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Stephen Collins Foster & His Folk-Songs, Mary Chisholm
Stephen Collins Foster & His Folk-Songs, Mary Chisholm
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Every American knows some of Stephen Collins Foster's songs, but not everyone who sings My Old Kentucky Home and Old Folks at Home realizes that it was he who wrote those songs. Of the two hundred songs and compositions which Foster published, at least fifteen are constantly sung. Since these songs voice emotions which are fundamental to mankind, they have become more important than the composer himself. For this reason they may be called folk-songs, and because they voice so truly the spirit of America, America is proud to claim them as her own.
The title of this thesis, Stephen …
Young Ewing Allison, Mary Shutt
Young Ewing Allison, Mary Shutt
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Probably no other period in American history has been more productive of romance, strife, bravery, aggressiveness, and conflicting ideas of thought than the period from 1850 to 1865.
One who was fortunate enough to be born in the early years of that period, would have been old enough by 1865 for those various experiences to have branded his future life. Young E. Allison was so fortunate. He was born in Henderson, Kentucky, on December 23, 1853 and was named after his father, who was county judge and county clerk.