Mary Dengler Hudgins Gospel Music Research Files and Song Books
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Scope and Content Note
Twenty-seven files of correspondence, clippings, literary manuscripts, notes, music scores and other published or unpublished materials created, received, or collected by researcher Hudgins, pertaining to shaped note singing and to 19th- and 20th-century Southern evangelical hymnody, especially as regards composers, lyricists, and publishers born in or resident in Arkansas and specifically as regards the National Gospel Singing Convention in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1971; together with 155 published hymnals, mostly in paperback edition. Persons to whom materials relate include Albert Edward Brumley, Rex Emmanuel Humbard, Floyd E. Hunter, and Luther G. Presley.
Dates
- 1864-1974
- Majority of material found within 1965-1972
Creator
- Hudgins, Mary Dengler, 1901-1987 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Mary Dengler Hudgins (1901-1987), a native of Hot Springs, graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1924. She was a free-lance writer, librarian, and collector of materials pertaining to Hot Springs and to Arkansas. She was especially interested in Arkansas composers and musicians. She was active in the American Association of University Women, the Arkansas Folklore Society, and the Arkansas Historical Association.
Extent
7 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged into two series:
- Series 1. Gospel Music Research Files
- Series 2. Song Book Material
- Series 2. Subseries 1. [books] Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company
- Series 2. Subseries 2. [books] The Hartford Music Company
- Series 2. Subseries 3. [books] Jeffress Music Company and Other Arkansas Publishers
- Series 2. Subseries 4. [books] Non-Arkansas Publishers
- Series 2. Subseries 5. Other Song Book Material
Acquisition Information
The Mary Dengler Hudgins Gospel Music Research Files and Song Books were gifted to the Special Collections Department by Mary Dengler Hudgins of Hot Springs, Arkansas in August 1974.
Processing Information
Processed by Samuel Sizer; completed in May 1979.
Creator
- Hudgins, Mary Dengler, 1901-1987 (Person)
Source
- Hudgins, Mary Dengler, 1901-1987 (Donor, Person)
- Humbard, Rex, 1919-2007 (Person)
- Title
- Mary Dengler Hudgins Gospel Music Research Files and Song Books
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samuel Sizer
- Date
- May 1979
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu