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This page presents a biography of the pianist Lora Orth Kimsey, least well known of the four artists who recorded for the Chicago Gramophone Society.

It is part of the site Classical 'Society' Records by Nick Morgan.

Kimsey's career was very different from those of the Society's other artists: after a brief, early foray into the classical concert and recital market, and private teaching, she devoted two decades to accompanying her first husband, an evangelical song-leader, in religious and secular meetings and broadcasts, and on the Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits.

Almost nothing is known of Kimsey's career and life after the late 1930s.

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Life

Born Lora Jean Orth, 26 June 1893, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, USA^[1]

Married by March 1918, Howard Wade Kimsey, location unknown

Divorce announced October 1939

Married 31 July 1958, George Stanley Hill, San Bernardino, California

Widowed 18 March 1985

Died Date unknown

Studies

Lora Jean Orth was one of two musical daughters of Edward M. Orth (1862-1931), a travelling salesman of jewellery and novelties,^[2] and Sally Frances, née Rarick (1872-1940). Her younger sister was the violinist Buda Beverly Orth (later Dorsey, then Carew) (1895-1980).

Lora Orth grew up in Spencer, Iowa, where the 1910 US Federal Census noted her occupation, at age 16, as 'Organist', 'In Church'; whether this means she had already left school is not known.

Lora Orth attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. She studied with Dutch-born Marie van Aaken (c.1885-), professor of piano at the Drake University Conservatory, and herself a pupil of Teresa Carreño.^[3]

Lora Orth's studies at Drake ended in early 1913; she had apparently graduated, though no official announcement has been located. In February, the University's campus newspaper reported,

'Miss Lora Orth who has been student in piano under Miss Marie van Aaken left Wednesday for her home at Spencer, Ia. Friday she goes to Chicago to resume her music in the Cosmopolitan School of Music.'[4]

At present, nothing is known about Lora Orth's studies at the Cosmopolitan School of Music and Dramatic Art, which had opened on 10 September 1906 in Chicago's Auditorium Building.^[5] By 'resume her music', did the writer mean that Orth had started a course at the Cosmopolitan School but had interrupted it to study with Marie van Aaken at Drake? Or that, having completed her studies at Drake, she would start a new course in Chicago? From March to May 1913, Orth was living in South Dakota (see below); but for the two years following, she appears in no press sources consulted for this page. The Cosmopolitan School published 'catalogs' or directories for the academic years 1913-14 and 1914-15; but these list no students, only the School's instructors.^[6] The Cosmopolitan School closed in the 1960s; the whereabouts of its archives, if any survive, are unknown. For the moment, the question of Orth's enrolment cannot be answered.

Just as little is known about Lora Orth's last documented academic course of study. The Annual Catalog 1917-18 of Nebraska Wesleyan University, in the state capital Lincoln, lists Lora Jean Orth among students enrolled in NWU's Conservatory of Music. Perhaps, feeling her studies had been adversely affected by her early professional activities and War work (see below), she needed a refresher - or, indeed, a qualification, if she had not yet obtained one. The Conservatory's Director, and Head of its Piano Department, was Carl Beutel (1881-1959), but whether she studied with him is not known.^[7]

In 1921, Lora Orth, now married and recently settled in New York City, was reported to be receiving musical instruction;^[8] no details of what were possibly private lessons have been uncovered.

Career

If Lora Orth played the organ in church in her childhood home of Spencer, Iowa, it was perhaps for services, but no press reports confirming this, or indeed mentioning her in this capacity at this period, have been located.

Des Moines

By 1911, Lora Orth was playing the piano in public in Des Moines.^[9] At student recitals, she programmed well-known concert pieces (see below) which it seems she would have little opportunity to play later, in her thirties.^[10] She also performed as a freelance, for instance at a hospital, for a mothers' club, the Des Moines Literary Club, and at the city's YWCA.^[11] At a musicale held in December 1911 by the Abigail Adams chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Des Moines Women's Orchestra performed under Emily Ritchey;^[12] Lora Orth accompanied a singer and a violinist, and presumably joined the Orchestra for 'The Swan' from Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals.^[13] More than once, she accompanied school and amateur vocal ensembles directed by Frances Wright, the supervisor of music for Des Moines' public schools.^[14]

Rapid City

If Lora Orth did enrol in Chicago's Cosmpolitan School, it was after a brief sojourn in Rapid City, South Dakota. Her reason for moving there is not known, but from March 1913 her activities were repeatedly reported in local papers. In notices of her first known appearance in Rapid City, at a benefit concert for the Methodist youth Epworth League, she was billed as 'Miss Lora Orth, of Drake University, Des Moines', playing works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Smetana, among other composers.^[15] She made a deep impression on a local reviewer seemingly innocent of the capabilities of female pianists:

'she is a marvel. She plays with unusual power for a lady, and in addition has the delicacy of touch required to make the softest of tones. One distinguishes the rollicking waves and the gentlest breath of air, all coming at will from the tips of her fingers.'[16]

Within a few days, she was playing for two Rapid City women's clubs, at whose meetings papers were read and music enjoyed. On Tuesday 18 March 1913,

'the Music department of the Fortnightly Club met with Mrs. Robert Burton. Papers were given by Mrs. W.M. Cox and Miss Ruth Brennan and vocal solos by Mrs. Stannard. Mrs. Vincent had [i.e. reported on?] the current events. Miss Lora Orth, of Drake University, Des Moines, Ia., was present and gave piano solos. She is a forceful player, and delighted her hearers with her beautiful music.'[17]

On Friday 21 March,

'at the home of Mrs. W.M. Dodge was held a splendid meeting of the Current Events Club. China was the subject, and the papers read showed much thought, study and general knowledge upon the present situation over in that new republic. [...] "The Present Situation" was given in a very comprehensive paper by Miss Coffin. She was decidedly optimistic in her deductions. Miss Orth gave two beautiful selections on the piano.'[18]

By the following week, the new arrival had been persuaded to stay:

'Miss Lora Orth has consented to remain in Rapid City and give piano lessons. She will have her studio over Pennington county bank.'[19]

'Elsewhere is a notice stating that Miss Lora Orth will give piano lessons. Miss Orth is an artist, and Rapid City is fortunate in securing her.'[20]

In April 1913, Orth played at a charity bazaar and Woman's Christian Temperance Union mothers' meeting;^[21] in May, she again played for the women's clubs;^[22] and in June, she entertained volunteer workers at a charitable sewing bee for a local hospital, and performed solos at a six-day 'teacher's institute' (a successor to the short-lived 'teachers' Lyceums' of the early nineteenth century).^[23] Unfortunately, notices of these events do not list any works she played, except for one account of a memorial meeting of local Rebekahs and Odd Fellows, at which Orth played a prelude by Rachmaninoff.^[24] But the local press covered other appearances in more detail, notably her only documented organ recital, given at the Presbyterian Church on 16 May 1913; the programme consisted of organ works by Ernest W. Barnard(?), Edouard Batiste, Charles Gounod, Heinrich Hoffmann(?) and Théodore Salomé, alongside songs and readings.^[25] The previous month, Nellie Chase, who gave readings at the organ recital, had staged Humperdinck's children's opera Hänsel und Gretel in neighbouring Deadwood, with Lora Orth and a Rapid City violinist accompanying the action on stage as well as performing selections from the opera as a prelude and interludes.^[26]

Thereafter, for almost two years, Lora Orth appears in no sources consulted for this page, resurfacing only in April 1915 as the pianist of a touring concert party founded by the singer who would become her husband.

Circuit Chautauquas

Howard Wade Kimsey (1887-1975) was the son of a doctor and Methodist circuit rider; at 18, his bass voice won him a scholarship to Drake University.^[27] Two years later, Kimsey was already singing professionally on the Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits;^[28] but around 1911, in his mid-twenties, he briefly resumed singing studies at Drake, where he was a member of the Glee Club, Handel Choir and Howard Hall male vocal quartet, and sang as a soloist in the University Church.^[29] He and Lora Orth met at Drake; in February 1912, she performed at a university music club meeting, at which Howard Kimsey took part in a 'humorous discussion', speaking against the motion 'That Music Hath Charms to Soothe the Savage Beast [sic]'.^[30]

In late 1912, Kimsey left Drake to become a travelling evangelist, possibly under the influence of his brother Rolla Warren Kimsey (1888-1982).^[31] In 1914, he again changed direction, forming his own Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party,^[32] and by the end of the year was touring the (roughly) mid-western concert, Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits.^[33] At some point, Kimsey engaged Lora Orth as the Party's pianist. The Party varied in size from three to five members; other regulars were Leonora Shinn (1894-1942), reader, singer, and whistler,^[34] and Celoa Allen (1893-1977), reader, reciter, contralto, violinist, pianist and whistler^[35] (in one report, Lora Orth was billed as the party's whistler - probably in error^[36]). Most press notices of the Party's appearances did not name its members; Lora Orth figures in relatively few of these notices, but it is not possible to affirm that she did or did not perform at all of the Party's engagements. The states in which the Party is known to have performed were Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee; as it happens, Lora Orth is attested at least once in press reports from all these states.^[37] Her first documented performance with the Party was in Lancaster, Kentucky, on 22 April 1915.^[38] Press notices rarely billed instrumental items, but on at least four occasions Lora Orth played music by Liszt, possibly the work which found a favourable reception in Brighton, Illinois:

'Miss Lora Orth is a pianiste of rare ability. Her rendition of the difficult "Hungarian Rhapsody", by Franz Liszt, demonstrated her talent and captivated her audience so that they demanded an encore. Her accompaniments for the other musical numbers were much appreciated.'[39]

As this report noted, Lora Orth also played accompaniments for the Party's vocalists(s), although press notices seldom mentioned this role.^[40] One such notice publicized the Party's last known performance, in Clarksville, Tennessee, in April 1917.^[41]

US Army

In July 1917, after the USA had entered the War, Howard Wade Kimsey joined the US Army as its fifth Song Leader and was assigned to the 87th Division at Camp Pike, near Little Rock, Arkansas. He was also put in charge of recreational music for the third Arkansas National Guard, and of community singing in Little Rock.^[42] By March 1918, Lora Orth was Mrs. Kimsey, and she joined her husband in Little Rock, where she participated in concerts given jointly by civilian and military performers before similarly mixed audiences.^[43] In May 1918, The Billboard reported:

'The War Camp Community Service of Little Rock recently presented Howard Wade Kimsey, community song leader, a fine Ford runabout as a mild token of its appreciation for his services during the past nine months at Camp Pike and the Arkansas capital. Mrs. Kimsey, who recently became definitely attached to the Kimsey household, and well known in chautauqua circles, is the accompanist for her talented husband in his work at the camp.'[44]

In June 1918, Howard Kimsey transferred to San Antonio, Texas, as travelling song leader to Army units stationed along the border with Mexico. If Lora Kimsey joined him on his sometimes testing assignments, she was putting to use her early experience as an organist:

'Much of this work was done under primitive conditions, as some of the assignments were overland 50 to 100 miles from the railroad. On these trips a folding organ was carried (via packhorse many times), as there were no pianos in many border posts.'[45]

A year later, Howard Kimsey moved again, to Seattle, Washington, where he worked with coastal artillery and infantry units. When the War ended, he remained in the Army. By January 1920 he was Music Director to the 4th Army Division, and stationed at Camp Dodge, near Des Moines, Iowa, where

'he organized a school of music, having an enrollment of 100, with instruction in piano, voice, violin, theory and band and orchestra.'[46]

According to a local press report, Lora Kimsey also acted as music instructor at the Camp, as did her sister Buda, teaching the violin.^[47] In July 1920, Howard Kimsey was promoted further, to the rank of Army Music Director, and after some additional training was sent to the Panama Canal, Lora Kimsey again joining him.^[48] Only in July 1921, when provision for army music directors ended, did Howard Kimsey return to civilian life. As an extended profile The Billboard related,

'the average army song leader lasted about seven or eight months. Mr. Kimsey's 46 months, which will become 48 months July 31st next, is a noteworthy exception to this statement. Mrs. Kimsey, pianist-pipe organist, has acted as accompanist for practically the entire period, and has a certificate recognizing her services from the Secretary of War.'[49]

New York City

In July 1921, the Kimseys moved to New York City and embarked on a new career; both took further instruction, possibly private.^[50] Over the following years, Howard Kimsey became a noted soloist and song leader, with a variety of regular engagements and positions, including:

• music director for the City of New York Army and Navy Y.M.C.A.^[51]
• song leader for the New York Federation of Churches^[52]
• song leader for the New York Kiwanis Club^[53]
• song leader for the Brooklyn Rotary Club^[54]
• bass soloist and leader of hymn singing at Manhattan's Calvary Baptist Church^[55]
• music director at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan^[56]
• director of recreational singing for employees of Western Electric^[57]
• leader of Christmas carol singing at the Tree of Light in Madison Square Park^[58]
• song leader for services held twice daily in summer months on the DeWitt Clinton, a leisure steamer of the Hudson River Day Line^[59]

In 1924, Kimsey reportedly wrote songs for supporters of William G. McAdoo, who was campaigning for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. In June, at the closely fought Democratic Convention in New York's Madison Square Garden, he acted as cheer leader for the candidate's forces (McAdoo was unsuccessful).^[60]

Kimsey was also available for hire as a song leader for dinners and banquets. As a 1924 newspaper profile of Kimsey explained, community singing had become a fixture at public and private dinners after Prohibition:

'Mr. Kimsey plays the same part at banquets where singing is used to entertain as Will Rogers does to the banquet where monologue is needed. They are step-children of Prohibition. They do the stunt of driving the skeleton from the feast which John Barleycorn, that restless deceased, used to perform. Also, like Prohibition, he is a left-over from the war.'[61]

(Early in the century, Kimsey had toured with the Prohibitionist politician Colonel Sobieski, and with the 'dry' male-voice Menely Robley Quartet.^[62] Many years later, he still described himself as 'a Prohibition Fanatic'.^[63])

Lora Kimsey surely partnered her husband in some of these activities, although press accounts rarely mention her. He was profiled more than once in newspapers and magazines; she was usually billed as his accompanist, if at all, in listings and reports of religious meetings, broadcasts, banquets and other events, such as meetings of the Brooklyn Rotary Club.^[64] We have Howard Kimsey to thank for the information that, by mid-1922, his wife was organist and choir director of both the Sinai Temple (synagogue) in the Bronx, and St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church in Brooklyn; no further details of her activities or tenures there are known.^[65] Almost certainly, she also had other engagements, separate from her husband's, which have not yet been documented. In September 1923, for instance, passing through Lathrop, Missouri, Howard Kimsey's former home, she gave a recital in support of the city's Methodist Episcopalian church building fund, during which she played both piano and organ solos and accompanied local artists.^[66]

Broadcasting

If Lora Orth Kimsey was rarely mentioned without her husband, the first such documented instance is of special interest. In March 1922, she was apparently the first of the couple to take part in a broadcast, when she accompanied soprano Marie Kimball in a transmission from WYCB / WVP, the US Army Signal Corps station located at Fort Wood on Bedloe's Island, site of the Statue of Liberty; the programme's contents were not billed.^[67]

The following month, Howard Kimsey's profile was further raised when he led a 'vast congregation' in New York's annual open-air Easter Day dawn service, in Manhattan's Central Park, and

'For the first time in history an Easter service was broadcasted by radio telephone.'[68]

Broadcasting would now loom large in the Kimseys' lives. For some twenty years, the prominent British-born minister Samuel Parkes Cadman had been conducting Sunday meetings and preaching at the Bedford branch of the Y.M.C.A..^[69] Cadman's meetings had long included music, performed by a variety of artists, including the famed all-female Gloria Trumpeters (successor to the Edna White Trumpet Quartet).^[70] From late 1922, Howard Kimsey was song leader for these meetings, initially not with Lora Kimsey but another pianist;^[71] she was first named some months later (not all billings included the pianist).^[72] From 7 January 1923, the meetings were broadcast over the American Telephone and Telegraph Company's WEAF station, although it seems some transmissions did not include the 'mass singing' which Howard Kimsey led before the meeting proper.^[73] In March 1923, WEAF also broadcast Lenten 'noonday theater meetings' held by the New York Federation of Churches in three well-known Broadway venues; six of these came from the Palace Theater, with Dr. Parkes Cadman as preacher and what would become almost his core musical corps: the Gloria Trumpeters, Howard Kimsey as bass soloist with Lora Kimsey at the piano, and the renowned operatic contralto Louise Homer.^[74] (The series was repeated the following year, with little change.^[75]) On Easter Day 1923, Howard Kimsey again led an early morning open-air 'song and praise service', this time from the grounds of Columbia University, apparently not broadcast.^[76]

The Kimseys' work for the Y.M.C.A. left tangible traces. In 1927, they were reportedly captured on a de Forest 'Phonofilm' of a Cadman meeting; it is not known if this survives.^[77] Around the same time, the Y.M.C.A.'s Association Press published a leaflet of 'Community Songs' compiled and edited by Howard Kimsey, and apparently designed to be distributed gratis to would-be participants at 'sing-ins' led by Kimsey. It gives a clear idea of what might have been heard at one of these 'sing-ins', containing the texts of 55 songs, all assigned a specific key and grouped into the categories 'Patriotic Songs', 'Hymns', 'Folk Songs', 'Popular Songs' (the largest group), and 'Play Songs'.^[78] The couple's association with Cadman continued until 1928.^[79] It brought Lora Kimsey before radio audiences numbering tens of thousands - at least, according to a newspaper which may have had an interest in boosting these events;^[80] some years later, another claimed 'millions of listeners over the radio.'^[81] As before, press listings and reports usually summarized her contributions, if at all, with variants of the term 'accompanist'. Besides her husband, she later 'accompanied' George E. Betts, a player of the tubular chimes, whose solos were given considerable prominence in notices promoting Cadman's broadcasts.^[82] Only very rarely did Lora Kimsey receive special billing in her own right: for one Cadman meeting in January 1924, she was billed as playing 'on an Especially Installed Duo-Art Steinway Concert Grand Piano', although why an expert performer was required to operate a reproducing piano was not explained;^[83] and on 6 November 1927, possibly because the Gloria Trumpeters were unavailable, the Cadman meeting included 'a piano solo especially arranged for Armistice Day by Lora Orth Kimsey'.^[84] On another occasion, Lora Kimsey joined the Gloria Trumpeters for a 'monster entertainment' in South Amboy, New Jersey, to raise funds for the local Y.M.C.A.; she was allotted a single solo, one of Liszt's Liebesträume.^[85]

In the meantime, Howard Kimsey had also formed and led the Federation Radio Quartet, a vocal ensemble, with Lora Kimsey at the piano. In October 1924, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper broadcast a 'Mystery Voice' from its studio at the A.H. Grebe station WAHG in Queens, offering a $15 prize to the listener who correctly guessed its owner; he was Howard Kimsey.^[86] A promised follow-up broadcast by Kimsey does not seem to have materialised; but on 28 November 1924, the Quartet took part in the first broadcast of a noonday religious musical programme from WAHG's Daily Eagle studio, organized by the Brooklyn Federation of Churches;^[87] a preview in the Daily Eagle was illustrated with a rare photograph of Lora Orth Kimsey.^[88] On New Year's Eve 1924, the Quartet was part of an extensive line-up of artists engaged to usher in the New Year on WAHG with a long, mixed programme of ensembles and solos, secular and sacred, including three piano solos to be played by Mrs. Kimsey.^[89] The Kimseys' involvement in the Quartet appears to have been very short-lived; by late March 1925, they were no longer part of its line-up.^[90]

During these years, Lora Orth occasionally broadcast from other stations, such as the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company's WBZ station in Springfield, Massachusetts. Newspaper listings gave few details, as ever, but it seems Lora Kimsey did not broadcast as a soloist, but only accompanied her husband and other singers.^[91]

Last Chautauquas

The Kimseys' work was highly seasonal and episodic; the Cadman meetings, for instance, were not held all year but in short series. Possibly to ensure a continuing income, during two summers the Kimseys returned to the Chautauqua circuit, now in the employ of the Redpath Chautauqua Bureau.^[92] In 1925, as far as is known from accessible press sources, they performed in New York State (at East Rochester, Howard Kimsey sang with a different pianist^[93]), Vermont and New Hampshire.^[94] In 1926, according to Howard Kimsey, they would perform in some 90 locales in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.^[95]

1926 was seemingly the Kimseys' last Chautauqua season. Whatever their intentions and desires for the future, circuit Chautauqua was by now in serious decline, although the East Coast Redpath circuit they worked in 1925 remained active until 1932.^[96] In any case, after these summer seasons, they returned to New York and their existing associations. These could also lead to new openings: it was apparently through his continuing work with Cadman at the Bedford 'Y' and elsewhere that, in early 1927, Howard Kimsey began leading the singing at meetings held by the 'child evangelist' Uldine Utley, both in New York and possibly elsewhere.^[97] It seems Lora Orth Kimsey accompanied her husband at some of these events, although, as so often, she was not always mentioned in notices of them.^[98] Unusually, and almost certainly because of Howard Kimsey's work for Utley, in March 1927 Mrs. Kimsey was billed as pianist with another song leader for a series of Lenten services to be held in the ornate E.F. Albee Theater on Brooklyn's DeKalb Avenue;^[99] occasionally, she also seems to have played at Cadman's meetings at the Y.M.C.A Bedford branch without her husband, again presumably because he was absent on other business.^[100] Clearly, although very much under his shadow in the currently accessible press record, Lora Kimsey had an independent professional profile; paradoxically, this led to the preservation of her art on disc, whereas the voice of her husband, then much better known, does not appear to have been recorded on disc, only on sound films.^[101]

Chicago Gramophone Society

How did Lora Orth Kimsey come to record for the Chicago Gramophone Society? She is not mentioned in any known published source relating to the Society. In December 1927, at two sessions held in the studios of Columbia in New York, she performed alongside the mezzo-soprano Mina Hager for one of two discs which would make up the Society's second and final issue. Kimsey is not credited on the labels of that disc, and is named only on Columbia's matrix cards.^[102] To date, no evidence has been uncovered to link her with Hager,^[103] whom she accompanied in songs by Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss, nor has any notice been found of other performances by Mrs. Kimsey of music by either composer.

Two tenuous connections link Mrs. Kimsey to the Society. During the War, John Alden Carpenter, who accompanied Mina Hager in his own songs on the companion disc, had been a member of the US National Committee on Army and Navy Camp Music, administering and/or advising on the scheme under which Howard Wade Kimsey was appointed an army song-leader;^[104] but that was a full decade before Lora Orth Kimsey made her recordings for the Society, during which no contact between Carpenter and the Kimseys is currently documented.

In 1914, Mina Hager performed in Mansfield, Ohio, as a member of a church choir 'under the auspices of the Redpath Bureau'.^[105] A few months later, in January 1915, she was reported as being 'in the employ of the Redpath company', when she visited friends and relatives in Deadwood, South Dakota.^[106] Lora Orth also appeared in Deadwood, but in 1913 (see above); and in 1915, she was also performing in chautauquas (see above), but for a different bureau.

Perhaps a more likely reason than personal contacts is Lora Kimsey's activity, from the early 1920s, as a freelance accompanist in New York. She was surely known to agents, managers, fixers and bookers - and perhaps also to the staff of the Columbia Personal Record department, which supplied pianists for clients lacking an accompanist or partner.^[107] For whatever reason, Carpenter was unable or unwilling to join Hager in the Wolf and Strauss songs for her second Chicago Gramophone Society record. Perhaps Hager had hoped to persuade him until very shortly before the sessions;^[108] or perhaps she had another pianist lined up who, at the last minute, was unable to play, when Mrs. Kimsey might have been called in by Columbia as a stop-gap. Even so, it seems odd that no pianist is credited on the labels of that disc, as Hager reportedly stated, a little over three years later, that 'Without the accompanist, the singer would be nothing'.^[109] Until the output of Columbia's Personal Record department is finally documented, or other relevant documents come to light, this question will remain unanswered.

Rotary Club to Rescue Society

In March 1928, Lora Kimsey again played during noonday Lenten services from the E.F. Albee Theater, and again not with her husband as song leader.^[110] At the end of the month, the Kimseys were invited to join the staff of a Young People's Leadership Institute run by the Baptist Young People's Union at the Baptist Temple in Brooklyn; no details of their respective roles are known.^[111] In May 1928, Dr. S. Parkes Cadman bid farewell to the Bedford Avenue branch of the YMCA in Brooklyn.^[112] It is unclear if he was to have returned for the customary series of meetings in the autumn of 1928; for whatever reason, this did not take place. For a time thereafter, they are somewhat less visible in accessible press sources. A possible reason is that Howard Kimsey became involved in the 1928 US presidential election campaign, touring Southern states with the Baptist preacher Dr. John R. Straton, pastor of Manhattan's Calvary Baptist Church, at which Kimsey sang. Straton campaigned in support of the ultimately victorious Republican candidate Herbert Hoover against the Democratic Governor Al Smith of New York, because of the latter's 'wet' (anti-Prohibition) stance. Two decades later, Kimsey told a newspaper reporter that

'during the Smith election he was instructed to sit about six feet behind Dr. Straton on the rostrum while the latter was preaching. "Underneath my chair there were three large hymn books but I never led a song out of any of them! They were bound with strips of innertubes and I had instructions that if any fanatic in the congregation started toward Dr. Straton, I was to throw the books at him. A hymn book in a situation of this kind is as good as a brick," Dr. Kimsey mused.'[113]

It is not known if Lora Kimsey joined her husband on the campaign trail. She spent July and August 1928 at her parents' home in California, and in September, on her way back to New York, she performed an organ solo at a Sunday service in her husband's home town.^[114] In December, she took part in concerts and services of Christmas music at an Episcopal church in Brooklyn: these included excerpts from Handel's Messiah and works by Schubert, Holst and others. A press preview mentioned that she had 'played at the Cadman services for many years', suggesting how useful and important this association had been for her.^[115] Ironically, her husband's name and face were used a few months later in an advertisement for Brambach pianos, which described Kimsey as the 'Nationally known song leader, renowned through his Sunday radio broadcasts with Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman', even though he presumably did not often play the instrument.^[116] At some point in 1929, as well as resuming his previous seasonal employment on board the Hudson River Day Line's summer services,^[117] Kimsey became song leader to the Brooklyn Rotary Club, entertaining members at weekly meetings and special events, with his wife at the piano, and occasionally engaging guest artists such as the Swiss-born 'singing comedienne' Thérèse Quadri (1886-1976).^[118] It was thanks to this connection that, in November 1929, the Kimseys toured for two weeks with a figure of national stature, Sergeant Alvin C. York, hero of the World War, visiting Rotary Clubs and other institutions in cities and towns in the east and mid-west.^[119] On 8 November, for instance, they were in Plainfield, New Jersey, as a local newspaper reported:

'Sgt. Alvin C. York, "the greatest civilian soldier of the World War," [...] will arrive in Plainfield on the 7:04 p.m. train from New York, accompanied by Howard Wade Kimsey, a nationally known radio song leader, and Mrs. Kimsey, a pianist of distinction. Mr. Kimsey will start the program at 8 with a short community "sing" illustrated with stereopticon slides. Greetings will be spoken by Mayor Alexander Milne and Chairman D.J. Spratt. Mr. and Mrs. Kimsey will give a musical specialty. [...] Mr. Kimsey will give sidelights concerning matters about which Sgt. York is too modest to talk.'[120]

What the slides contained (this was not the sole instance of slides being shown during community singing^[121]), or what special music the Kimseys performed, is unfortunately not known.

Meanwhile, the couple had begun another association, which would once again bring them before a large radio audience. Thomas J. Noonan (1878-1935) was superintendent of the Rescue Society, whose Chinatown Mission was housed in the former Chinese Theater in lower Manhattan's Doyers Street. This formerly notorious dogleg lane opens off the Bowery, to whose down-and-outs the Mission ministered. Never ordained, Noonan was popularly known as the 'Bishop of Chinatown'.^[122] Like Cadman, from as early as October 1926 Noonan harnessed radio to win support for the Rescue Society.^[123] His broadcasts from the Mission over New York's WMCA, WAAM and WOKO stations became enormously popular and attracted a 'deluge of letters', telling '[h]undreds of touching stories.'^[124] Like Cadman, too, Noonan used music, and by 1929 assembled a group of artists who would be referred to as his 'famed radio family', 'gang' and 'troupe'.^[125] Its stalwarts were the instrumental Hackel-Bergé Trio,^[126] the Harmony Trumpeters,^[127], George Hirose, a Japanese-American baritone (and, later, actor), and the Kimseys. Howard Wade Kimsey had sung at the Mission as early as 1913;^[128] now, he was engaged as bass soloist and congregational song leader.^[129] Lora Kimsey, at the piano, accompanied her husband in both his roles, as well as other soloists including Noonan himself, and perhaps played solo numbers.^[130] Also from 1929, Noonan visited towns and cities where his broadcasts ensured him a large following, to raise funds for the Mission. He often took the Kimseys with him - sometimes, only Mrs. Kimsey, as in March 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware, whose WDEL station often broadcast the Rescue Society's services.^[131] In a report of one of these visits, to New Brunswick, New Jersey, she was billed as 'his organist';^[132] this might have been a mistake, but it is also possible that some venues had only a pipe-organ, playing which was Mrs. Kimsey's second string.

Just a few of the many reports of Noonan's services, broadcasts and tours bring Lora Orth Kimsey out from the shadows, and suggest how much Noonan valued her and her work. At Poughkeepsie, in April 1931, the Eagle-News reported,

'men and women of all walks in life laughed and cried with "Chinatown's bishop," sang his songs, listened to his story and sent him away with $265.16. [...] The ever-present good humor of the evangelist had a magical effect on his audience. Even Lora Orth Kimsey, his accompanist, who must listen to him every night, could not stifle a laugh at every joke. And she was no less amused than anyone else at Tom's wind-up before going into a song.'[133]

In March 1933, at a large gathering in Philadelphia, Noonan apparently introduced Mrs. Kimsey to his audience as a 'poetess of the piano' (unless, even more noteworthily, this epithet was bestowed by the Philadelphia Inquirer reporter).^[134] The same month, she and her husband appeared in a Brooklyn church as members of what was billed as the 'Doyers St. Mission Band', suggesting how well known the ensemble had become: 'Come Early For A Good Seat', urged the notice, for a service of 'Converts' Testimonies, Songs, Solos and Congregational Singing'.^[135] Most touchingly, after Noonan died in July 1935, the vivid account in the New York Times of his funeral at the Doyers Street Mission noted the

'musical selections by the Harmony Trumpeters, the Three Guardsmen, the Hackel-Bergé Trio, George Hirose, and as Mr. Bennett [Noonan's executor] reminded, "I can almost hear Tom standin' here now sayin' 'Jack, don't forget to tell the crowd we have the charmin' Laura [sic] Orth Kimsey at the Steinway.'"'[136]

By this time, mentions of Lora Kimsey in the press had dwindled to a trickle. Besides following Noonan on his forays round New England, she apparently worked with her husband only sporadically. Was she growing weary of performing at evangelical meets, alongside a die-hard Prohibitionist,^[137] whose role in Noonan's entourage was, as one journalist put it, that of 'combination song-leader and stooge'?^[138] Was she becoming tired or ill (see below)? For the remainder of 1933 and thereafter, Howard Kimsey apparently worked with his wife mainly in New York, if only rarely, and on one excursion with Noonan to New Jersey in April 1934.^[139] She did not join him for evangelical revivals and associated appearances in Bluefield, West Virginia, or Anniston, Alabama, or at a summer camp for under-privileged boys at Calverton on Long Island, where he directed the 'vegetable farm', 'camp-fire sings' and story-telling.^[140] In September 1933, he was reported to have 'a conservatory of music in New York City'; it is possible Lora Kimsey taught alongside him, though no other notice has been located.^[141] From the spring of 1934, Howard Wade Kimsey rejoined the girl evangelist Uldine Utley for revivalist campaigns in Iowa and Illinois;^[142] an advertisement in the Chicago Daily Tribune proclaimed Utley 'The American Joan of Arc' and Kimsey 'New York's Foremost Chorus Leader for Everybody'.^[143] Kimsey's association with Utley lasted until March 1935.^[144] The last occasion at which he and his wife are documented as performing together was a 'sacred concert' to be given on 18 November 1935 at the Times Square Mission in Manhattan;^[145] this was apparently preceded by a broadcast the day before.^[146] Curiously, perhaps ironically, by this time Kimsey had become a writer for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, starting a series of columns on couples who had reached their golden wedding anniversaries; this ran from November 1935 until February 1936.^[147] In May 1936, Kimsey was stated to have been in Washington, reporting from Congress for the paper.^[148] Clearly, his career as a soloist and song-leader was on the wane; later that year, he left New York and returned to his and his late parents' home town of Lathrop, Missouri, where he reportedly broadcast and founded a children's choir.^[149] Very soon, he moved to Kansas City and undertook similar work there.^[150]

California

At an unknown date, Lora Orth Kimsey moved to California (see below), where her sister Buda was living with their parents.^[151] Lora left very little trace in the local press. The sole known clue to her possible activity is a report of a picnic held in January 1938 in Santa Ana: the afternoon's entertainment included a performance of unspecified repertoire by the 'Orth-Kimsey Concertists', a group of unknown make-up, otherwise undocumented. Lora Orth Kimsey is not named but it seems highly likely that she, and perhaps also her sister, were involved.^[152] If so, this is the last known report of any musical performance by her. Howard Wade Kimsey also resided and performed in California from mid-1937 onwards,^[153] but Lora Orth is never mentioned in press notices of his appearances there, or in reports of his previous sojourns and activities in Kansas, Missouri, New York and Washington D.C.; it is possible if unlikely that they had moved or remained together. In July 1938, Kimsey informed his home town's newspaper that his wife was 'in a sanitarium [sic] in California to remain a month or two';^[154] no details of her condition or treatment have been traced. The Kimseys were granted a divorce in October 1939.^[155] They are not known to have had children.

