Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use

Material may not be copied or quoted without the permission of Philip M. Kennedy.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Harmony Old Singers' Association Minutes, #3793-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Photocopy of original lent for photocopying by Philip H. Kennedy of Binghamton, N.Y., January 1968.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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• Baptist State Convention of North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Choral societies--North Carolina.
• Harmony Old Singers' Association.
• Iredell County (N.C.)--Religious life and customs.

The Harmony Old Singers' Association, sometimes called in later years "Old Folks Christian Harmony" or "Old Folks Singing," of Harmony, N.C., first assembled in 1912 and formed its permanent organization in 1914.

The collection includes a photocopy of minutes of the annual gatherings at a Baptist church at Harmony, Iredell County, N.C., of the Harmony Old Singers' Association sometimes also called "Old Folks Christian Harmony" and "Old Folks Singing." Included are records of business meetings, worship and singing, membership rolls, tributes to deceased members, and names of songs and visiting singing groups.