World War I Hymn Card, 1914 - 1918
Scope and Contents
An English hymn card from the First World War, printed with O God, the Strength of Those who War, a hymn by the Rev. William Boyd Carpenter (1841-1918), Canon of Westminster. The text is printed in black with a red border, featuring a heading in black faux-gothic type: “O God Our Strength.” Below the border is the following message, also in red: “Dedicated, by Special Permission, to Their Majesties the King and Queen.” At the top is a piece of thin red cord, now much faded, tied into a bow. There is no date, but the item was presumably created sometime between 1914 and 1918. The text itself was also likely written during the war, as it appears in no hymnals prior to 1918. On the verso is a maker’s mark indicating the card was printed in England by “Hills Distinctive.”
Dates
- 1914 - 1918
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
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From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu