs, the employers in the area made sure their help became familiar with the other Black household employees and directed them to a church that was preferred by the seasonal workers. Hill and her daughter both performed in the Petoskey Gospel Volunteer Choir and are pictured in the photograph included in the collection.

Blondell Hill passed away at the age of 101 on August 26, 2005, and is buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Indiana. Rochelle Hill Tinsley attended Indiana University, graduating with a BS in 1976 and an MS in 1978.

Arrangement

Series 1: Gospel Music

Series 2: Ephemera

Scope and Content Note

The bulk of the collection consists of gospel songbooks, sheet music, and song texts collected by Hill for use with choirs in Richmond, Indiana and Petoskey, Michigan. Songbooks and sheet music are arranged alphabetically by title. Programs, ephemera, and photographs pertain primarily to the Gospel Volunteers Choir and Harbor Springs, Michigan.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Donated by daughter Rochelle Hill Tinsley, October 2011.
Usage Restrictions
All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture. Some publication requests may also require the written permission of the interviewer, interviewees, and/or performers.

Copyright interests for this collection have not been transferred to Indiana University and duplication/publication requires the permission of the AAAMC as well as that of any rights holders. For more information, contact the AAAMC staff.

Preferred Citation
Blondell Hill Gospel Music Collection, circa 1916-1964; bulk 1940-1964, SC 158, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Processing Information
Processed by Dorothy Berry and Allison Bohm.

Completed in 2015

Collection Inventory


Series: 1. Gospel Music 1916-1964 

12 folders.


Box 1
Folder 1

Bowle's Favorite Frye's Special Gospel Song Book, No. 6. Chicago, IL: Bowles Music House, 1940. 

1 score (24 pages).

Contents:

  • View All (25)
  • 1. There's a Great Change in Me / Theo. R. Frye ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 2. I'm Waiting for Jesus, He's Waiting for Me / Thomsas A. Dorsey
  • 3. He is My Savior (And I Love Him So) / Kenneth Morris
  • 4. I'm Overshadowed By His Love / Kenneth Morris
  • 5. Jesus Love Just Bubbles Over In My Heart ; Arranged by Roberta Martin and Theo. R. Frye
  • 6. Is Your All on the Altar ; Arranged by Frye and Martin
  • 7. Shall I Meet You Over Yonder / Roberta Martin and Johnie E. Rogers, Jr. ; Arranged by Morris
  • 8. When The Pearly Gates Unfold / A. L. Kendricks ; Arranged by L. Morris
  • 9. Run and Help Us Tell / Evangelist Timpie Stancel Goldsberry ; Arranged by Elma Simpson
  • 10. Didn't It Rain / Roberta Martin ; Arranged by W.M. Webb
  • 11. Search My Heart / Roberta Martin and John E. Rogers Jr.
  • 12. Until I Found The Lord / Elder Brooks Jr. ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 13. I Know the Lord Has Laid His Hands on Me / Kenneth Morris ; Selection, Lillian M. Bowles
  • 14. Talk About A Chile That Do Love Jesus ; Arranged by Roberta martin and Theo. R. Frye
  • 15. God Will Brings Things Out All Right / W.P. Anderson ; Arranged by Morris
  • 16. Walking With Jesus / N.G. Henderson
  • 17. What A Friend We Have In Jesus ; Arranged by Willie Mae Ford Smith
  • 18. (I'm going to keep on praying 'till I find Him) There's a King of Kings Somewhere ; Arranged by Roberta Martin and Theo. R. Frye
  • 19. I'm Not Uneasy / Rev. B.H. Hogan ; Arranged by Laura B. Davis
  • 20. This Little Light of Mine ; Revised, Lillian M. Bowles ; Arranged by Pace
  • 21. This Precious Salvation / Rev. B.H.Hogan ; Arranged by Laura B. Davis
  • 22. Try Jesus, For I know He will Answer Prayers / N.G. Henderson and L.M Bowles
  • 23. I Tell King Jesus / W.O. Hoyle ; Arranged by W.O.Hoyle
  • 24. Lead Me There, My Lord, Lead Me There / J. Rufus Liddell ; Arranged by J. Rufus Liddell
  • 25. Traveling to a Better Land / Rev. L.A. Pinkston ; Arranged by Rev. M.C. Durham, K. Morris, L.M. Bowles

Box 1
Folder 2

Bowle's Favorite Gospel Songs of Joy, No. 8. Chicago, IL: Bowles Music House,1941. 

