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Florida State College for Women College Song, 1915

 

Summary

Creator:
Dodd, William George
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Florida State College for Women College Song, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2007-03200

Background

Scope and content:

Printed piano sheet music of the "Florida State College for Women College Song," with words and music composed by Dr. William George Dodd. Five pages. Published in 1915 by the Willis Music Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is noted on the item that the song was "Published for the College by the Class of 1918."

Biographical / historical:

According to Robin Sellers, in Femina Perfecta, the president of the University of Indiana delivered the Florida State College for Women (FSCW) Commencement address in 1915. FSCW students wrote to that university for a sheet music copy of its Alma Mater to use in their graduation program. The students appealed to Dr. William George Dodd, Dean of the FSCW College of Arts and Sciences and an accomplished local musician, to draft a similar song for FSCW. Dodd composed the words and music for a new college song which the school adopted as its alma mater.

Acquisition information:
The Florida State College for Women College Song was given in September 2007 by Gloria Colvin, whose great-aunt, Aldine Griffin, attended FSCW and owned this copy.
Processing information:

Processed by Burt Altman in October 2007

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.

Preferred citation:

Florida State College for Women College Song, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2007-03200

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA