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Preferred Citation: Dalton Hoffman Collection, Tarrant County Archives

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Hymnals were donated by Dalton Hoffman in honor of his wife, Dianne Hoffman, and his daughter, Indi Nancy Butler. The denominations covered by the hymnals include Baptist, Catholic, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Science, Church of Latter Day Saints, Congregational, Episcopal, United Evangelical, Jewish, Lutheran, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, Reformed Church, Christian Reformed, Seventh Day Adventist, Advent Christian, and United Brethren.

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Travis Avenue Baptist Church song book cover, 1947

Travis Avenue Baptist Church song book cover (1947)

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Box Folder Description
13 01 Items removed from Baptist and Catholic hymnals, undated
13 none New Baptist Hymnal: Containing Standard and Gospel Hymns and Responsive Readings, by The American Baptist Publication Society and Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville: Broadman Press, 1926.
13 none Precious Hymns: For Use in All Christian Religious Services, compiled and edited by Robert H. Coleman, Nashville: Broadman Press, 1938.
13 none The Broadman Hymnal: Great Standard Hymns and Choice Gospel Songs New and Old, for Use in All Religious Services, compiled and edited by B. B. McKinney, Nashville: The Broadman Press, 1940.
13 none Gospel Songs and Choruses Sociability Songs, Fort Worth: Travis Avenue Baptist Church, 1947.
13 none Gospel Hymnal: A Choice Collection of Hymns and Gospel Songs for Every Department of Church Work, Chicago: Baptist Conference Press, 1950.
13 none Baptist Hymnal, edited by Walter Hines Sims, Nashville: Convention Press, 1956.
13 none St. Basil's Hymnal: An Extensive Collection of English and Latin Hymns for Church, School, and Home; Arranged for Feasts and Seasons of the Ecclesiastical Year; Gregorian Masses, Vespers, Motets for Benediction, Litanies, etc., compiled by The Basilian Fathers, Chicago: John P. Daleiden CO., 1935. 39th Edition.
13 none The Book of Catholic Worship, by the Liturgical Conference, Washington, D.C., 1966.
13 none Worship II: A Hymnal for Roman Catholic Parishes, by Robert J. Batastini, Robert H. Oldershaw, Richard Proul, and Daniel G. Reuning, Chicago: G.I.A. Publications, 1975.
14 01 Items removed from Disciples of Christ, Christian Science, and Church of Latter Day Saints hymnals, undated.
14 none Worship and Hymns for Church and Church School, compiled by S. W. Hutton, St. Louis: The Bethany Press, 1930.
14 none Christian Worship: A Hymnal, by William P. Shelton and Luther Wesley Smith, Philadelphia: The Judson Press, 1941.
14 none Christian Worship: A Hymnal, by William P. Shelton and Luther Wesley Smith, St. Louis: The Bethany Press, 1960. Eighteenth printing.
14 none Christian Worship: A Hymnal, Special Edition Using Text of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, by Wilbur Haverfield Cramblet and Luther Wesley Smith, St. Louis: The Bethany Press, 1961. Tenth printing.
14 none Christian Science Hymnal, With Seven Hymns Written by the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, by The Christian Science Board of Directors, Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1932.
14 none Christian Science Hymnal, With Seven Hymns Written by the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, by The Christian Science Board of Directors, Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1937.
14 none Hymns: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1964.
14 none Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints, 1985.
15 01
Items removed from Church of New Jerusalem, Congregational, and Protestant Episcopal hymnals, undated.
15 none Book of Worship Containing Services, Chants, Sacraments, Rites, Prayers and Hymns, Brooklyn: New-Church Board of Publication, 1960.
15 none Worship and Service Hymnal for Church, School and Home, Chicago: Hope Publishing Company, 1957.
15 none The Hymnal with Music, edited by A. H. Messiter, New York: E. and J. B. Young and Company, 1893.
15 none The New Hymnal:  As Authorized and Approved for Use by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the Year of Our Lord 1916, Together With The Canticles at Morning and Evening Prayer and Occasional Anthems, by The Church Pension Fund, New York: The H. W. Gray CO., 1916.
15 none The Hymnal: As Authorized and Approved for Use by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the Year of Our Lord MCMXVI, Together With The Canticles at Morning and Evening Prayer and Occasional Anthems, by The Church Pension Fund, New York: Plimpton Press, 1933.
15 none The Hymnal 1982, by The Church Pension Fund, New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation, 1985.
16 01 Items removed from Evangelical, Jewish, and Lutheran hymnals, undated.
16 none Hymnal of the United Evangelical Church, Harrisburg: Publishing House of the United Evangelical Church, 1897.
16 none The Evangelical Hymnal, edited by Rev. David Bruening, St. Louis: Eden Publishing House, 1922.
16 none The Evangelical Church School Hymnal: Consists of Carefully Selected and edited Hymns and Tunes, Songs, Responsive Readings, Orders of Worship and Prayers Appropriate for all Religious Services, compiled and edited under the supervision of The Board of Religious Education of The Evangelical Church, Harrisburg: The Evangelical Publishing House, 1931.
16 none The Sabbath-School Hymnal: A Collection of Songs, Services and Responsive Readings for the School, Synagogue and Home, edited by Isaac S. Moses, New York: The Bloch Publishing CO., Sole Agents, 1914. Eleventh revised and enlarged edition.
16 none Union Hymnal for Jewish Worship, by The Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1914.
16 none Union Hymnal: Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship, by The Central Conference of American Rabbis, [Cincinnati]: The Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1936. Third edition, revised and enlarged.
16 none Favorite Hymns: Stories of the Origin, Authorship, and Use of Hymns We Love, by William Lee Hunton, Philadelphia: The General Council Publication House, 1917.
16 none Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, authorized by The United Lutheran Church in America, Philadelphia: The Board of Publication of The United Lutheran Church in America, 1918.
16 none The Lutheran Hymnary, by The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod, The Hague’s Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and The United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1921.
17 01 Items removed from Lutheran and Methodist hymnals, undated.
17 none The Lutheran Hymnal, authorized by The Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America, Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941.
17 none The Lutheran Hymnal, authorized by the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America, Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941.
17 none Service Book and Hymnal, Music Edition, authorized by the Lutheran Churches Cooperating in The Commission on the Liturgy and Hymnal, Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1974. Fifteenth printing.
17 none Lutheran Book of Worship, prepared by the churches participating in the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship (Lutheran Church in America, The American Lutheran Church, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada, and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod), Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1979. Fourth printing.
17 none Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Character (Shaped) Note Edition, Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1889.
17 none Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Round Note Edition, Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1889.
17 none The Methodist Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1905.
18 01 Items removed from Methodist hymnals, undated.
18 none The Methodist Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, Nashville: Publishing House Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1913.
18 none The Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church: An Annotated Edition of The Methodist Hymnal, by Wilbur F. Tillett and Charles S. Nutter, Nashville: Smith and Lamar, 1913.
18 none Songs of Praise and Service: A Collection of Sacred Songs for the Sunday School and Young People’s Meetings, edited by E. B. Chappell, music editor Wm. J. Kirkpatrick, Nashville: Publishing House Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1913.
18 none Sbírka Duchovních Písní A Chvalozpěvů (Collection of Spiritual Songs and Hymns), by the Bohemian Methodist Ministers, New York: The Methodist Book Concern, reprint 1919.
18 none The Methodist Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, Nashville: Publishing House Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1928.
18 none The New Cokesbury Hymnal for General Use in Religious Meetings, edited by Charles C. Washburn, Nashville: The Cokesbury Press, 1928.
18 none The Methodist Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Protestant Church, Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1935.
18 none Singing Worship with Boys and Girls, edited by Edith Lovell Thomas, New York: Abingdon Press, 1935.
18 none The Cokesbury Worship Hymnal, edited by C. A. Bowen, New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1938.
18 none The Methodist Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the Methodist Church, Nashville: The Methodist Publishing House, 1939.
19 01
Items removed from Methodist and Nazarene hymnals, three publications, undated, [1977]-1993.
19 01 The Methodist Primer, by Charles Claude Selecman, Nashville: Tidings, [1957].
19 none The Methodist Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the Methodist Church, Nashville: The Methodist Publishing House, 1966.
19 none Supplement to the Book of Hymns, by The United Methodist Church, Nashville: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1982.
19 none The Book of Hymns: Official Hymnal of the United Methodist Church, Commemorative Edition Celebrating 200 Years of Methodism, 1784-1984, Nashville: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1984.
19 none The Hymnal of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Memphis: The CME Publishing House, [2000]. Discipleship 2000 edition.
19 none Glorious Gospel Hymns, edited and compiled by Haldor Lillenas, Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House, 1931.
19 none Praise and Worship: The Nazarene Hymnal, Kansas City: [1951], Nazarene Publishing House.
20 01 Items removed from Presbyterian hymnals, undated
20 none The Church Psalmist; or, Psalms and Hymns, for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians; Containing Also Directions for Musical Expression, and an Index for First Lines of Stanzas. Also, a New and Copious Index of Subjects, Philadelphia: Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1847.
20 none The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church as Amended by the Presbyterian Divines in the Royal Commission of 1661 and in Agreement with the Directory of Public Worship of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, edited by Charles W. Shields, New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, [1897].
20 none The Psalter in Metre and Scripture Paraphrases, With Tunes, Edinburgh: Henry Frowde, 1899.
20 none Psalms and Hymns, [New York: Oxford University Press, 1903].
20 none The Hymnal, Published by Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, edited by Rev. Louis F. Benson, Philadelphia: The Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1910.
20 none Life and Service Hymns, compiled by R. E. Magill, Richmond: Onward Press, 0Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1917.
20 none Hymns of Praise for the Church and Sunday School, compiled by F. G. Kingsbury, Chicago: Hope Publishing Company, 1922.
21 01 Items removed from Presbyterian hymnals, undated
21 none The Church Hymnary, Revised Edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1927.
21 none The Presbyterian Hymnal, Published by Authority of the Presbyterian Church In the United States, Richmond: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1927.
21 none The Hymnal, Revised, Published in 1895 and Revised in 1911 by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, With the Supplement of 1917, Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Christian Education, 1932.
21 none Devotional Hymns: A Collection of Hymns and Songs for Use in All Services of the Church, Including Sunday School, Young People’s Meetings, Missionary and Mid-Week Service, Chicago: Hope Publishing Company, 1941.
21 none Choice Hymns of the Faith, Fort Dodge: Gospel Perpetuating Fund, 1946.
21 none The Hymnal, Published by Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Christian Education, 1948. Twenty-first printing.
21 none Trinity Hymnal, Philadelphia: The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1961.
21 none The Worshipbook: Services and Hymns, Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1972. Second printing.
22 01 Items removed from Christian Reformed/Reformed Church, Advent Christian, Seventh-Day Adventist, and United Brethren in Christ hymnals, undated.
22 none The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States, (on front cover: The Reformed Church Hymnal), Cleveland: Publishing House of the Reformed Church, 1890.
22 none The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States: A Selection of Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship, (on front cover: The Reformed Church Hymnal), Cleveland: Central Publishing House of the Reformed Church, 1890.
22 none Psalter Hymnal: Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids: Publication Committee of the Christian Reformed Church Publishers, 1934.
22 none Psalter Hymnal: Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids: Publication Committee of the Christian Reformed Church Publishers, 1959. Centennial Edition.
22 none The Advent Christian Hymnal, Concord: Advent Christian Publications, Inc., 1967.
22 none The Church Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Takoma Park: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1941.
22 none The Sanctuary Hymnal, edited by J. P. Landis, Ph.D., Dayton: United Brethren Printing Establishment, 1914.
22 none Services of Worship for Boys, arranged by H. W. Gibson, New York: Association Press, 1914. (YMCA)
22 none Hymns for Worship, New York: Association Press, 1939. (YMCA)
23 01 Items removed from commercial publication hymnals, undated.
23 none Gloria in Excelsis: A Collection of Responsive Scripture Readings, Standard Hymns and Tunes, and Spiritual Songs for Worship in the Church and Home, edited by William E. M. Hackleman, Indianapolis: Hackleman Music Company, 1905.
23 none One Hundred and One Hymn Stories, by Carl F. Price, New York: The Abingdon Press, 1924. Reprint.
23 none Songs of Praise with Music, Enlarged Edition, edited by Percy Dearmer, Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1931].
23 none Famous Hymns with Stories and Pictures, by Elizabeth Hubbard Bonsall, Philadelphia: The Union Press, 1930. Second edition.
23 none Stories of Hymns We Love, by Cecilia Margaret Rudin, Chicago: John Rudin and Company Inc., 1944.
23 none Navy Song Book, NAVPERS 15047-A
23 none Hymns We Sing, by Edmond D. Keith and Gaye L. McGlothlen, Nashville: Convention Press, 1960.
23 none Hymns in Christian Worship: The Use of Hymns in the Life of the Church, by Cecil Northcott, Richmond: John Knox Press, 1964. No. 13 of Ecumenical Studies in Worship.
23 none Songs: An Eclectic Lyric Collection of More Than 580 Songs for Most Situations, by Yohann Anderson, San Anselmo: Songs and Creations Inc., 1978.
23 none Armed Forces Hymnal, Washington D.C.: The Armed Forces Chaplain Board/U. S. Government Printing Office, undated.
24 01 Items removed from old/fragile hymnals
24 none The National Harp of Zion and B.Y.P.U. Hymnal: A Choice Selection of Hymns and Tunes Arranged by Some of the Most Competent Musical Composers and Hymnologists in This Country; A Volume of Harmonious, Soul-Inspiring Melodies; Designed for Use in Baptist Churches, Sunday Schools, Prayer Meetings and Young People’s Societies Throughout the World, Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board, 1900.
24 none Hymnal According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press/Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1890. Revised Edition.
24 none A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Principally from the Collection of the Rev. John Wesley, New York: B. Waugh and T. Mason, 1836.
24 none Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Revised Edition, New York: Carlton and Lanahan, 1849.
24 none
A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship, Nashville: A.H. Redford for the M.E. Church, South, 1875.
24 none Hymns for Youth, Suitable To Be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools, Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1848.
24 none My Own Hymn Book, Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, circa 1857.
24 none Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Three Books: I. Collected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord’s Supper, by Isaac Watts, Boston: Hastings, Etheridge and Bliss, 1808.
24 none Psalms and Hymns for Christian Use and Worship, prepared and set forth by The General Association of Connecticut, New Haven: Durrie and Peck, 1854.
24 none
First Lessons in Arithmetic on the Inductive Plan: Including Oral and Written Exercises, by William J. Milne, Cincinnati: Van Antwerp, Bragg and CO., 1878.
24 none Gospel Hymns Combined, Embracing Volumes No. 1, 2 and 3, As Used in Gospel Meetings and Other Religious Services, Cincinnati/Chicago: John Church and Co./Biglow and Main, 1879.