nationalconferenceoncommunitymusic1917

National Conference on Community Music, held May 31-June 1, 1917 at the Hotel Astor, New York. Report of the Conference online at: catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006675025

Thanks for linking this photo to the others, Art Siegel. We'll add some of the information to the record the next time we update.

Lee Franklin Hanmer (1871 - 1961) (LOC note misspelling, the original caption is correct) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_F._Hanmer - records.ancestry.com/lee_franklin_hanmer_records.ashx?pid... - query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05E5DF103DE733A... In The sun., September 30, 1917, Section 5 Special Feature Supplement, Page 9 he was called "war departement's musical director", s. caption of his photo chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-09-30/ed-...

In May 1917, he became a member of a commission on training camp activities, s. the NYT, May 6, 1917 query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9407E0D8123BEE...

New York Community Chorus dinner

Not the New York Community Chorus Dinner, I think, but the National Conference on Community Music, May 31-June 1, 1917, Astor Hotel, New York. Lee Hanmer (also misidentified as Hammer), identified as a member of the War Department Commission on Training Camp activities, is mentioned as a speaker at the Conference in this account: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B07E2D6123AE4...

Thanks to all of you for catching this error. We'll fix the caption, and add some of the information to the record the next time we update.

Harry Barnhart: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/15842772217/

(George) Cabot Ward (1876 - 1936) www.geni.com/people/George-Cabot-Ward/6000000026997750256 He was Park Commissioner of Manhattan, s. photo in The sun., September 20, 1914, THIRD SECTION, Page 12 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1914-09-20/ed-... Cabot Ward was appointed Commissioner in 1914 and resigned in November 1917, s. - query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9901E4DB1F3BE6... - query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9406E6DF133FE4... S. also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/8079898863/ He welcomed Harry Barnhart on May 31, 1917 at a music conference, s. the NYT, June 1, 1917 query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C02E2DF133BEE...

Cabot Ward, an amateur musician, was the husband of Justine Ward née Bayard Cutting (Morristown, New Jersey, August 7, 1879 - Washington, D.C., November 27, 1975), a musical educator who developed a system for teaching music to children known as the Ward Method en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Ward www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142646029 S. also 'Cum Angelis Canere', edited by Robert A. Skeris, pages 146 - 164 media.musicasacra.com/books/cum_angelis_canere.pdf

New York Community Chorus dinner

These two were among the 12 original organizers of the National Conference on Community Music, held at the Hotel Astor on May 31-June 1, 1917. catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006675025