Series 16: Music, 1818-2006, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The series contains files relating to music at Packer, including hymnals, sheet music, and designs for the school's pipe organ, dating from 1818 to 2006.
Arrangement
The series is organized into three sub-series:
Sub-series 16.1: Sheet music and lyrics
Sub-series 16.2: Hymnals and song books
Sub-series 16.3: Organ
Sub-series 16.1: Sheet music and lyrics, 1848-1979, inclusive
Extent
1 Cubic Feet in fourteen folders
Scope and Contents
The sub-series contains sheet music and song lyrics relating to Packer, dating from 1848 to 1979.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Packer Collegiate Institute Poem/Song, 19th Century, inclusive
Box: 157, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Text)
Brooklyn Female Academy commencement song lyrics and sheet music, 1848, inclusive
Box: 540, Folder: - (Material Type: Text)
Music Scores –"Cradle Song," "Spring Song," and Letter from Alice Logesgvies, circa 1859-1896, inclusive
Box: 158, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)
"Alma Mater" lyrics, 1871, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)
"The Son of God Goes Forth to War" by Josiah Booth, 1890, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)
General note
Original manuscript dedicated to "The young ladies of the Packer Collegiate Institute." Presented to the school by Mrs. Berhta Backus Nrown, Class of 1893.
Song books, circa 1890s, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)
General note
Part of package to Mrs. Charles C. Parker
Associate Alumnae songs, circa 1890s-1910s, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)
Various songs, 1892-1965, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)
Various Packer songs, circa 1900s-1979, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)
Packer Grace by R.H. Woodman (Class of 1915), circa 1915, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)
"Diamond Jubilee Song" sheet music and lyrics, 1928, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Text)
General note
Part of package to Mrs. Charles C. Parker
Grace sung at Alumnae Luncheons sheet music and lyrics, 1944, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Text)
"The Packer Grace" sheet music and lyrics, circa 1950s-1960s, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Text)
"Feed us Now, O Son of God" and "David and the Giants", 1974-1975, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Text)
Sub-series 16.2: Hymnals and song books, 1818-1961, inclusive
Extent
3.75 Cubic Feet in ten boxes
Scope and Contents
The sub-series contains hymnals and song books, most of which were specifically produced for use at Packer, dating from 1818 to 1961.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
The Vocal Library; being the Largest collection of English, Scottish, and Irish, Songs, Ever Printed in a Single Volume, 1818, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Text)
The Musical Album..., 1855, inclusive
Box: 513, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
The Musical Casket..., 1858, inclusive
Box: 513, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)
Caecilia: A Collection of Vocal Music..., 1860, inclusive
Box: 513, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)
Caecilia: A Collection of Vocal Music..., 1860, inclusive
Box: 513, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)
The Chapel Hymnal - Owned by Alonzo Crittenden, 1876, inclusive
Box: 513, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)
The New Hymnary, 1876, inclusive
Box: 513, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)
Part-Songs for female voices selected for use in the Packer Collegiate Institute vol. I-II, 1880s, inclusive
Box: 514, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
Part-Songs for female voices selected for use in the Packer Collegiate Institute vol. I-III (two folders), 1880s, inclusive
Box: 565, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A collection of part songs for the use of the Packer Collegiate Institute, 1880, inclusive
Box: 514, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)
The Choral Hymnal, 1888, inclusive
Box: 514, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)
The Packer Hymnal, 1895, inclusive
Box: 514, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)
The Packer Hymnal, 1895, inclusive
Box: 514, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)
The Packer Hymnal, 1895, inclusive
Box: 565, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Chapel Hymnal, 1898, inclusive
Box: 514, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)
The Institute Hymnal, 1899, inclusive
Box: 515, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
The Institute Hymnal, 1899, inclusive
Box: 565, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Institute Hymnal - Pulpit Copy, 1901, inclusive
Box: 515, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)
Anthem Book of the Packer Institute, circa 1900, inclusive
Box: 515, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)
The Institute Hymnal (1 of 2), 1901, inclusive
Box: 515, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)
The Institute Hymnal (2 of 2), 1901, inclusive
Box: 515, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)
The Toy-Shop ... by Mary Packer and Harriet P. Packer, 1903, inclusive
Box: 515, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)
Songs of the Flag and Nation, 1904, inclusive
Box: 515, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)
A Golden Gift..., 1906, inclusive
Box: 515, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)
The High School Assembly Song Book, 1912, inclusive
Box: 516, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
Institute Hymnal, 1913, inclusive
Box: 363, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Realia)
The Institute Hymnal (1 of 2), 1913, inclusive
Box: 516, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)
The Institute Hymnal (2 of 2), 1913, inclusive
Box: 516, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)
Musical Art Series vol. 1, 1913, inclusive
Box: 516, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)
Musical Art Series vol. 2-3, 1913, inclusive
Box: 516, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)
Musical Art Series vol. 4-5, 1913, inclusive
Box: 516, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)
Packer Songs, 1916, inclusive
Box: 517, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
Packer Songs (1 of 2), 1916, inclusive
Box: 517, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)
Packer Songs (2 of 2), 1916, inclusive
Box: 517, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)
The Institute Hymnal, 1921, inclusive
Box: 517, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)
Packer Songs (1 of 2), 1925, inclusive
Box: 517, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)
Packer Songs (2 of 2), 1925, inclusive
Box: 518, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, 1940, inclusive
Box: 518, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)
The Packer Hymnal (1 of 2), 1951, inclusive
Box: 518, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)
The Packer Hymnal (2 of 2), 1951, inclusive
Box: 518, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)
The Packer Hymnal, 1961, inclusive
Box: 565, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Packer Hymnal (1 of 2), 1961, inclusive
Box: 518, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)
The Packer Hymnal (2 of 2), 1961, inclusive
Box: 519, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
Sub-series 16.3: Organ, 1911-2006, inclusive
Extent
1 Cubic Feet in three folders
Scope and Contents
The sub-series contains designs and other files relating to Packer chapel's Austin Pipe Organ, dating from 1911 to 2006.
New Organ - Correspondence and specifications (Austin Pipe Organ), 1911-1912, inclusive
Box: 512, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Text)
General note
Austin Organ Company
Design of organ fronts blueprint (Austin Pipe Organ), 1912, inclusive
Box: 540, Folder: - (Material Type: Text)
General note
Austin Organ Company
Austin Pipe Organ, 1911-2006, inclusive
Box: 480, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