Howard Kimsey left California some time in 1938, and returned to Kansas City, Missouri.^[156] As well as broadcasting and editing the newsletter of the local Elks chapter, he was director of music at a city cemetery.^[157] In 1940, he was registered as a 'Salesman Dealer' of 'Parlor Games', living in a hotel in Jackson, Missouri.^[158] In late 1941, he was back in New York, serving as Field Secretary of the Rescue Society.^[159] Within months, he became superintendent of its famous Chinatown Mission, following in the footsteps of Thomas Noonan.^[160] In 1944, he was ordained.^[161] He died in Kansas City in 1975.^[162]

Later life

In 1923, a Petition for Citizenship of the USA was made by George Stanley Hill, born on 30 May 1893 in Halifax, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, married and a recent immigrant from Canada. Living in Los Angeles, California, Hill was employed as a 'Displayman'.^[163]

In 1940, the U.S. Federal Census registered Lora Hill, formerly of New York City but now living in Los Angeles, and with no occupation, as the wife of George Hill, an English-born 'artist' employed by a 'picture corporation'.^[164] The couple was not, in fact, married: only in July 1958 did Lora Jean Orth, of Monrovia (the home of her parents for many years^[165]) marry George Stanley Hill, in San Bernardino.^[166] Mr. Hill died in 1985.^[167] The Hills are not known to have had children.

No other reliable reports or sources document Lora Hill's later life. No evidence of any musical activity after 1938 has been found. A claim that she married again in 1988 in Nevada has not been verified.

The date of her death is not currently known.

Repertoire

Composers and works (not including accompaniments to songs, hymns, bell chime solos etc.) Lora Orth Kimsey is known to have played:

Piano

Beethoven 'Andante in F' (almost certainly Andante favori WoO 57)^[168]

Beethoven Piano Sonata in c# minor Op.27 No.2^[169]

• I. Adagio sostenuto^[170]

Chopin Etudes

• 'No.9' (Op.10 No.9 in f minor or Op.25 No.9 in Gb major)^[171]

Chopin Nocturne (unidentified)^[172]

Chopin Polonaise (unidentified)^[173]

Debussy(?) Estampes(?)

• II. La soirée dans Grenade ('Evening in Granada') (? - billed, without composer, as 'A Night in Grenada')^[174]

Drumheller, Louis A. (1854-1936) Listen to the Mocking Bird, with Variations Op.48^[175]

Dvořák Humoresques Op.101

• excerpt (not specified)^[176]

Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel

• arranged anon. for violin and piano, for performance of opera, apparently complete but possibly abridged; unspecified 'selections' also played as prelude and entr'actes^[177]

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in c# minor^[178]

Liszt Liebestraum (unspecified)^[179]

Liszt Unknown work(s)^[180]

Moszkowski Waltz in E major (probably 3 Pieces Op.34 I. Waltz in E major)^[181]

Rachmaninoff Prelude(s) (unidentified)^[182]

Riley, (?) Old Oaken Bucket, variations^[183]

Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.4 in c minor Op.44

• I. Allegro moderato - Andante (almost certainly performed without orchestra)^[184]

Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals

• XIII. The Swan^[185]

Schumann, Robert Fantasiestücke Op.12

• II. Aufschwung^[186]

Schumann, Robert Papillons Op.2

• excerpt(s)(?) (not specified)^[187]

Schütt, Eduard Concert Paraphrases on Motifs from Johann Strauss's Waltzes

• VII. Künstlerleben (Artists' Life)^[188]

Scott, Cyril Lento (possibly Two Pierrot Pieces Op.35 I. Pierrot triste. Lento)^[189]

Smetana On the Sea Shore, Reminiscence (concert etude)^[190]

Tchaikovsky Nocturne (unidentified)^[191]

Trad. Turkey in the Straw

• Concert transcription for piano by David W. Guion^[192]

Organ

Barnard, Ernest W.(?) March (unidentified; possibly Nuptial March Op.8?)^[193]

Batiste, Edouard(?) Postlude in D minor (unidentified)^[194]

Braga La serenata, Wallachian legend for voice, cello (or violin ad libitum) and piano

• arranged anon. (possibly W.T. Best?)^[195]

Dethier, Gaston-Marie Andante (unidentified; possibly Andante Cantabile (Modern) or Andante Grazioso (Ancient)?)^[196]

Gounod Romanza^[197] (unidentified; possibly

• Faust, Act IV, sc.i, No.12, romanza 'Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite', arranged anon.; or
• La Melodia, romanza for organ with pedal obligato^[198])

Harding, Alfred Harry(?) (1955-1930) Pastorale (unidentified; possibly (Christmas) Pastorale, offertory)^[199]

Hoffmann, Heinrich(?) (1842-1902) Scherzo (unidentified; possibly 6 Charakterstücke Op.70, III. Scherzo in F)^[200]

Mendelssohn, Felix Incidental music for Racine's play Athalie Op.72

• War March of the Priests arranged anon. (possibly Charles Steggall?)^[201]

Salome, Théodore Offertory (unidentified; possibly Op.8?)^[202]

Recordings

Lora Orth Kimsey is known to have made only one recording:

Lora Orth Kimsey is not credited on the labels of the above disc, but only on the original Columbia matrix cards.^[203] For more details of this issue, which was coupled with a disc of songs by John Alden Carpenter, also sung by Mina Hager but with the composer at the piano, see discographical page.

It is possible that Kimsey made other records on which she is similarly not credited, and also - if unlikely - that one of her many broadcast performances was recorded off air and has been preserved.

Images

Two images of Lora Orth Kimsey have been located to date. One was published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in December 1924.^[204] The other was published in a programme brochure for the Redpath Chautauqua held in Lima, Ohio, in July 1926. A scan of the brochure is available at the University of Iowa's Iowa Digital Library, in the collection 'Traveling Culture - Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century'.^[205]

