Mary Bang Connell Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS.0087

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains two flat boxes of sheet music, mostly from the turn of the twentieth century, collected by Mary Bang Connell of Nashville while she was attending Belmont College.

Dates

circa 1840-circa 1910

Conditions Governing Access

This collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Special Collections in the Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Collections should be requested 2-3 days prior to visiting in order to facilitate easier access. For questions or to request a collection, contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.

Biographical Note - Mary Bang Connell

Mary Bang Connell was born April 14, 1891 to Enoch Walton Connell and Elizabeth M. "Bettie" Phillips. She played piano and attended Belmont College. She was noted as a popular, beautiful "girl of West End" that featured often in the Entertainment pages of The Nashville Tennessean. In 1912, she married Claude Averell Edmonds with whom she had one daughter, Mary. She died young after a brief illness on December 27, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (2 flat boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains two flat boxes of sheet music, mostly from the turn of the twentieth century, collected by Mary Bang Connell of Nashville while she was attending Belmont College.