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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Isaac B. Smith, Farmer and Music Teacher, Newspaper Clippings and Other Material, A&M 3975, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings, photographs, sheet music, and other material regarding Isaac B. Smith, a farmer and music teacher from Gilmer County. Smith (1876-1984) lived to be 107 years old.

This collection is organized into seven series:

Series 1. Newspaper clippings; 1974-1984; box 1, folders 1-4. Contains originals and photocopies of newspaper clippings regarding Smith's 100th birthday, his career as a music teacher, and his death, among other subjects.

Series 2. Photographs; 1885, 1900, ca. 1970-1980; box 1, folder 5. Contains a black and white postcard of Smith with students (ca. 1900) and a matted portrait photograph of Smith (ca. 1970-1980). There is also a print of a photograph of a brass band (1885) that was copied from a newspaper clipping in this collection.

Series 3. Certificate; 1976; box 1, folder 6. Contains a color reproduction of certificate from the State of West Virginia honoring Smith for reaching the age of 100 and his contributions to the state.

Series 4. Sheet Music; 1972; box 1, folder 7. Contains a piece of sheet music composed by Smith titled "The Wanderer".

Series 5. Booklets; 1909-1934; box, folders 8-9. Contains booklets of commercially published sheet music (mainly produced by the Willis Music Company), a booklet regarding playing the mandolin, and other material.

Series 6. Oversize; ca. 1900; unboxed. Contains a large chart used for teaching the shape note system of music notation.

Series 7. Publications; ca. 1840-1943; box 2. Contains 15 books and other publications, mainly regarding music. For additional items related to this series, please see "Separated Materials". A list of the items in this series follows:

Benson, John T. and M. Homer Cummings. Choice Collections . Wheeling: M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, ca. 1930.

Birge, Edward Bailey, Mabel E. Bray, W. Otto Miessner, Osbourne McConathy. The Music Hour: One-Book Course . New York: Silver, Burdett, and Company, 1932.

Coleman, Robert H. Coleman's Songs for Men . Dallas: Robert H. Coleman, 1932.

Coronation Hymns for the Church and Sunday School . Chicago: E. O. Excell, Publisher, 1910.

Doane, W. Howard. The Silver Spray . Cincinnati: John Church and Company, 1868.

Freeman, Warren S. and Helen S. Leavitt. Songs to Sing . Boston: Ginn and Company, 1943.

Hall, J. H., J. H. Ruebush, and W. H. Ruebush. A Choice Collection of the Most Popular Sacred and Secular Male Quartettes . Dayton: The Ruebush-Kieffer Company, 1901.

Hall, J. H., J. H. Ruebush, W. H. Ruebush. The Practical Music Reader . Dayton: The Ruebush-Kieffer Company, 1904.

Hallelujahs . Lawrenceburg: James D. Vaughan Music Publisher, 1922.

Practical Music Readere . Dayton: Ruebush-Kieffer Company, ca. 1920.

Premier Male Quartets . Dayton: The Ruebush Kieffer Company, 1911.

Sanders, Charles W. and Joshua C. Sanders. Sander's Series: The School Reader Fifth Book . New York: Ivison and Finney, 1854.

The Service Hymnal . Chicago: Hope Publishing Company, 1935.

Smiley, Thomas. Encyclopedia of Geography . Philadelphia: Hogan and Thompson, ca. 1840.

Tabernacle Hymns, No. 2 . ca. 1920.

Separated Material

O'Neill, John. A New and Easy System of Geography and Popular Astronomy . Baltimore: Fielding Lucas, 1814.

Ray, Joseph. Intellectual Arithmetic by Induction and Analysis . Cincinnati: Wilson, Hinkle and Company, 1860.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Centenarians
• Gilmer County (W. Va.)
• Music and musicians.
• Smith, Isaac B., active 1832-1834