References

1. ↑ Biographical data for Kimsey retrieved from birth, death, census, travel and other documents, ancestry.com, except where noted
2. ↑ 'The Final Curtain', The Billboard, Vol.43 No.19, 9 May 1931, p.66
3. ↑ 'News of Musical Circles of Des Moines and a Glance Outside', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Sunday 31 March 1912, p.8
   Marie van Aaken's life and career in the US are well documented in US newspapers, but she appears to have left the country by the 1930s, and details of her subsequent life have proved elusive; on her studies with Carreño, see 'The van Aaken Sisters', The Midwestern, Vol.IV No.3, November 1909, p.[48], and 'Drake University Conservatory of Music' (advertisement), The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Thursday 30 December 1909, p.10
4. ↑ 'Society', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Friday 21 February 1913, p.3
5. ↑ 'Cosmopolitan School of Music and Dramatic Art' (advertorial), Chicago Sunday Tribune, 2 September 1906, p.8
6. ↑ I am indebted to staff members of Research and Information Services, University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who kindly checked the Library's copies of these catalogues: personal e-mail, 6 June 2018
7. ↑ Alabaster, F.A. (ed.) Bulletin of the Nebraska Wesleyan University, Series XVII, Number 4: Annual Catalog 1917-1918, April 1918, p.11 (Beutel), p.149 (Orth)
8. ↑ High, Fred 'Chautauqua Department', The Billboard, Vol.33 No.28, 9 July 1921, pp.42-43; 'Back To New York', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 8 September 1921, p.8
9. ↑ Earliest notice found: 'Society', Des Moines Evening Tribune [Des Moines, Iowa], Friday 8 December 1911, p.9
10. ↑ e.g. 'Remarks about the Music Department', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Tuesday 3 April 1912, p.6; 'Amateur Musical Club To Meet Wednesday', ibid., Saturday 18 January 1913, p.7
11. ↑ 'Two Conservatory Students Play At Methodist Hospital', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Saturday 28 September 1912, p.4; 'Social Calendar For Week', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Sunday 17 December 1911, Society and Clubs section, p.1; 'Four Conservatory Students Appear Before The Des Moines Literary Club', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Wednesday 4 December 1912, p.2; 'Society', ibid., Tuesday 12 November 1912, p.7
12. ↑ The Orchestra's conductor appears in contemporary press notices under a bewildering variety of names, including Miss Richey, Miss Emma Richie, Emelie Ritchie, Mrs. Emma A. Richty [sic], and Emma A. Ritchey, possibly the 'correct' form; her life and career have not been investigated for this page
13. ↑ 'Society', Des Moines Evening Tribune [Des Moines, Iowa], Saturday 9 December 1911, p.5; 'Abigail Adams Musicale', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Tuesday 12 December 1911, p.5
14. ↑ 'Society Clubs Music', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Tuesday 28 May 1912, p.7; 'Music Programme for Baccalaureate', in 'Social Calendar for Week', ibid., Sunday 2 June 1912, Society and Clubs, Music, Features section, p.3
15. ↑ 'Epworth League Gives Concert At Methodist Church This Evening', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 14 March 1913, p.8
16. ↑ 'Charming Program Methodist Church', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Tuesday 18 March 1913, p.2
17. ↑ 'Current Events and Fortnightly Give Fine Program', The Black Hills Weekly Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 21 March 1913, p.6
18. ↑ 'Conditions In China Subject Discussed', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], No.8347, Sunday, 23 March 1913, p.5
19. ↑ 'Piano Lessons', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Tuesday 1 April 1913, p.8
20. ↑ 'Elsewhere is a notice [...], Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Thursday 27 March 1913, p.8
21. ↑ 'Bazaar Friday Fraternity Hall', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Thursday, 3 April 1913, p.8; 'W.C.T.U. Mothers’ Meeting', ibid., Sunday, 20 April 1913, p.8
22. ↑ 'Current Events Club Meets At Mrs. M'Gee's And Dr. O'Harra Speaks', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Thursday, 8 May 1913, p.8; 'Music Department Fortnightly Club Give Fine Program', ibid., Thursday, 8 May 1913, p.8
23. ↑ 'Mrs. Duhamel and Her Neighbors Sew for the Hospital', The Black Hills Weekly Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 20 June 1913, p.6; McKone, W.J. 'Institute Lectures [sic] Pays Compliments to County Teachers' (letter), ibid., Friday 27 June 1913, p.[1]'Institute Subjects Interest Teachers', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Thursday 19 June 1913, p.8;
24. ↑ 'Odd Fellows And Rebekahs Hold Impressive Memorial Services For Dead Members', Rapid City Daily Journal Thursday 22 May 1913, pp.[1], 2
25. ↑ 'Program For Organ Recital This Evening Covers Wide Range', The Black Hills Weekly Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Wednesday 14 May 1913, p.6; 'Current Events and Fortnightly Give Fine Program', ibid., Friday 21 March 1913, p.6
26. ↑ 'Fairy Play of Hansel and Gretel', Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times [Deadwood, South Dakota], Wednesday 23 April 1913, p.[4]; 'Beauty Features Of Hansel And Gretel', ibid., Friday 25 April 1913, p.[4]
27. ↑ 'Possesses A Consecrated Bass Voice', The Council Grove Guard [Council Grove, Kansas], Friday 8 November 1912, p.[1]; 'Howard Kimsey Has Interesting Career As Speaker, Singer', The Daily Journal [Jacksonville, Illinois], Friday 18 January 1935, p.4
28. ↑ 'Brief Mention', The Red Cloud Chief [Red Cloud, Nebraska], Friday 26 July 1907, p.[4]
29. ↑ 'H.W. Kimsey Will Travel With Evangelistic Company', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Thursday 7 November 1912, p.3; McLaughlin, Lillian 'N.Y. Mission Chief Stops In For a Visit', Des Moines Tribune [Des Moines, Iowa], Friday 8 December 1950, p.19
30. ↑ 'Regular Meeting Of Amateur Musical Club To Be Wednesday Night', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Tuesday 6 February 1912, p.4
31. ↑ 'Society', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa],Saturday 13 January 1912, p.6; 'H.W. Kimsey Will Travel With Evangelistic Company', ibid., Thursday 7 November 1912, p.3
32. ↑ 'Congregational Announcements', The Sabetha Herald [Sabetha, Kansas], Thursday 25 June 1914, p.3
33. ↑ Earliest notice of concert performance found: 'The entertainment given by the Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party [...]', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 17 December 1914, p.1
    Earliest notice of Lyceum activity found: 'The Continental Lyceum Bureau Of Louisville Presents the Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party [...]' (advertisement), Hayti Herald [Hayti, Missouri], Thursday 20 May 1915, p.[1]
    Earliest notice of Chautauqua activity found: 'Miss Leonore Shinn signed a contract Saturday [...] ', The Olathe Mirror [Olathe, Kansas], 10 June 1915, p.3
34. ↑ 'Miss Leonore Shinn signed a contract [...]', The Olathe Mirror, Thursday 10 June 1915, p.3; 'Miss Leonore Shinn is now in Chautauqua work [...] ', ibid., Thursday 29 June 1916, p.4
    (NB Shinn was often named Leonore in press notices but she was consistently named Leonora in Census returns and other genealogical documents accessed via ancestry.com)
35. ↑ 'Miss Celoa Allen, with The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party, 1914-15' (photograph caption), The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 24 September 1914, p.8
36. ↑ 'Plays and Players', The Messenger [Owensboro, Kentucky], Tuesday 18 April 1916, p.8
37. ↑ Lora Orth is attested in press reports as having performed with the Kimsey Concert Party only in the following states, although the vagaries of reporting and accessibility mean that she could also have performed elsewhere:
    • Illinois: 'Wednesday, Feb. 23 The Continental Lyceum Bureau Presents The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party' (advertisement), The Cairo Bulletin [Cairo, Illinois], Tuesday 22 February 1916, p.4
    • Indiana: 'Fountain City Lecture Course Opens Oct. 29', The Richmond Item [Richmond, Indiana], Tuesday 26 October 1915, p.3; 'Concert Company Coming', The Culver Citizen [Culver, Indiana], Thursday 25 January 1917, p.1
    • Iowa: 'The Warsaw Gate City', The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat [Keokuk, Iowa], Tuesday 25 July 1916, p.5
    • Kansas: 'Tonight The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party' (advertisement), The Daily Republican [Cherryvale, Kansas], Tuesday 9 November 1915, p.[2]; 'Praise For Miss Shinn', The Olathe Mirror [Olathe, Kansas], Thursday 16 March 1916, p.1
    • Kentucky: 'Last Lyceum Attraction', The Bee [Earlington, Kentucky], Friday 17 March 1916, p.1; 'The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Company' (advertisement), The Hickman Courier [Hickman, Kentucky], Thursday 30 March 1916, p.[11]; 'Plays and Players', The Messenger [Owensboro, Kentucky], Tuesday 18 April 1916, p.8
    • Louisiana: 'The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Company', The Gazette [Farmerville, Louisiana], Wednesday 21 February 1917, p.[3]
    • Mississippi: 'The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party' (advertisement), The Kosciusko Herald [Kosciusko, Mississippi], Friday 23 March 1917, p.1; 'Kemsey [sic] Company Score', Winston County Journal [Louisville, Mississippi], Friday 30 March 1917, p.1
    • Missouri: 'The Continental Lyceum Bureau Of Louisville Presents the Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party [...]' (advertisement), Hayti Herald [Hayti, Missouri], Thursday 20 May 1915, p.[1]
    • Ohio: 'North Eaton', The Elyria Chronicle [Elyria, Ohio], Tuesday 28 September 1915, p.3
    • Tennessee: 'Last Lyceum Attraction Tonight', The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle [Clarksville, Tennessee], Thursday 19 April 1917, p.[1]
38. ↑ 'Concert At High School Auditorium', The Central Record [Lancaster, Kentucky], Thursday 22 April 1915, p.6
39. ↑ [title unknown], Brighton News [Brighton, Illinois], unknown date, quoted in 'The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party' (advertisement), The Kosciusko Herald [Kosciusko, Mississippi], Friday 23 March 1917, p.1; see also 'Tonight The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party' (advertisement), The Daily Republican [Cherryvale, Kansas], Tuesday 9 November 1915, p.[2], 'Praise For Miss Shinn', The Olathe Mirror [Olathe, Kansas], Thursday 16 March 1916, p.1, and 'The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party' (advertisement), The Hickman Courier [Hickman, Kentucky], Thursday 30 March 1916, p.[11]
40. ↑ e.g. [title unknown], Brighton News [Brighton, Illinois], unknown date, quoted in 'The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party' (advertisement), The Kosciusko Herald [Kosciusko, Mississippi], Friday 23 March 1917, p.1; 'Praise For Miss Shinn', The Olathe Mirror [Olathe, Kansas], Thursday 16 March 1916, p.1
41. ↑ 'Last Lyceum Attraction Tonight', The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle [Clarksville, Tennessee], Thursday 19 April 1917, p.[1]
42. ↑ High, Fred 'Chautauqua Department', The Billboard, Vol.33 No.28, 9 July 1921, pp.42-43
43. ↑ 'Personal Mention', Arkansas Democrat [Little Rock, Arkansas], Saturday 23 March 1918, p.5; 'War Camp Service To Give Sunday Concert', ibid., Friday 29 March 1918, p.14
44. ↑ Lucey, Thos. Elmore 'Jotted While Waiting At The Junction', The Billboard, Vol.30 No.19, 11 May 1918, p.25
45. ↑ High, Fred 'Chautauqua Department', The Billboard, Vol.33 No.28, 9 July 1921, pp.42-43
46. ↑ High, Fred 'Chautauqua Department', The Billboard, Vol.33 No.28, 9 July 1921, pp.42-43
47. ↑ 'Iowa Folks', Des Moines Register [Des Moines, Iowa], Tuesday 6 July 1920, p.3
48. ↑ Peterson, O.A. 'Musical Musings', The Billboard, Vol.33 No.6, 5 February 1921, p.35
49. ↑ High, Fred 'Chautauqua Department', The Billboard, Vol.33 No.28, 9 July 1921, pp.42-43
50. ↑ 'Metropolitan Musings', Musical Monitor, date unknown, quoted in 'Arkansas Artists On Petoskey Program', Arkansas Democrat [Little Rock, Arkansas], Sunday 28 August 1921, Magazine and Society [etc.] Section, p.5; 'Methodist Church Notes', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 18 August 1921, p.8; 'Back To New York', ibid., Thursday 8 September 1921, p.8
51. ↑ 'Letter From Howard Wade Kimsey', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 22 July 1922, p.3; Bloom, Pauline 'Introducing H.W. Kimsey, Dinner "Song Leader"', Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 13 April 1924, Sunday Eagle Magazine section, p.13
52. ↑ 'Easter Crowds Fill Churches, Parade Lacking', New York Tribune, Monday 17 April 1922, p.3
53. ↑ 'Chautauqua', The Billboard, Vol.37 No.44, 31 October 1925, p.46; Bloom, Pauline 'Introducing H.W. Kimsey, Dinner "Song Leader"', Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 13 April 1924, Sunday Eagle Magazine section, p.13
