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Sheet music, "Nightingale-Bamford Commencement Song", c. 1936

 Item — Box: 01020
Identifier: 001 003 000 06 0001

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Commencement Records include commencement ceremony invitations, programs, scripts, and transcriptions of speeches given. Each year, a commencement guest speaker is invited to deliver words of wisdom and inspiration to the graduating senior students; correspondence with prospective guest speakers and the speaker's biographical information and or curriculum vitae may be in this record series. Also of note are sheet music and lyrics for a Nightingale commencement song. Invitations include the date of commencement, with later invitations also including the location and enclosing admission ticket(s). Programs typically are dated and set forth the order of events for the commencement ceremony, songs to be sung (which may include lyrics and/or music notation), names of speakers, and names of the graduates. Ceremony scripts are used by the head of school for speaking cues to conduct the commencement ceremony. Scripts may include names of award recipients, the following year's Council and student leadership representatives, names of speakers, and other ceremony details.

Dates

  • c. 1936

Extent

2 Text : 3 p. sheet music and one note from Dorothy Macy '36 ; 8.5 x 11 inches

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Dorothy Macy '36, received on April 8, 1983. See note from Dorothy Macy in file, she recalls Adelaide (Didi) Wills wrote the music. See also Honour List 1935-36, which indicates a school mother composed the music and Dorothy Macy wrote the lyrics.

Related Materials

See item 001 003 000 12 0001 in box 01020 (Commencement song lyrics); item B10010_F10 in box 10010 (Commencement song lyrics); item 001 002 000 10 0020 in box 01062 (Honors List 1935-36).

Repository Details

Part of the The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives Repository

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