Gospel Pearls, songbook

Title: Gospel Pearls, songbook
Description: Handwritten inscription of "J. R. Coleman" inside front cover.

Gospel Pearls, first published in 1921, was a hymnal that includes a combination of African American spirtuals and traditional hymns. It was commonly used in churches, but also at religious conventions and revival meetings. Gospel Pearls played an important role in standarizing gospel music in African American churches. The inscription "JR Coleman" was for John Robert Coleman, grandfather of Elaine Buck. Buck is a co-founder of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, established in 2016 in the historic Mt. Zion AME Church in Skillman, New Jersey.
Contributor: Elaine Buck; Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
Date Created: 1921
Creator: National Baptist Convention of the United States of American, Sunday School Publishing Board-Music Committee
Rights: This work is not in copyright, but commercial uses of this digital representation are limited. For more information, contact info@ssaamuseum.org and see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/
Identifier: 2024.2.2.1
Language: eng
Format: Text
Extent: 176 pages
Spatial Coverage: Hopewell, NJ
Publisher: SSAAM
Is Part Of: 2024.2.2.1
content: Gospel Pearls, Songbook