George C. Stebbins collection 1737-1945.

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George C. Stebbins collection 1737-1945.

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The Stebbins Collection contains over 1,100 items and includes hymnals, sacred song-books, histories, biographies, correspondence, and scrap-books related to American hymnody. Although the Collection contains materials dating from the middle of the eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century, the essence of the Collection is gospel hymnody of the revivalistic period of the nineteenth century. The collection was purchased by James Benjamin Clayton, a Baptist preacher in Washington, D.C., from George Stebbins. After adding scrapbooks that trace various preachers and hymn writers to the collection it was donated to the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. In 1988 William J. Reynolds, Hymnology professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, began the process of moving the collection to the Baptist institution's music library.

96 linear ft

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Roberts Library

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Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Roberts Library

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Stebbins, George C. (George Coles), 1846-1945

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George Coles Stebbins was born in East Carlton, New York in 1846. He grew up in this rural community where hard work and determination were valued qualities. In turn these characteristics enabled him to pursue a successful career as a church musician. His first professional position was as Director of Music at the First Baptist Church in Chicago followed by a move to Boston to serve within the music department of Clarendon Street Baptist Church. Stebbins was soon after invited to begin work with...