The story of Joseph Scriven, and his world-loved hymn, What a friend we have in Jesus
Subtitle: with accounts of the dedication of a monument to his memory in Pengelley Cemetery, Rice Lake, on May 24th, 1920
By: compiled from letters and articles contributed to the press, and newspaper reports of the unveiling and dedication ceremony
Published: 1920
Place of publication: 1920?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Hymn writers; Biography; Scrapbooks; Specimens; Hymnographes; Biographies; Albums de coupures; Spécimens
Notes: Scrapbook, containing chiefly newspaper cuttings (some dated, 1918-1920). Also includes a page from Canada weekly, July 20, 1918; the programme and dinner menu from May 24, 1920; a facsimile of "Pray without ceasing" in J. Scriven's hand; two glossy photographs of the monument as it was unveiled; and facsimiles of two letters from J. Scriven to a brother. All items pasted in, some partly folded. The title page, table of contents and page headers are typed, partly underlined in red.

Page 21, "Two later musical settings of the hymn", is blank.

Bound: half-leather, marbled cover; title "The story of Joseph Scriven" tooled in gold on spine. Spine is detached. Some cuttings have come unglued. Public Archives ex-libris pasted in.