Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SHEET MUSIC

Date

1927

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Length

28.8

Width

21.7

Description

TWO PAGE NEWSPAPER BOOKLET WITH MUSIC INSIDE. COVER HAS SKETCHED CITIES OF NEW YORK AND PARIS AT TOP WITH TWO PHOTOS AT MIDDLE OF COVER. ACROSS TOP IS "DEDICATED TO LINDBERGH" WITH TITLE "WHEN LINDY COMES HOME" OVER TOP OF CITY SKETCHES. BENEATH THIS IS "WRITTEN IN HONOR OF THE ARIEL TRIUMPH OF CHARLES A LINDBERGH.". BENEATH THIS IS A TYPEWRITTEN LETTER WHICH READS "JUNE 6, 1927 MR. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, MY DEAR FRIEND:- THIS LITTLE DITTY, WRITTEN AND COMPOSED FOR THE CHICAGO HERALD AND EXAMINER, IS MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELCOME HOME RECEPTION OF THE REAK YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. SINCERELY," AND IS SIGNED "GEORGE M. COHEN". THE LEFT PHOTO IS OF GEORGE M. COHEN AND THE RIGHT PHOTO IS OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. ACROSS BOTTOM IN LARGE PRINT IS "HERALD EXAMINER" WITH STARS AND STRIPES AND AN EAGLE WITH "CHICAGO" IN IT. BENEATH IS "AND ASSOCIATED HEARST NEWSPAPERS". THE REST OF THE PAGES HAVE MUSIC ON THEM AND AT BOTTOM OF FIRST PAGE OF MUSIC IS "COPYRIGHT MCMXXVII BY HERALD & EXAMINER., CHICAGO, ILL.". ACROSS TOP OF BACK PAGE IS "GEO. M.COHEN'S GREAT NEW SONG". A PORTION OF SPINE HAS BEEN TORN AWAY AND PAPER IS WORN AND SLIGHTLY YELLOWED.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

MUSICAL T&E

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

ARTIFACT WAS DISCOVERED IN CONSERVATION LAB WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER ASSOCIATIONS. IT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO PERMANENT COLLECTION BY ACCESSION COMMITTEE WITHOUT HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT. SHE NOTED THAT OF THE 21 BOOKS/SHEET MUSIC THAT WERE ACQUIRED IN 1996 WITH UNKNOWN ASSOCIATIONS OR DONORS, FIVE HAD THE NAME "ESTHER SPONHOLZ" WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON THEIR COVERS. SEARCHING FOR THAT NAME IN THE DIGITIZED LETHBRIDGE HERALD LED TO THE OBITUARIES OF ESTHER GROSE (NEE SPONHOLZ), HER BROTHER EARL, AND HER HUSBAND HARRY. GIVEN THAT ALL 21 OF THE MUSIC BOOKS WERE ACQUIRED AT THE SAME TIME AND ARE OF SIMILAR VINTAGE, IT IS LIKELY THAT THEY ALL BELONGED TO ESTHER SPONHOLZ PRIOR TO HER MARRIAGE TO HARRY GROSE IN 1937. IT REMAINS UNKNOWN HOW THE BOOKS ARRIVED AT THE GALT MUSEUM, AND WHO DONATED THEM. THE FOLLOWING BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF ESTHER SPONHOLZ GROSE WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED OBITUARIES. ESTHER DOROTHY SPONHOLZ WAS BORN IN 1917 NEAR MEDICINE HAT AND GREW UP IN THE AREA. SHE MET HARRY JAMES GROSE IN CALGARY AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1937. THEY LIVED IN MEDICINE HAT UNTIL 1949, WHEN THEY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HARRY WAS A PARTNER IN NORRIE AND FAWCETT FARM EQUIPMENT. ESTHER WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, AND AN ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST. WHEN HARRY DIED IN 1990, ESTHER MOVED TO CALGARY TO BE NEAR THEIR SON GLEN. ESTHER GROSE DIED ON JANUARY 10, 1996. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF OBITUARIES.

Catalogue Number

P19960000025

Acquisition Date

1996-01

Collection

Museum

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