<I>Selections of Plantation Songs As Sung By Donavin's Famous Tennesseeans</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1883
name: label: Created by
content: Donavin's Famous Tennesseeans, American, founded 1873
notes: label: Description
content: A rectangular paper booklet of sheet music. Front cover, pink with black type, is borderd by elaborate decorations, especially in the corners, and reads [ORGANIZED A.D. 1873 / Selections of Plantation Songs / AS SUNG BY] at the top, with [THE WORLD RENOWNED / COLORED VOCALISTS / Permanent Address, Delaware, O.] vertically on the left center, and [The Famous Company / RE-ORGANIZED 1881] vertically on the right, with a black-and-white depiction of a man, J.W. Donavin, in profile in an oval shape between, with [DONAVIN'S FAMOUS TENNESSEEANS] along the bottom. Interior pages, four (4) total front and back for each, are music sheets with four staff lines on each side. Songs include "Rise! Shine! And Give God The Glory," "Steal Away To Jesus," and "Good News! The Chariot is a Coming." The first and last pages give a "Decennial Review" written by J.W. Donavin. Back cover, pink with black type, reads [F.T. EVANS. / Gas Power / BOOK & JOB PRINTER / And Binder. / Delaware, Ohio.] in the center. Handwritten in top left corner of reverse, in pencil, reads [M8020/21].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Spirituals (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Written Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.3.19
objectType: label: Type
content: sheet music
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, metal
label: Dimensions
content: closed: 5 × 6 11/16 × 1/8 in. (12.7 × 17 × 0.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: open: 5 × 12 7/8 × 1/8 in. (12.7 × 32.7 × 0.3 cm)