54. ↑ Timpson, Fred. H. 'Rotary Club Rotograms', Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society [Brooklyn, New York], Saturday 16 November 1929, p.18; 'Kimsey Sings, Leads Chorus in Chapel', Drake Times-Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Thursday 3 May 1934, p.[1]
55. ↑ 'Letter From Howard Wade Kimsey', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 22 July 1922, p.3; 'Howard Kimsey Has Interesting Career As Speaker, Singer', The Daily Journal [Jacksonville, Illinois], Friday 18 January 1935, p.4
56. ↑ 'It's A Little World', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 7 January 1926, p.[1]; 'Howard Kimsey Has Interesting Career As Speaker, Singer', The Daily Journal [Jacksonville, Illinois], Friday 18 January 1935, p.4
57. ↑ 'Mass Singing to Be Featured at Chautauqua Tent', The Daily Times [New Philadelphia, Ohio], Thursday 19 August 1926, p.5
58. ↑ 'Howard Kimsey Has Interesting Career As Speaker, Singer', The Daily Journal [Jacksonville, Illinois], Friday 18 January 1935, p.4
59. ↑ 'News of Churches', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday, 28 September 1929, p.7; 'News of the Churches', ibid., Saturday, 24 May 1930, p.8; Juengst, William 'Sunday Sermons', Brooklyn Eagle, Saturday 15 November 1948, p.4
60. ↑ 'M'Adoo Parade Is Led By Belle Of California', Eau Claire Leader [Eau Claire, Wisconsin], Thursday 26 June 1924, p.4; 'Howard Wade Kimsey Wrote M'Adoo Music', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 17 July 1924, p.[1]
61. ↑ Bloom, Pauline 'Introducing H.W. Kimsey, Dinner "Song Leader"', Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 13 April 1924, Sunday Eagle Magazine section, p.13
62. ↑ 'Concert and Recital', Bevier Appeal [Bevier, Missouri], Friday 19 June 1908, p.[1]; 'Mr. Kimsey Again', The Jasper News [Jasper, Missouri], Thursday 13 January 1910, p.[3]; 'May Be Heard Here', The Hiawatha Daily World [Hiawatha, Kansas], Wednesday 20 July 1910, p.[1]
63. ↑ McLaughlin, Lillian 'N.Y. Mission Chief Stops In For a Visit', Des Moines Tribune [Des Moines, Iowa], Friday 8 December 1950, p.19
64. ↑ e.g. 'Water Supply Situation Explained', Plainfield Courier-News [Plainfield, New Jersey], Friday 23 March 1923, pp.1, 8; 'Arcanum Dance', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 4 May 1924, p.C3; 'Clubs and Clubwomen', Brooklyn Life, Saturday 21 February 1925, pp.13-14; 'Clubs and Clubwomen', ibid., Saturday 20 February 1926, p.12; 'Brooklyn Rotarians See Work of Crayon Artist', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday 30 August 1929, p.15
65. ↑ 'Letter From Howard Wade Kimsey', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 22 July 1922, p.3
66. ↑ 'ME Church Building Fund Recital' [notice], The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 6 September 1923, p.8; 'Methodist Recital Delights Audience', ibid., Thursday 13 September 1923, p.5
67. ↑ 'Radio Program For The Week', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 19 March 1922, Section B, p.B 3
    WYCB had begun transmitting only a month before, see 'More Broadcasting', Asbury Park Evening Press [Asbury Park, New Jersey], Tuesday 21 February 1922, p.3; it was apparently renamed WVP by 22 March, see 'New Name for WYCB', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Wednesday 22 March 1922, Section 1 [i.e. 2], p.5 A
68. ↑ 'Churches Thronged At Easter Services', New York Herald, Monday 17 April 1922, p.5
    NB the above article does not name Kimsey; on his involvement in the service, see 'Easter Crowds Fill Churches, Parade Lacking', New York Tribune, Monday 17 April 1922, p.3; photographic reportage: 'Easter Service at Dawn' [photograph], Daily News [New York], Monday 17 April 1922, p.[1]
69. ↑ For a full and particularly vivid, account of these meetings, if somewhat fictionalised, including a potted history of Cadman's career, see McAdam, Roger W. 'Cadman Conference Attended By Radio Fan, Who Learns History of WSAI Sunday Feature', The Cincinnati Enquirer [Cincinnati, Ohio], Sunday 21 November 1926, Radio Supplement, pp.[1]-2
70. ↑ e.g. 'Tear Down 'L' Roads, Dr. Cadman's Advice', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday 28 December 1914, p.5; 'Dr. S. Parkes Cadman' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 8 October 1919, p.15
    The Edna White Trumpet Quartet had played at Cadman's meetings since at least late 1914, see 'Dr. Cadman "A Man's Temptations: Can They Be Overcome?"' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 5 December 1914, p.8
    By mid-1919, when it was reformed as the Gloria Trumpeters, the members were Katherine Williams, Louise Gura, Cora Roberts and Mabel Coapman, see 'Christmas Music In the Stewart Rotunda', The Asbury Park Evening Press [Asbury Park, New Jersey], Saturday, 30 November 1918, p.3, and 'Gloria Trumpeters With Methodist Centenary Meet', The Sandusky Register [Sandusky, Ohio], Saturday 14 June 1919, p.2
    This remained the line-up until at least 1931, see 'The Week In Music And Theatrical Realms', The Ithaca Journal-News [Ithaca, New York], Monday, 12 January 1931, p.6; by the following year Gura had left the group, now a trio, see 'Gloria Trumpeters to Appear In Seibert Church, December 3rd', The Allentown Morning Call [Allentown, Pennsylvania], Thursday, 23 November 1933, p.10, although it later welcomed a new fourth member and was disbanded only in late 1936 or early 1937 (last listing found: 'Mr. Peanut Leaves His Shell; New Sign Dazzles Broadway', The Times Leader [Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania], Wednesday 18 November 1936, p.3)
71. ↑ Earliest found: 'Dr. Cadman On Election', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 4 November 1922, p.10
72. ↑ Earliest found: 'Dr. Cadman on America's Race Heritage to Y.M.C.A. Conference', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday 9 April 1923, p.A 5
73. ↑ 'To Broadcast Report Of Men's Conference', The Allentown Morning Call [Allentown, Pennsylvania], Saturday 6 January 1923, p.5; 'Men's Conference Bedford Branch Y.M.C.A.' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 6 January 1923, p.5; Guilfoyle, Keran 'Bass Soloist Gives Date of Premiere Cadman Broadcast' (letter), Brooklyn Eagle, Sunday 24 May 1953, p.36
74. ↑ 'Noonday Theater Meetings', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 17 March 1923, p.8; 'Radio Broadcast Programs Today', The Hartford Courant [Hartford, Connecticut], Tuesday 27 March 1923, p.10
75. ↑ 'Public Lenten Theatre Meetings' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 5 April 1924, p.10
76. ↑ 'Easter Dawn Service' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 31 March 1923, Section A (Easter Church Section), p.A 5
77. ↑ 'Phonofilm Showing At Bedford Branch', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 12 February 1927, p.9
78. ↑ Kimsey, Howard Wade (comp. & ed.) Community Songs (leaflet), New York: Association Press [Y.M.C.A.], n.d. [late 1920s?], available to view as part of 'Traveling Culture - Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century' (digital repository), Iowa Digital Library; original in Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
79. ↑ The Kimseys' last meeting with Cadman appears to have been on 20 May 1928, see 'Today's Radio Program', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 20 May 1928, p.6 E
80. ↑ 'Nationally Known Men's Conference Bedford Branch Y.M.C.A.', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday, 21 April 1923, p.6; 'Men's Conference To Close For The Summer', ibid., Saturday 28 April 1923, p.7
81. ↑ 'Evangelistic Services Continue to Attract', Plainfield Courier-News [Plainfield, New Jersey], Thursday 26 September 1929, p.16
82. ↑ Betts, often billed, apparently erroneously, as George F., has so far resisted identification; his performances at Cadman's meetings are frequently attested in the press from January 1924 to October 1930, see 'WEAF Manhattan' in 'Radio Programs', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday, 27 January 1924, Section C, p.7, and 'Russell Brougher Live, Magnetic, Young Preacher' (notice), ibid., Saturday 4 October 1930, p.10; in 1928, he was reportedly organizing a community choir for the Bedford Y.M.C.A., see 'Dr. Cadman Will Address Y.M.C.A.', ibid., Saturday 12 May 1928, p.5; he was still playing tubular chimes solos in church in 1932, see 'Optimism Is Keynote of All Pulpit Talks', ibid., Saturday 2 January 1932, p.11; no other biographical information about him has been uncovered
83. ↑ 'Men's Conference Bedford Branch Y.M.C.A.' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 19 January 1924, p.9
84. ↑ 'Radio News & Programs', The Richmond Palladium And Sun-Telegram [Richmond, Indiana], Saturday 5 November 1927, p.3
85. ↑ 'Gloria Trumpeters Of WEAF Will Appear At South Amboy Tuesday', The Daily Home News [New Brunswick, New Jersey], Monday 19 October 1925, p.[9]
86. ↑ 'Howard W. Kimsey, Noted Song Leader, Is "Mystery Voice"', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 26 October 1924, Section C, p.C 7
87. ↑ 'To Broadcast Services From Eagle Studio', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 23 November 1924, Section C, p.C 7
    NB The Quartet is not to be confused with another Federation Radio Quartet, affiliated with the New York Federation of Churches and broadcasting from WEAF, see e.g. 'WEAF (Manhattan)', in 'Radio Programs', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 17 February 1924, Section C, p.C9
88. ↑ 'Good Singing Is Feature Of Noonday Radio Service', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 7 December 1924, Section C, p.4 C
89. ↑ 'Tonight's Program', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Wednesday 31 December 1924, Section 1, p.6 A
90. ↑ e.g. 'Dr. Fritz W. Baldwin on Radio', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday 27 March 1925, p.2, or 'Good Friday Worshippers Throng Boro Churches — Jews Observe Passover Season', ibid., Friday 10 April 1925, p.3
91. ↑ 'Radio Programs For Week', Pittsburgh Post, Wednesday 7 November 1923, Radio Section, p.2; 'Radio Programs For The Week', ibid., Wednesday 2 April 1924, Radio Section, p.8; 'Radio Radiations', Hartford Daily Courant [Hartford, Connecticut], Thursday 10 April 1924, p.21; 'Tonight's Best Radio Features', ibid., Saturday 20 March 1926, p.12; 'Today's Radio Program', Bridgeport Telegram [Bridgeport, Connecticut], Thursday 25 November 1926, p.4
92. ↑ 'Chautauqua', The Billboard, Vol.37 No.44, 31 October 1925, p.46
93. ↑ 'East Rochester Chautauqua Week', Rochester Democrat and Chronicle [Rochester, New York], Tuesday 7 July 1925, p.5
94. ↑ NB documentation of the Kimseys' 1925 Chautauqua work is strongly biased by the accessibility of press sources, which only cover the following locales:
    • Canandaigua, New York: 'Redpath Chautauqua' (advertisement), The Daily Messenger [Canandaigua, New York], Wednesday 10 June 1925, p.4; 'America Must Uphold Her Traditions, Smith Says', ibid., Friday 10 July 1925, p.3
    • Dunkirk, New York: 'Redpath Chautauqua' (advertisement), Dunkirk Evening Observer [Dunkirk, New York], Saturday 6 June 1925, p.7; 'Varied Program At Chautauqua', ibid., Thursday 25 June 1925, p.6
    • Naples, New York: 'Redpath System Opens At Naples', Rochester Democrat and Chronicle [Rochester, New York], Wednesday 8 July 1925, p.5
    • Perry, New York: 'Redpath Course In Perry To-Day', Rochester Democrat and Chronicle [Rochester, New York], Friday 19 June 1925, p.21
    • Burlington, Vermont: 'Redpath Chautauqua' (advertisement), The Burlington Free Press [Burlington, Vermont], Saturday 1 August 1925, p.11; 'Government Needs Support To Succeed', ibid., Thursday 20 August 1925, p.8
    • Montpelier, Vermont: 'Fire Department Called When Motor Burns Out [...]', The Burlington Free Press [Burlington, Vermont], Saturday 22 August 1925, p.9
    • Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 'At Chautauqua Large Audiences Enjoy the Daily Programs', The Portsmouth Herald and Times [Portsmouth, New Hampshire], Tuesday 1 September 1925, p.1
95. ↑ 'H.W. Kimsey Is On Chautauqua', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 3 June 1926, p.[1]
    NB documentation of the Kimseys' 1926 Chautauqua work is strongly biased by the accessibility of press sources, which only cover the following locales:
    • Fort Thomas, Kentucky: 'Campaign Is Launched By Club To Finance Chautauqua To Be Held in Ft. Thomas', The Cincinnati Enquirer [Cincinnati, Ohio], Kentucky Edition, Thursday 24 June 1926, p.[1]
    • Bucyrus, Ohio: 'Bucyrus Plans Summer Chautauqua', The Marion Star [Marion, Ohio], Monday 24 May 1926, p.10
    • Cambridge, Ohio: 'Chautauqua Will Open', The Times Recorder [Zanesville, Ohio], Monday 26 July 1926, p.[5]
    • Coshocton, Ohio: 'Chautauq u [sic] Plans Made By Backers', The Coshocton Tribune [Coshocton, Ohio], Wednesday 21 July 1926, pp.1, 8; 'Dickason Gives Splendid Talk at Chautauqua', ibid., Friday 30 July 1926, p.8
