MS 0724.1
Scrapbooks , 1868-1950
6 boxes
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0724, The William Churchill Hammond Papers.
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/11/16
Description:
The scrapbooks consists of twenty volumes dating
from 1868-1950. Volumes one through nineteen
were compiled during Hammond's lifetime. They
date from 1868-1948 and document Hammond's
professional and family life. They mainly
include programs for his organ recitals at the
Second Congregational Church and the Skinner
Memorial Chapel in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The
scrapbooks also contain other music programs,
newspaper clippings, greeting cards, post cards,
snapshots of family and friends, invitations,
telegrams, some letters and envelopes, programs
and memorabilia relating to many colleges and
churches, class schedules, and some cancelled
checks written by Hammond. Volume twenty, dating
from 1934-1950, consists of a list of alumnae and
friends who donated to the William Churchill
Hammond Memorial Fund and a collection of
cancelled checks that Hammond wrote to Mount
Holyoke College.
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MS 0724.2
Correspondence , ca. 1930s-1946
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0724, The William Churchill Hammond Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/11/16
Description:
Hammond's correspondence consists of several
letters that he sent to or received from the
President's Office at Mount Holyoke College in
the 1930s and in 1946. These letters chiefly
invitations to play at Vesper Services at
Commencement.
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MS 0724.3
"White's Air" Material , 1916-1949, 1962
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0724, The William Churchill Hammond Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/11/14
Description:
"White's Air" is a folksong dating from the 1850s
that Hammond arranged for the organ and played at
the end of each Vesper Service at Mount Holyoke
College. This series includes copies of the
score for the song that he made to give to
students between 1916-1931 and another
handwritten copy of the score, with a detailed
description of the song's history, that Hammond
prepared in 1937. The series also contains a copy
of the score published in 1949 and three articles
about the song written in 1936, 1949, and 1962.
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MS 0724.4
Music Programs , 1896-1942
9 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0724, The William Churchill Hammond Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/11/16
Description:
The series chiefly consists of programs for
concerts given by Hammond. They include programs
for the celebration commemorating the fiftieth
anniversary of Hammond's service as organist of
the Second Congregational Church in Holyoke,
Massachusetts, in 1935; programs for his many
other concerts at that church between 1896-1942;
programs for organ recitals given by Hammond at
Mount Holyoke College, 1898-1939; and programs
for the New England Chapter of the American Guild
of Organists recitals, 1908-1917. Many of the
programs in this series are also filed in
Hammond's scrapbooks in Series 1 of this
collection.
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MS 0724.5
Biographical Information , 1898-1949
2 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0724, The William Churchill Hammond Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/11/16
Description:
The biographical material chiefly includes
newspaper articles regarding Hammond's recitals,
anniversaries, tributes, and his obituary. The
series includes the newspaper announcement of his
wedding, pieces about his music and recitals,
articles regarding his anniversaries at the
Second Congregational Church in Holyoke,
Massachusetts and Mount Holyoke College, articles
in tribute to Hammond, and his obituaries.
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MS 0724.6
Memorabilia , 1915-1949
2 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0724, The William Churchill Hammond Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/11/16
Description:
This series consists of invitations, programs, a
certificate, a brochure, a music score, and a
diploma. The invitations and programs concern
concerts given by Hammond or in his honor at the
Second Congregational Church in Holyoke,
Massachusetts, between 1915-1945. The music
score is for "Will's Air" by John Gilman Clark,
written to commemorate Hammond's sixtieth
anniversary as organist of that Church in 1945.
The brochure was issued by Mount Holyoke College
in May, 1949, to raise money for the William
Churchill Hammond Memorial fund. The diploma and
certificate of appreciation were given to Hammond
by Mount Holyoke College in 1924, when he was
awarded an honorary degree of music, and by the
citizens of Springfield, Massachusetts, in about
1935.
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MS 0724.7
Sound Recordings , ca. 1920s
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0724, The William Churchill Hammond Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/11/16
Description:
This series contains two copies of a 78 rpm sound
recording of "White's Air" and "March of the Magi
Kings." These albums are recordings of songs
played at Mount Holyoke College with pipe organ
solos by Hammond. The recordings probably date
from the 1920s.
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MS 0724.8
Photographs , ca. 1903-1946, 1964
5 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0724, The William Churchill Hammond Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/11/16
Description:
The series consists of formal photographs,
snapshots, and postcards of Hammond alone or with
others, ca. 1903-1948, and several photographs of
Hammond family members. The photographs include
those of Hammond with Mount Holyoke choir members
and with visitors to the College. The series
also includes photographs of Hammond with his
children and grandchildren, a snapshot of his
wife, Fanny Hammond, taken in 1964, and a
photograph of their son, William Churchill
Hammond, Jr., dating from about 1909.
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