1 score (24 pages).

Contents:

  • View All (23)
  • 1. No More Good Bye / E. Clifford Davis.
  • 2. I Know the Lord Will Make a Way / Eugene Smith
  • 3. Jesus Has Made the Way for Me / Rev. E. L. Harvell
  • 4. Your Mother Loves Her Children All the Time / Rev. E.L. Harvell
  • 5. My Father Watches Over Me / Chas. H. Gabriel
  • 6. It is Morning in My Heart / Rev. A.H. Ackley
  • 7. Hear Our Prayer / John G. Hunter
  • 8. Come On Sinner and Seek the Lord / Virginia Davis
  • 9. I've Changed My Way (Of Living Here) / Albert F. [Brumley] ; Arranged by W.O. Hoyle
  • 10. Let Jesus Lead You All the Way ; Arranged by N.G. Henderson
  • 11. I Didn't Know Then But I Know Now / Bruton Sims ; Arranged by W.O. Hoyle
  • 12. There Is Something That Makes Me Know I'm His Child / Rev. A.H. Pointer ; Arranged by W.O. Hoyle and L.M Bowles
  • 13. I Want to Do Something For the Lord / Virginia Davis
  • 14. Never More Will I Pass This Way / Cordelia Monroe ; Arranged by W.O. Hoyle
  • 15. The Lord Has Made Me Free / Kenneth Morris
  • 16. Cheer the Weary Traveler / Anon. ; Arranged by Bowles and Hoyle
  • 17. I'll Do All I Can For the Lord / Rev. A . H. Pointer ; Arranged by W.O. Hoyle and L.M Bowles
  • 18. Look Upon the Field / Edna L. Jones ; Arranged by W.O. Hoyle
  • 19. He Is the Same / Myrtle Jackson ; Arranged by W.O. Hoyle
  • 20. God of Our Fathers / George W. Warren ; Arranged by Daniel C. Roberts
  • 21. I Know the Lord Will Hear and Answer Prayer / Essie Plunkett ; Arranged by W.O.Hoyle
  • 22. So Glad I Know That He Is Mine / Kenneth Morris
  • 23. I'll See Him Some Day / J.G. Hunter ; Arranged by W.O. Hoyle

Box 1
Folder 3

Bowles Favorite Gospel & Spiritual Songs No. 2. Chicago, IL: Bowles Music House, 1939.

1 score (24 pages).

Contents:

  • View All (24)
  • 1. I'll Do Anything for My Jesus / Kenneth Morris
  • 2. Jesus is the Light, Bless His Holy Name / L.M. Bowles and W.P. Anderson ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 3. Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend / W.P. Anderson and Lillian M. Bowles ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 4. I Am Sending My Timber Up to Heaven / Theo. R. Frye ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 5. Have You Any Time For Jesus ; Arranged by K.Morris
  • 6. Yes I Know I'm in His Care / Kenneth Morris
  • 7. Seeking for Me ; Arranged by Willie Webb
  • 8. Seek and You Shall Find / Lillian M. Bowles ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 9. I'd Give Up All My Sins and Serve the Lord / L.M. Bowles and N.G. Henderson
  • 10. Somebody Touched Me / Lillian Bowles and Theo. Frye ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 11. I'm Singing for Jesus is Mine / Rev. M.C. Durham ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 12. Are You Ready (For The Coming Of The Lord) / Kenneth Morris
  • 13. On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand (My Mother's Song) / Roberta Martin
  • 14. Now I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion / N.G. Henderson ; Arranged by K. Morris and L.M. Bowles
  • 15. Yes, I Want to See My Savior - Don't You? / Kenneth Morris
  • 16. He Calmed The Ocean / K. Morris and L.S. Boswell
  • 17. Oh! Sit Down, No I Can't Sit Down / Andrew Welch and Theo. R. Frye ; Arranged by K. Morris and Andrew Welch
  • 18. He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield / Famous 5 Soul Stirrers ; Arranged by Kenneth S. Morris
  • 19. I'm on the Field / Theo. Frye and Lillian Bowles ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 20. My Mind's Made Up and My Heart is Fixed / Lillian Bowles and Willie May ford Smith ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 21. Stand Steady, Bretheren / Andrew Welch, L.M. Bowles and Theo. R. Frye ; Arranged by Morris
  • 22. You've Got to Pray to Be Ready When He Comes / Joseph C. Lands and Lillian Bowles ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 23. I Know the Lord Has Laid His Hands on Me / Kenneth Morris ; Selection, Lillian M. Bowles
  • 24. Working on the Building / W.O. Hoyle and Lillian M. Bowles

Box 1
Folder 4

Frye's Echoes of the Baptist Music Convention, No. 1. Chicago, IL: Theodore R. Frye Publishers,1948.

1 score (64 pages).

Contents:

  • View All (39)
  • 1. I Will Move On Up A Little Higher ; Arranged by Virginia Davis
  • 2. The Mercy Gate / Clarence E. Hatcher ; Arranged by Bobby Hopkins
  • 3. Back To The Dust / Elvie E. Skinner ; Arranged by C.C. Skinner
  • 4. Sow Righteous Seed / Rev. A.A. Childs and Robert Anderson ; Arranged by Virginia Davis
  • 5. My Redeemer / Samuel A. Lewish ; Arranged by Virginia Davis
  • 6. Only A Look At Jesus / Anna E. Shepherd
  • 7. Nothing can change me (Since I've Found The Lord) / H.J. Ford ; Arranged by Martin
  • 8. Don't Forget The Family Prayer / Anne C. Graham
  • 9. Jesus Is The Answer He's All I Need / Willie Webb
  • 10. Thy Holy Will Be Done / Charles Banks
  • 11. I'm Going To Rest From My Labor Afterwhile / Rev. Nathaniel Betts ; Arranged by Aletha M. Robinson
  • 12. Yes, Yes, Yes, I Love Jesus / Samuel E. Lewis ; Arranged by Virginia Davis
  • 13. My Lord Has Need Of Me / Emma L. Jackson
  • 14. Oh Be Ready For The Coming Of The Lord / Emma. L. Jackson and Elizabeth Barken
  • 15. I Just Can't Serve The Lord As I Desire / Rev. Nathaniel Betts ; Arranged by Aletha M. Robinson
  • 16. Lord, I Can't Stay On This Highway By Myself / Virginia Davis
  • 17. Somebody Saved Me / H.J. Ford
  • 18. Onward, Christian Soldiers / Arthur Sullivan and Sabine Baring-Gould
  • 19. Jesus / Mary Lou Coleman ; Arranged by Virginia Davis
  • 20. Bye and Bye I Will See Jesus / I. J. Johnson ; Arranged by Margery and Freddie J.E. Harris
  • 21. In The Upper Room With Jesus / Lucie E. Campbell
  • 22. Where Jesus Leads Me (I Will Follow) / Myrtle Jackson ; Arranged by Jeanette Tall
  • 23. Let Us Sing Till The Pow'r Of The Lord Come Down / A.B. Windom
  • 24. Yield Not To Temptation / H.R. Palmer
  • 25. Even Me / Conder ; Arranged by Morris
  • 26. It's Cool Down Here By The Banks of Jordan / Emma L. Jackson ; Arranged by Virigina Davis
  • 27. The Great and Last Convention / Elvie Skinner ; Arranged by C.C. Skinner
  • 28. I Have Made A Promise And I Can't Turn Around / W.L. Farmer ; Arranged by Odessa Steward
  • 29. Tired / John Walter Davis ; Arranged by E. Cliffored Davis
  • 30. He Is Able / H.J. Ford
  • 31. Were You There / Anon.
  • 32. Why Should I Worry? / Robert Anderson ; Arranged by Virginia Davis
  • 33. Speak To Me Jesus / Rev. W. Herbert Brewster D.D. ; Arranged by W.O. Hoyle
  • 34. Down On My Knees / H.J. Ford
  • 35. Tell It, Sing It, Shout It / James D. Walbert and James Rowe
  • 36. I Know I've Been Converted / Evermae M. Paschal ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 37. Heaven / Clarence E. Hatcher ; Arranged by Kenneth Woods Jr.
  • 38. Faith and Grace Is All I Need / I. J. Johnson ; Arranged by Tremerell Hunter
  • 39. Thank You, Jesus / Kenneth Morris

Box 1
Folder 5

Frye's Echoes of the Baptist Music Convention, No. 2. Chicago, IL: Theodore R. Frye Publishers,1948.

1 score (64 pages).