    • East Liverpool, Ohio: 'Chautauqua Opens Monday', East Liverpool Review-Tribune [East Liverpool, Ohio], Tuesday 3 August 1926, p.5
    • Galion, Ohio: 'Historical Pageant Will Feature Annual Chautauqua Entertainment At Galion', The Marion Daily Star [Marion, Ohio], Friday 14 May 1926, p.14
    • Lima, Ohio: Redpath Chautauqua 1926 Lima, Ohio July 17-23 (brochure), Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century Digital Collection, Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries
    • New Philadelphia, Ohio: 'Mass Singing to Be Featured at Chautauqua Tent', The Daily Times [New Philadelphia, Ohio], Thursday 19 August 1926, p.5
    • Osborn, Ohio: 'Osborn Chautauqua Plans Completed', The Dayton Daily News [Dayton, Ohio], Thursday 1 July 1926, p.13
    • Portsmouth, Ohio: 'Chautauqua Speaker Says Dawes Plan To Cause Flurry When Big Payments Are Due', Portsmouth Daily Times [Portsmouth, Ohio], Wednesday, 7 July 1926, p.2
    • Salem, Ohio: 'Redpath Chautauqua To Appear In Salem August 10 To 16', The Salem News [Salem, Ohio], Monday 3 May 1926, p.1
    • Wilmington, Ohio: 'Two Speakers On Today's Program', Wilmington News-Journal [Wilmington, Ohio], Thursday July 8, 1926, p.7
    • Zanesville, Ohio: 'Grathwell Gives Two Chautauqua Talks Wednesday', The Times Recorder [Zanesville, Ohio], Thursday 29 July 1926, p.5
    • Altoona, Pennsylvania: Today At Chautauqua', Altoona Tribune [Altoona, Pennsylvania], Friday 11 June 1926, p.[14]
    • Elk Lick Pennsylvania: 'Aug. 3-9, Elk Lick Chautauqua Dates', Meyersdale Republican [Meyersdale, Pennsylvania], Thursday, 13 May 1926, p.2; (Elk Lick Bureau) 'Salisbury Siftings', ibid., Thursday, 12 August 1926, p.2
    • Uniontown, Pennsylvania: 'Chautauqua To Have Excellent Attractions', The Morning Herald [Uniontown, Pennsylvania], Friday 14 May 1926, p.20
    • Gary, West Virginia: 'Redpath Program For Gary People', Bluefield Daily Telegraph [Bluefield, West Virginia], Sunday 25 April 1926, p.9
96. ↑ Case, Victoria & Case, Robert Ormond We Called It Culture: The Story Of Chautauqua, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1948, pp.233-34; Lush, Paige Clark Music and Identity in Circuit Chautauqua: 1904-1932 (PhD thesis), Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky, 2009, p.57
97. ↑ 'Old-Fashioned Revival', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 12 February 1927, p.8; Evangelistic Committee of N.Y.C., Inc. 'Brooklyn's Big Religious Event Uldine Utley' (notice), ibid., Saturday, 12 March 1927, p.9; 'News of the Churches', ibid., 4 June 1927, p.8; Kimsey was initially due to accompany Utley to Pittsburgh, see: 'Uldine Utley, Girl Evangel, To Come Here', The Pittsburgh Press [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania], Saturday 27 August 1927, p.8, but he was not named in reports of the Pittsburgh campaign, see e.g. 'Uldine Utley Evangelistic Party' (photograph), ibid., Saturday, 10 September 1927, p.8, where Utley's musical director was pictured and named as J. Dalbert Coutts; on the same page, an article stated, 'J. Dalbert Coutts, the musical director, known as the "Paderewski of the Church," has already won the people with his singing. Under his direction a large choir is being formed.' ('Utley Revival Week Of Prayer', ibid.)
98. ↑ 'City-Wide Meetings For Evangelism', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 12 March 1927, p.8
99. ↑ 'Albee Theatre Noon-Day Lenten Services' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 19 March 1927, p.9
100. ↑ '"Blind Leaders," Dr. Cadman's Topic,' The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 12 November 1927, p.[8]
101. ↑ Two films in which Kimsey appears are currently known:
     • The Film and Television Archive at UCLA's Archive Research and Study Center holds two copies of Let's sing, a Talking Picture Epics, Inc., short, dated to c.1930 and catalogued as containing performances of three songs with 'Howard Wade Kimsey, songleader'; whether Lora Orth Kimsey also appears in this film is not known
     • No surviving copy is known of the de Forest Phonofilm mentioned above
102. ↑ Details of Lora Orth Kimsey's recording sessions for the Chicago Gramophone Society were ascertained from original Columbia cards held by Sony Music Entertainment in New York, by Michael H. Gray, whose kind help is gratefully acknowledged
103. ↑ The Mina Hager Papers at the Newberry Library, Chicago, may contain correspondence with Kimsey, or with officers or members of the Chicago Gramophone Society; an application for a Short-Term Fellowship at the Newberry Library, submitted by the author in December 2017, was rejected in April 2018, so the Papers have not been consulted for this page
104. ↑ Worthington Smith, Mrs. 'Music Big Factor in the Making of Good Fighting Men', Des Moines Sunday Register [Des Moines, Iowa], Sunday 11 November 1917, War Features, p.6(? NB original very damaged, page numbers not visible on newspapers.com); 'Inspiration of Song Is Stressed in Plans For Training Camps', Arkansas Democrat [Little Rock, Arkansas], 17 November 1917, p.4; Pollack, Howard John Alden Carpenter: A Chicago Composer, Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2001, p.158
105. ↑ 'Coming and going', The Mansfield News [Mansfield, Ohio], Friday 9 October 1914, p.8; 'Cathedral Choir Wins Praise For Concert', ibid., p.11
106. ↑ 'Spearfish News (Special Correspondence)', Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times [Deadwood, South Dakota], Tuesday 5 January 1915, p.[4]
107. ↑ Donovan, A.E. Typescript letter, unaddressed [to Hayes, Roland], undated [1917?], 1 ss.; Roland Hayes papers, Detroit Public Library; scan by courtesy of Tim Brooks, personal e-mail, 18 February 2017
108. ↑ The Mina Hager Papers at the Newberry Library, Chicago, include correspondence between Hager and Carpenter; an application for a Short-Term Fellowship at the Newberry Library, submitted by the author in December 2017, was rejected in April 2018, so the Papers have not been consulted for this page
109. ↑ 'Mrs. Rayburn To Be Accompanist', The Evening Huronite [Huron, South Dakota], 12 February 1931, p.12
110. ↑ 'Leading Pastors In Theater Series', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 17 March 1928, p.6
111. ↑ 'Dr. Megaw's Talks At Baptist Temple', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 31 March 1928, p.6
112. ↑ 'Farewell Address By Rev. Dr. Cadman', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 19 May 1928, p.4; 'A Farewell Message by The Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman', ibid., Monday 21 May 1928, p.14
113. ↑ Prather, Gibson 'Mission Head Who Stumped South for Hoover Recalls '28', Tampa Morning Tribune [Tampa, Florida], Saturday 14 October 1950, p.9
114. ↑ 'Mrs. Kimsey Played', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 27 September 1928, p.[1]
115. ↑ 'Church of Incarnation Plans Xmas Music Program' and 'Church of The Incarnation' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 22 December 1928, p.11
116. ↑ Brambach Piano Co. 'The Expression of the Artist on the Brambach' (advertisement), The Music Trade Review (Magazine Number), Vol.88 No.15, 13 April 1929, p.26
117. ↑ 'News of Churches', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 17 August 1929, p.4, and ibid., Saturday 5 October 1929, p.11
118. ↑ Earliest notice found: 'Brooklyn Rotarians See Work of Crayon Artist', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday 30 August 1929, p.15
     First mentions of Kimsey as Brooklyn Rotary Club song leader and of Quadri: Timpson, Fred H. 'Rotary Club Rotograms', Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society, Saturday 9 November 1929, p.18
119. ↑ Timpson, Fred. H. 'Rotary Club Rotograms', Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society, Saturday 16 November 1929, p.18
120. ↑ 'Sgt. Alvin York, Late War Hero, Ball-Kirch Guest', Plainfield Courier-News [Plainfield, New Jersey], Friday, 8 November 1929, p.1
121. ↑ See e.g. 'Evangel Church Gets Many Gifts', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 8 October 1927, p.4, and 'The Glories Of The Heavens' (notice), ibid., Saturday 7 January 1928, p.9; on Sunday 13 November 1927, during the Men's Conference meeting at the Y.M.C.A.'s Bedford Avenue branch, with the Kimseys present, a 'Stereopticon Lecture on Palestine' followed Dr. Parkes Cadman's customary 'Question Hour', see 'Men's Conference Bedford Branch [...]' (notice), ibid., Saturday 12 November 1927, p.[9]
122. ↑ 'His Radio Hour Will Broadcast Noonan Funeral', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday 26 July 1935, p.11
123. ↑ 'Hot Waves from the "Mike" Today and Tomorrow', The Daily Pantagraph [Bloomington, Indiana], Saturday 2 October 1926, Section B, p.7-B
124. ↑ 'Up In The Air With The Radio Editor', The Hartford Daily Courant [Hartford, Connecticut], Sunday 23 October 1927, Part 7 (Radio Section), p.21 F; in 1930, Noonan's broadcasts reportedly still prompted 1,000 to 1,500 letters a week from listeners, see 'Tom Noonan's Voice Carried On Big Chain', Rochester Democrat and Chronicle [Rochester, New York], Sunday 29 June 1930, Section IV(?), p.9D(?) (pagination unclear on newspapers.com)
125. ↑ 'Tom Noonan Will Give Programs In City April 14-15', Harrisburg Telegraph [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania], Saturday 14 March 1931, p.1; 'Enthusiastic Crowd Hears Tom Noonan', Hartford Daily Courant [Hartford, Connecticut], Saturday 11 April 1931, p.2; 'Tom Noonan Moves Big Crowd At Elk Benefit Performance', Asbury Park Evening Press [Asbury Park, New Jersey], Friday 11 March 1932, p.19
126. ↑ Alexander Hackel (1886-1965), violin; William E. Bergé (1889-1955), cello; pianist currently unknown
127. ↑ At this time, the Harmony Trumpeters was composed of Clyde K. Hendricks (1899-1935?), Harman Reed Clark (1901-68?) and William Howard Hendricks (?-?), see e.g. 'Many Big Features Over WTIC', Hartford Daily Courant [Hartford, Connecticut], Sunday 8 January 1928, part 6, p.E 11, and 'Humorist Among Speakers On Christian Endeavor Program' (with photograph), The Dayton Herald [Dayton, Ohio], Thursday 27 June 1929, p.[19]; a decade later, it was reformed by Clark as a non-professional trio, composed of Clark, Ballington Duncan Boss (1909-88), and Herbert Gustav(?) Steffens (1915-2009?), see e.g. 'First Baptist Church' (under 'Somerset County Christian Groups Will Hold Services'), The Daily Home News [New Brunswick, New Jersey], Friday 26 March 1937, p.30
     N.B. Neither group should be confused with a Philadelphia-based quartet of the period, also named the Harmony Trumpeters, and composed of Thomas D. Hobson, first trumpet, Charles H. Gobrecht, second trumpet, Charles H. Gobrecht, Jr., third trumpet, and William Simpson, fourth trumpet, see e.g. 'Radio Features For Today', The Philadelphia Inquirer [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], Saturday 11 April 1925, p.20
128. ↑ 'Friends Meet For First Time In 37 Years', The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle [Clarksville, Tennessee], Friday 28 May 1954, p.8
129. ↑ First mention of Howard Wade Kimsey in Rescue Society broadcast (Lora Kimsey presumed present but not named): 'Brown's Redemption To Be Told On WDEL', Every Evening [Wilmington, Delaware], Saturday 26 October 1929, p.11
130. ↑ '"Bishop of Chinatown" Tells How Souls Are Saved Along the Bowery; 1,100 Hear Him at First M.E. Church', Plainfield Courier-News [Plainfield, New Jersey], Monday 16 February 1931, p.12; 'Noonan Tells 300 Of Mission Work', Asbury Park Evening Press [Asbury Park, New Jersey], Wednesday 25 April 1934, p.3
131. ↑ 'Tom Noonan Is Given 'Big Hand' On Visit Here', The Evening Journal [Wilmington, Delaware], Friday 28 March 1930, p.24
132. ↑ '"Bishop of Chinatown" Tells How He Helps Derelicts to New Life; Friend Tells of Rescue by Noonan', The Daily Home News [New Brunswick, New Jersey], Saturday 13 February 1932, p.3
133. ↑ 'Welcome Is Given To Tom Noonan', Poughkeepsie Eagle-News [Poughkeepsie, New York], Friday morning, 10April 1931, p.5
134. ↑ 'Tom Noonan Stirs 5000 On Visit Here', The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tuesday 21 March 1933, p.2
135. ↑ 'Doyers St. Mission Band' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 11 March 1933, p.10; 'Mission Workers to Assist in Service', ibid., p.11
136. ↑ 'Noonan Mourners Throng Doyers St.', New York Times, Monday 29 July 1935, p.15
137. ↑ e.g.: Howard Wade Kimsey, 'Statistics as Evidence Alcohol Is No Bracer' (letter), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Tuesday 28 February 1933, p.18m, and 'Kimsey Will Speak On "Harm of Beer"', The Anniston Star [Anniston, Alabama], Thursday 25 May 1933, p.2
138. ↑ Harrison, Paul 'In New York', The Daily News [Frederick, Maryland], Thursday 20 April 1933, p.4; also syndicated in many other newspapers, e.g. Harrison, Paul 'A Day in New York', Arizona Daily Star [Tucson, Arizona], Tuesday 2 May 2, 1933, p.8
139. ↑ 'Noonan To Visit Shore April 24', Asbury Park Evening Press [Asbury Park, New Jersey], Thursday 29 March 1934, p.15
