A. Merril Smoak Jr., and other music links

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• A. Merril Smoak, Jr. Library Photo Gallery -- “The library features over 30,000 volumes, including a music collection with an early 1800s edition of ‘The Missouri Harmony.’”
• A. Merril Smoak, Jr., Baptist Hymnal Collection -- “This link contains a list of Pre-1850 hymnals in the Smoak collection.”
• A. Merril Smoak Jr. – Collecting Baptist Hymnals: Two New Early Nineteenth-Century Sources from Upstate New York (Video) -- “Baptist pastors such as Jason Lothrop and Jairus Handy published regional hymn collections for local conference meetings and private social gatherings. This paper will examine one of these newly discovered hymn collections; specifically the hymn collection compiled by Baptist pastor Jason Lothrop.”
• “Collecting Baptist Hymnals: Two ‘New” Early Nineteenth Century Sources from Upstate and Western New York” by A. Merril Smoak, Jr. (Paper) -- “Baptist pastors such as Jason Lothrop and Jairus Handy published regional hymn collections for local conference meetings and private social gatherings. This paper will examine one of these newly discovered hymn collections; specifically the hymn collection compiled by Baptist pastor Jason Lothrop.”
• Joe Bussard, the collector who preserved early American recordings, has died at 86 -- “He sought out obscure 78-rpm records that otherwise would have disappeared: jazz, blues, bluegrass, country and folk recordings from the early 20th century — the history of America, pressed to shellac.”
• Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies -- “She was the first woman ever named entertainer of the year at the genre's two major awards shows, first by the Country Music Association in 1972 and then by the Academy of Country Music three years later.”
• Ten Principles for Church Song -- “The main sound to be heard in the worship music is the sound of the congregation singing.”