Contents:

  • View All (35)
  • 1. I'll Serve Jesus / Samuel E. Lewis ; Arranged by Virginia Davis
  • 2. God's Amazing Grace / Roberta Martin ; Arranged by J. Morris
  • 3. Only Believe / Paul Rader
  • 4. The Last Mile of the Way / W. E. Marks and Rev. Johnson Oatman
  • 5. Well, Let's Talk About Jesus / Henrietta Coleman ; Arranged by Kenneth Woods Chorus
  • 6. In My Home Over There / H.J. Ford ; Arranged by R. Martin
  • 7. Jesus Is The Name / Doris Akers ; Arranged by Charles J. Levy
  • 8. The Unclouded Day / Rev. J.K. Alwood ; Arranged by Virginia Davis
  • 9. My Soul Is Satisfied / Cleavant Derricks
  • 10. I'm Going To Tell The World Why Jesus Died / Samual A. Lewis ; Arranged by Virginia Davis
  • 11. The Light Is My Guide / Lucille Henderson ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 12. He Delivered Me / Doris Akers ; Arranged by Charles J. Levy
  • 13. He Will Remember Me / E.M.B.
  • 14. Tell Him All About It / Frances Johnson and Virginia Davis
  • 15. How Jesus Brought Me Out / Emma L. Jackson : Arranged by Jeanette Tall
  • 16. I'm Standing On The Highway / The Birmingham Blue Jay Jubilee Singers ; Arranged by Viola Bates
  • 17. Now Lord / Sylvia Boddie ; Jeanette Tall
  • 18. Jesus I Turn To Thee / Theodore R. Frye ; Arranged by V. Bates
  • 19. He Is Our Savior / Dr. J.F. Jones ; Arranged by G. T. S. Lucas and J. P. Powell, Jr.
  • 20. When I Get Home / Robert L. Glynn
  • 21. Glory, Glory Hallelujah ; Arranged by Morris
  • 22. This Same Jesus / H.J. Ford
  • 23. Come, Ye Disconsolate / S. Webbe, Thomas Moore andThomas Hastings
  • 24. What Manner Of Man Is This / Deacon Roman Holmes ; Arranged by Jeanette Tall
  • 25. What Jesus is to Me / Emma L. Jackson
  • 26. I Need Thee Ev'ry Hour / Robert Lowry ; Arranged by Doris Akers
  • 27. Meeting Tonight On The Old Camp Ground ; Arranged by Sylvia Boddie
  • 28. Jesus Put A Song In My Soul / H. J. Ford ; Arranged by Martin
  • 29. He Suffered For You And Me / Virginia Davis
  • 30. I Must See Jesus for Myself - Someday / Kenneth Morris
  • 31. I'm On The Shining Pathway / John Hogarth Lozier
  • 32. I Am Happy In The Service Of The Lord / Fay Brown ; Arranged by Virigina Davis
  • 33. I Will Run, Run, Run To Jesus / H.J. Ford ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 34. I'm Going To Walk The Milky White Way / Theodore R. Frye ; Arranged by V. Bates
  • 35. How Far Am I From Canaan / Rev. W. Herbet Brewster ; Arranged by K. Morris

Box 1
Folder 6

Martin & Morris Gospel Star Songbook, No. 4. Chicago, IL: Martin and Morris Music Inc,1964.

1 score (40 pages).

Contents:

  • View All (16)
  • 1. It's in My Heart / Arthur Slater ; Arranged by J.G. Boersma
  • 2. It Was Jesus / Inez Andrews ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 3. Sing A Song / Inez Andrews Gibbs ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 4. I'm Glad About It / Inez Andrews Gibbs ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 5. (Lord I Wonder) What Will Tomorrow Bring / Inez Andrews ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 6. Peace Be Still / H.R. Palmer and Mary A. Baker
  • 7. All My Help / Rev. C. Robinson ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 8. In Times Like These / Ruth Caye Jones
  • 9. Balm In Gilead / Edward Boatner
  • 10. Waiting For My Child / S. Pugh ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 11. I'm Willing To Wait / Inez Andrews ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 12. I'm Not Tired Yet / Inez Andrews ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 13. You Don't Know Me Like The Lord Do / Inez Andrews ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 14. Mary Don't You Weep ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 15. Somewhere List'ning For My Name ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 16. Show Me The Way / Inez Andrews ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris

Box 1
Folder 7

Martin & Morris Special Songs of the Pilgram Travelers, No. 16. Chicago, IL: Martin and Morris Music Inc, 1950.

1 score (64 pages).

Contents:

  • View All (37)
  • 1. Just Over The Hill
  • 2. Jesus Is The Only One / Kenneth Morris
  • 3. In The Shelter Of The Rock / Anna B. Richardson ; Arranged by Jeanette Tall and J. P. Powell Jr.
  • 4. What Manner Of Man Is This / Deacon Roman Holmes ; Arranged by Jeanette Tall
  • 5. Do You Know Him? / Mary Lou Parker
  • 6. Just Like Jesus Did / H. J. Ford
  • 7. He Delivered Me / Doris Akers ; Arranged by Charles J. Levy
  • 8. I'm Going To Follow Jesus / Kenneth Morris
  • 9. Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Cleavant Derricks ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 10. Open Up The Pearly Gates / P.C. Smith and Kenneth Morris ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 11. In That Morning / Henrietta Makins
  • 12. I'm Going To Live with Jesus / Beulah Vaughns ; Arranged by M. Brown
  • 13. Jesus The Way-Maker / Sammy Lewis ; Arranged by Margarite Brown
  • 14. Thy Holy Will Be Done / Chalres Banks
  • 15. The Moment I Met Jesus / Kenneth Morris
  • 16. Where Jesus Leads Me (I Will Follow) / Myrtle Jackson ; Arranged by Jeanette Tall
  • 17. My Lord And I (On The Heavenly Road) / Lucie E. Camprell
  • 18. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well / Kenneth Morris and J. W. Alexander
  • 19. Come Home / Kenneth Morris
  • 20. I Come To Thee / Kenneth Morris
  • 21. Just Jesus / Milan G. Brown Jr. ; Arranged by Kenneth Woods Jr.
  • 22. The Gospel Of Salvation Is Real / Ruth Hall ; Arranged by Margarite Brown
  • 23. In The Name Of Jesus / Elder E. Howard Thurston ; Arranged by Kenneth Woods, Jr.
  • 24. Do You Want To Go To Canaan Shore? / David Thomas ; Arranged by Kenneth Woods, Jr.
  • 25. I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone / Charles E. Durham and Thomas Ramsey
  • 26. I'm Satisfied / Myrtle Jackson and Herbert Carson ; Arranged by Jeanette Tall
  • 27. Now Lord / Sylvia Boddie ; Arranged by Jeanette Tall
  • 28. I Never Knew Joy Before / Doris Akers ; Arranged by Chalres J. Levy
  • 29. I Was there When The Spirit Came / Doris Akers ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 30. Meeting Tonight On The Old Camp Ground ; Arranged by Sylvia Boddie
  • 31. I'm Working For A Crown Over There / Ruth Hall ; Arranged by Margarite Brown
  • 32. Shine On Me ; Arranged by Virginia Davis and Emma Jackson Craig
  • 33. Something In My Heart / A. J. Twigg
  • 34. I'm Satisfied With Jesus / Anna B. Richardson ; Arranged by Jeanette Tall
  • 35. Take It To The Lord / H. J. Ford
  • 36. Come Unto Me / A. B. Windom
  • 37. Touch Me, Lord Jesus / Lucie E. Campbell

Box 1
Folder 8

The Three Stars Gospel Songbook. Chicago, IL: Martin and Morris Music Studio,1941.

1 score (24 pages).

Contents:

  • View All (22)
  • 1. All That I Need is in Jesus / Homer Fuller ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 2. Hold On! / Arthur Atlas Peters ; Arranged by Gilbert Allen
  • 3. Heavens Gates Are Standing Open for Me / Kenneth Morris and Elijah Becham
  • 4. If the Lord Wants Somebody, Send Me, I'll Go / Cornelia Lacy Parks ; Arranged by Mary Elizabeth Lacy
  • 5. I Know My Prayer Is Heard Up There / Melva L. Williams ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 6. I've Seen Trials An Tribulations, 'Long This Way / Mary Haynes and Eugene Haynes ; Arranged by L. M. Bowles
  • 7. I wouldn't take nothing for my journey as I go / Robert L. Smith
  • 8. I Find Joy in His Company Every Day / A. B. Windom
  • 9. I'm Standing on the Rock King Jesus / Goldie Cunningham and Kenneth Morris
  • 10. Journey Home / H. J. Ford
  • 11. Jesus Has Made the Way for Me / Rev. E. L. Harvell
  • 12. Just the Same / Elder Homer Fuller ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 13. I Feel the Spirit / Kenneth Morris
  • 14. Nobody Knows and Nobody Cares / Kenneth Morris
  • 15. Go and Sin No More / Homer Fuller ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 16. The Land of Pure Delight / Emma Campbell ; Arranged by Martin and Morris
  • 17. Jesus is Enough for Me / Kenneth Morris
  • 18. The Church at the End of Life's Road / Kenneth Morris
  • 19. Until the Lord Shall Come / Kenneth Morris
  • 20. Well, Well, Well, Don't Worry 'Bout Me / Famous Five Soul Stirrers ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 21. You Need Jesus on Your Journey / Necie G. Seaberry ; Arranged by Kenneth Morris
  • 22. You Don't Have to Worry if Your Heart is Right / Kenneth Morris

Box 1
Folder 9

Unidentified songbook (cover missing), pages 1, 22, 23. Dedicated to the memory of the late Rev. E.W.D. Isaac Sr. D.D.1938.

1 score (3 pages).

Contents:

  • 1. Freedom Afterwhile / Theo. R. Frye, Lillian Bowles and W. O. Hoyle ; Arranged by K. Morris
  • 2. Holy Spirit / E. Clifford Davis
  • 3. Something Within / L. E. Campbell

Box 1
Folder 10

"But This I Pray, Oh Lord Remember Me" by Myrtle Jackson. Chicago, IL: The Martin Studio of Gospel Music, 1944.

1 score (3 pages).

Some stains, and autographed on cover in blue ink by Blondell Hill.


Box 1
Folder 10

"Chorale from Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius, arranged by H. Alexander Matthews. Philadelphia, PA: Oliver Ditson Company,1934.

1 score (7 pages).


Box 1
Folder 10

"Does Jesus Care" by Kenneth Morris. Chicago, IL: Martin & Morris Music Studio (3 copies),1943.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 10

"God Be With You" by Tomas A. Dorsey and Artelia W. Hutchins. Chicago, IL: Thomas A. Dorsey Music Publisher,1940.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 10

"God Is Wonderful" by Virginia Marshall. Waco, TX: Sacred Songs,1964.

1 score (1 page).

Top edge and title trimmed, folded with tears in margins.


Box 1
Folder 10

"He Delivered Me" by Doris Akers, arranged by Charles J. Levy. Los Angeles: Simmons and Akers Music Room (2 copies),1948.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 10

"Here Am I, Lord, Send Me" by Lillian M. Bowles, with words by W. O. Hoyle. Chicago IL: Bowles Music House,1937.

1 score (1 page).


Box 1
Folder 10

"He Saved Me Too" by E. C. Deas,1916.

1 score (1 page).


Box 1
Folder 10

"How Jesus Brought Me Out" by Emma L. Jackson, arranged by Jeanette Tall. Chicago, IL: Jackson Studio of Gospel Music,1943.

1 score (3 pages).

Image of Chicago gospel singer Beatrice Lux on cover.


Box 1
Folder 10

"I Call Him Jesus, My Rock" by Virginia Davis, arranged by V. D. Lively. Chicago, IL: Bowles Music House,1950.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 10

"I'm Goin' To Bury Myself In My Jesus Arms" by Kenneth Morris. Chicago, IL: Martin and Morris Music Studio,1945.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 10

"Jesus" by Mary Lou Coleman Parker, arranged by Virginia Davis. Mt. Vernon, IL: Parker's Music Studio,1948.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 10

"Let Mount Zion Rejoice" by J. B. Herbert. Dayton, OH: Lorenz Publishing Co.,1923.

1 score (11 pages).


Box 1
Folder 10

"Lord I've Tried" by Rev. W. H. Brewster, arranged by Kenneth Morris. Chicago, IL: Martin and Morris Music Studio,1945.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 11

"Make Me a Blessing" by Geo. S. Schuler and "There Is a Fountain" by Lowell Mason,[1924].

1 score (1 page).

Photocopy from book, two songs on one page.


Box 1
Folder 11

"Move on Up a Little Higher (Spiritual)" by Cordelia Monroe, arranged by Virginia Davis. Norfolk, VA: The Monroe Music House,1948.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 11

"My Testimony for Jesus" by Lucille Thompson, arranged by Kenneth Morris. Chicago, IL: Martin and Morris Music Studio,1945.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 11

"Now Lord" by Sylvia Boddie, arranged by Jeanette Tall. Chicago, IL: Sylvia Boddie Music Studio,1948.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 11

"O Blessed Jesus" and "We Adore Thee" by Palestrina, arranged by James Allan Dash. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Music Co.,1951.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 11

"O Come All Ye Faithful" arranged by Carl Berger. New York, NY: G.Schirmer, Inc.,1940.

1 score (8 pages).


Box 1
Folder 11

"Oh Lord, Stand By Me" by Cleavant Derricks, arranged by Kenneth Morris. Chicago, IL: Martin and Morris Music Studio,1948.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 11

"Only a Look" by Anna Shepherd, arranged by Virginia Davis. Chicago, IL: The Martin Studio of Gospel Music (2 copies),1948.

1 score (3 pages).


Box 1
Folder 11

"Precious Memories" by Roberta Martin and Georgia Jones. Chicago, IL: Martin and Morris Music Studio,1939.

1 score (1 page).


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Folder 11

"The Shepherds Had an Angel" by Cecil E. Lapo, words by Christina Rossetti. New York, NY: Edwin H. Morris & Company,1947.

1 score (4 pages).


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Folder 11

"Touch Me, Lord Jesus" by Lucie E. Campbell. Memphis, TN: Lucie E. Campbell,1941.

1 score (1 page).


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Folder 11

"The Unclouded Day" arranged by Roberta Martin. Chicago, IL: Roberta Martin's Studio of Music,1943.

1 score (3 pages).

Faded image of Roberta Martin Singers on cover.


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Folder 11

"Walk in Jerusalem" by E. M. Bartlett. Chicago, IL: Martin and Morris Music Studio,1938.

1 score (3 pages).


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Folder 11

"When My Life Is Over" by Anna Thomas Chinn. Chicago, IL: Theodore R. Frye (2 copies),1943.

1 score (3 pages).

Image of Anna Thomas Chinn on cover.


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Folder 11

"Without Him" by Mylon R. LeFevre. The LeFevres,1963.

1 score (1 page).


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Folder 11

"You Can't Beat God Giving" by Doris Akers. Los Angeles, CA: Manna Music, Inc.; distributed by Simmons and Akers,1957.

1 score (2 pages).


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Folder 12

Song Texts, undated.

13 Songs (11 pages).

Contents:

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  • Blessed Quiteness
  • Canaan
  • Foot-Prints of Jesus
  • Have You Been Tried
  • He Will Remember Me
  • Hide Me In thy Bosom
  • Precious Memories
  • I'll Tell It
  • I'm Going To Walk
  • Joy In My Soul
  • Leave It There
  • Oh What A Time
  • On the Jericho Road
  • Sing Joyous Praises to the Lord

Series: 2. Ephemera, 1950-1958, undated.

3 folders.


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Folder 13

Postcards from Harbor Springs, Michigan, undated.

4 postcards.


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Folder 13

Overlooking Harbor Point and Petoskey - Harbor Springs, Mich., undated.

1 postcard.

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Folder 13

Little Traverse Bay - Harbor Springs, Mich., undated.

1 postcard.

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Folder 13

Sunset - Harbor Springs, Michigan, undated.

1 postcard.

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Folder 13

"The Pointer" - Harbor Point, Michigan, undated.

1 postcard.

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Folder 14

Programs and Miscellaneous Papers, 1950-1953, undated.

2 concert programs, 1 receipt, and 1 photocopy.


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Folder 14

The Annual Sacred Concert, The First Methodist Church, Harbor Springs, Michigan, August 23, 1953

1 item (1 program)

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Folder 14

Rental Book Fee Receipt, Hibberd School, January 23, 1950

1 item (1 receipt)

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Folder 14

The Civic Music Association Presents Floyd Worthington, undated

1 item (1 program)

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Folder 14

Photocopy of Acts 1:12 through 2:28 page from unidentified bible, undated

1 item (1 photocopy)

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Folder 15

Photograph, 1958.

1 photograph.


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Folder 15

Photograph of the Petoskey, Michigan Volunteer Gospel Choir, 1958.

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Included in picture are both Blondell Hill and her daughter Rochelle.

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