140. ↑ 'Civic Clubs Will Hold Joint Meet', Bluefield Daily Telegraph [Bluefield, West Virginia], Tuesday 2 May 1933, p.10; 'Singer Coming Here Saturday From New York', The Anniston Star [Anniston, Alabama], Friday 12 May 1933, p.11; 'Advance Guard Of 100 Boys Go To Camp July 3', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 25 June 1933, p.A 11
141. ↑ 'About Town with the local reporter', Macon Chronicle-Herald [Macon, Missouri], Friday 1 September 1933, p.4
142. ↑ e.g. 'Uldine Utley's Revivals Open; Crowd Is Large', The Davenport Democrat and Leader [Davenport, Iowa], Tuesday 27 February 1934, p.3; 'Uldine Utley In Muscatine', ibid., Sunday 4 March 1934, p.23; 'Sermon Preached on Divine Laws', Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune [Muscatine, Iowa], Friday 2 March 1934, p.11; 'Uldine Utley' (notice), The Daily Journal [Jacksonville, Illinois], Saturday 12 January 1935, p.3, and 'Sunday Church Services', ibid., p.8; 'Uldine Utley', ibid., Thursday 7 February 1935, p.10
143. ↑ 'Uldine Utley' (notice), Chicago Daily Tribune, Saturday 28 July 1934, p.7
144. ↑ Last notice found: 'Uldine Preaching In Grand Island', The Waterloo Daily Courier [Waterloo, Iowa], Tuesday 26 March 1935, p.3
145. ↑ 'Howard Wade Kimsey, known in Brooklyn [...]' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 16 November 1935, p.6
146. ↑ 'Sacred Concert by Howard Wade Kimsey [...]' (notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 16 November 1935, p.7
147. ↑ First known instalment: Kimsey, Howard Wade 'Married Life Happy? Ask These 4 Couples', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 16 November 1935, p.7; thereafter the series, now entitled 'The Golden Years', ran from Saturday 30 November 1935, p.3, until Saturday 1 February 1936, p.5, after which it was taken over by Herbert George W. Sundelof (1900-81) and his wife (née Mabel Doris Ferger, 1907-81), both by-lined initially as 'Pinch-hitting for Howard Wade Kimsey', see ibid., Saturday 25 January 1935, p.5, Saturday 8 February 1936, p.5, and Saturday 15 February 1936, p.5; it continued to run until at least 1938, see Sundelof, H.G.W. 'New Year Recalls A Golden Parade', ibid., Saturday 2 January 1938, Section E, p.4 E
148. ↑ 'Howard Wade Kimsey Here', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 21 May 1936, p.[1]
149. ↑ 'Beginning Broadcasts', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 19 November 1936, p.[1]; 'Howard W. Kimsey Home', ibid., Thursday 3 December 1936, p.[1]
150. ↑ 'Local News', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 17 December 1936, p.2
151. ↑ 1930 and 1940 United States Federal Censuses, accessed via ancestry.com
152. ↑ 'Judge To Speak At Illinois Picnic', Santa Ana Daily [Evening] Register [Santa Ana, California], Thursday 20 January 1938, p.2; 'Illinois Picnic To Be Held Saturday', The Wilmington Press [Wilmington, California], Friday 21 January 1938, p.3
153. ↑ 'Howard Wade Kimsey was visiting friends [...]', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 29 July 1937, p.[1]
154. ↑ 'Local News', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 14 July 1938, p.5
155. ↑ 'Divorces Granted', The Los Angeles Times, Wednesday 25 October 1939, p.13
156. ↑ 'Local News', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 7 July 1938, p.4
157. ↑ 'Sings Over KCMO', The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 18 August 1938, p.[1]; 'Howard Wade Kimsey To Direct Church Program', ibid., Thursday 9 March 1939, p.[1]; 'Howard Wade Kimsey Here', ibid., Thursday 28 August 1941, p.[1]
158. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census, accessed via ancestry.com
159. ↑ 'Three Boro Churches To Note Anniversaries', Brooklyn Eagle, Saturday 11 October 1941, p.8
160. ↑ The exact date of his appointment is unclear; by late 1941, he was referred to as the Mission's director, see 'Kimsey Is Guest On WBYN Program', Brooklyn Eagle, Saturday 20 December 1941, p.14; he was reportedly appointed in 1942, see ‘Mission Pastor Fans A Six Gun And Bible Too’, Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle [Fort Dodge, Iowa], Wednesday 16 November 1949, p.15, and he was certainly in post by early 1943, see 'Mission Superintendent Formerly of Macon', Macon Chronicle-Herald [Macon, Missouri], Friday 23 April 1943, p.[1]
161. ↑ 'Howard W. Kimsey It [sic] to Be Ordained In Flatbush Church', Brooklyn Eagle, Saturday 8 January 1944, p.4
162. ↑ U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, accessed via ancestry.com
163. ↑ Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1887-1940, accessed via ancestry.com
164. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census, accessed via ancestry.com
165. ↑ Edward M. Orth died in Monrovia on 11 April 1931, see 'The Final Curtain', The Billboard, Vol.43 No.19, 9 May 1931, p.66
166. ↑ 'Vital Records', The San Bernardino Daily Sun [San Bernardino, California], Thursday 7 August 1958, p.A-9; California Marriage Index, 1949-1959, accessed via ancestry.com
167. ↑ U.S. Social Security Death Index, accessed via ancestry.com
168. ↑ 'Music Students Will Give Recital', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Wednesday 19 February 1913, p.2
169. ↑ Ogden, George Frederick 'Music', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Sunday 12 May 1912, Society and Clubs, Music, Features section, p.43; 'Epworth League Gives Concert At Methodist Church This Evening', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 14 March 1913, p.8
170. ↑ 'Amateur Musical Club To Meet Wednesday', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Saturday 18 January 1913, p.7
171. ↑ 'Epworth League Gives Concert At Methodist Church This Evening', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 14 March 1913, p.8
172. ↑ 'Music', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Sunday 15 December 1912, Society and Clubs, Music, Features section, p.8
173. ↑ 'Music', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Sunday 15 December 1912, Society and Clubs, Music, Features section, p.8
174. ↑ 'War Camp Service To Give Sunday Concert', Arkansas Democrat [Little Rock, Arkansas], Friday 29 March 1918, p.14
175. ↑ 'ME Church Building Fund Recital' (notice), The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 6 September 1923, p.8
176. ↑ 'Epworth League Gives Concert At Methodist Church This Evening', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 14 March 1913, p.8
177. ↑ 'Beauty Features Of Hansel And Gretel', Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times [Deadwood, South Dakota], Friday 25 April 1913, p.[4]
178. ↑ 'News of Musical Circles of Des Moines and a Glance Outside', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Sunday 31 March 1912, p.8; 'Epworth League Gives Concert At Methodist Church This Evening', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 14 March 1913, p.8; Star Theatre 'Tonight The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party' (advertisement), The Daily Republican [Cherryvale, Kansas], Tuesday 9 November 1915, p.[2]; 'The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Company' (advertisement), The Hickman Courier [Hickman, Kentucky], Thursday 30 March 1916, p.[11]; 'The Howard Wade Kimsey Concert Party' (advertisement), The Kosciusko Herald [Kosciusko, Mississippi], Friday 23 March 1917, p.1; 'ME Church Building Fund Recital' (notice), The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 6 September 1923, p.8
179. ↑ 'Gloria Trumpeters Of WEAF Will Appear At South Amboy Tuesday', The Daily Home News [New Brunswick, New Jersey], Monday 19 October 1925, p.[9]
180. ↑ 'Music Department Fortnightly Club Give Fine Program', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Thursday 8 May 1913, p.8; 'Praise For Miss Shinn', The Olathe Mirror [Olathe, Kansas], Thursday 16 March 1916, p.1
181. ↑ 'Tonight's Program', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Wednesday 31 December 1924, Section 1, p.6 A
182. ↑ 'Epworth League Gives Concert At Methodist Church This Evening', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 14 March 1913, p.8; 'Odd Fellows And Rebekahs Hold Impressive Memorial Services For Dead Members', ibid., Thursday 22 May 1913, pp.[1], 2
183. ↑ 'Epworth League Gives Concert At Methodist Church This Evening', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 14 March 1913, p.8; 'Tonight's Program', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Wednesday 31 December 1924, Section 1, p.6 A
     NB The latter reference bills this work as 'variation by Riley (Kaillmark)' [sic], confirming that it is based on Old Oaken Bucket, a vocal setting of the poem by Samuel Woodworth to a melody by George Kiallmark, originally setting Araby's Daughter from Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore; the work played by Lora Orth was thus similar to another little known work, The Old Oaken Bucket, celebrated variations by one C.W. Durkee. The dialect poet James Whitcomb Riley had written a parody of Woodworth's poem, see Sorby, Angela Schoolroom Poets: Childhood, Performance, and the Place of American Poetry, 1865-1917, Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire Press, 2005, p.xl, but the similarity between his name and that of the composer of the work played by Orth seems to be a coincidence.
184. ↑ 'Social Calendar for Week', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Sunday 26 January 1913, Society and Clubs, Music, Features section, p.8
185. ↑ 'Society', Des Moines Evening Tribune [Des Moines, Iowa], Saturday 9 December 1911, p.5
     NB It is not certain that Lora Orth played in the above work; she was the only pianist billed in the published programme but the Des Moines Woman's Orchestra may have had its own pianists
186. ↑ 'ME Church Building Fund Recital' (notice), The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 6 September 1923, p.8
187. ↑ The nature and shape of the published programme make it highly likely Orth played only one or more excerpts, not the whole of this long work: 'ME Church Building Fund Recital' (notice), The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 6 September 1923, p.8
188. ↑ 'Society Clubs Music', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Wednesday 22 May 1912, p.7; 'Society', Drake Daily Delphic [Des Moines, Iowa], Tuesday 12 November 1912, p.7; 'Epworth League Gives Concert At Methodist Church This Evening', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota],Friday 14 March 1913, p.8
189. ↑ 'ME Church Building Fund Recital' (notice), The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 6 September 1923, p.8
190. ↑ 'Epworth League Gives Concert At Methodist Church This Evening', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 14 March 1913, p.8
191. ↑ 'Society Clubs Music', The Register and Leader [Des Moines, Iowa], Wednesday 22 May 1912, p.7
192. ↑ 'ME Church Building Fund Recital' (notice), The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 6 September 1923, p.8
193. ↑ 'Program For Organ Recital This Evening Covers Wide Range', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 16 May 1913, p.8
194. ↑ 'Program For Organ Recital This Evening Covers Wide Range', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 16 May 1913, p.8
195. ↑ 'Program For Organ Recital This Evening Covers Wide Range', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 16 May 1913, p.8
196. ↑ 'ME Church Building Fund Recital' (notice), The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 6 September 1923, p.8
197. ↑ 'Program For Organ Recital This Evening Covers Wide Range', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 16 May 1913, p.8
198. ↑ On this rare work, see https://www.charles-gounod.com/vi/oeuvres/instrum/index.htm
199. ↑ 'Program For Organ Recital This Evening Covers Wide Range', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 16 May 1913, p.8
200. ↑ 'Program For Organ Recital This Evening Covers Wide Range', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 16 May 1913, p.8
201. ↑ 'ME Church Building Fund Recital' (notice), The Lathrop Optimist [Lathrop, Missouri], Thursday 6 September 1923, p.8
202. ↑ 'Program For Organ Recital This Evening Covers Wide Range', Rapid City Daily Journal [Rapid City, South Dakota], Friday 16 May 1913, p.8
203. ↑ Columbia matrix cards, Sony Music, New York; discographical information provided by kind courtesy of Michael H. Gray (personal communication, 18 September 2015)
     Additional discographical information, and scans of disc labels, from copies in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Yale University, Newhaven, CT, kindly provided by Andrew Jones of Yale University (personal communication, 10 December 2015)
204. ↑ 'Good Singing Is Feature Of Noonday Radio Service', The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 7 December 1924, Section C, p.4 C
205. ↑ Redpath Chautauqua 1926 Lima, Ohio July 17-23 (brochure), 'Traveling Culture - Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century' Digital Collection, Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries