Their usefulness in researching the impact of the Great War on Canadian Protestant Hymnals

DIGITAL HYMNOLOGY TOOLS

Libraries and Archives Canada Private Donald Johnston McKinnon, No. 7 Platoon, 73rd Battalion, returning from the front line

Bonnie Woelk

SCOPE OF RESEARCH

u background information for each denomination

u  list of hymn texts in each hymnal

u author’s biography, date text was written

u ability to compare hymnals

u scans of each hymnal

u Information based on scholarly research

DIGITAL TOOLS NEED TO PROVIDE:

Digital Libraries

u  HathiTrust: www.hathitrust.org

u  Christian Classics Ethereal Library: www.ccel.org

DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH

Encyclopedias and dictionaries u  Grove Music Online: www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public/

u  The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/encyclopedia-of-music-in-canada

u  The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology: www.hymnolgy.co.uk

DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH

THE CANTERBURY DICTIONARY OF HYMNOLOGY

THE CANTERBURY DICTIONARY OF HYMNOLOGY

Thematic Guides u  The Hymn Tune Index:

www.hymntune.library.illinois.edu/

DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH

Relational Database

u  Hymnary: www.hymnary.org

DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH

HYMNARY.ORG

BASIC SEARCH IN HYMNARY.ORG

CATEGORY SEARCH IN HYMNARY.ORG

HYMN ENTRY PAGE

u A spreadsheet for each hymnal u First line

u Hymnal u Hymn number u Author u Author’s nationality u Date written u Theme

u A spreadsheet for each comparison

REQUIREMENTS FOR HYMNAL ANALYSIS

STEP 1: CREATE “MY HYMNALS” COLLECTION

STEP 2: CREATE SPREADSHEETS FOR EACH HYMNAL

STEP 3: CREATE HYMNAL COMPARISON SPREADSHEETS

AUTHORITY PAGE SOURCES

u Music encyclopedias and dictionaries provide contextual information u Hymn traditions and eras

u Denominational hymnals and compilation history

u Relational database provides detailed hymn data u Performs time-consuming tasks

u Exports data

USEFULNESS OF DIGITAL TOOLS

901

822

567

488

334

334

MHTB 1894

MHTB 1917

Number of Hymns Unique Hymns Common Hymns

CHANGE/CONTINUITY IN REPERTOIRE

822

1044

305

527

517

517

MHTB 1917

UCC 1930

Number of Hymns Unique Hymns Common Hymns

CHANGE/CONTINUITY IN REPERTOIRE

CHANGE IN AUTHOR NATIONALITY MHTB 1894 – MHTB 1917

85.5

69

4.1

14.3

2.7 6.8

1 4.8 6.8 5.1

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80

90

MHTB 1894 MHTB 1917 English American Scottish/Irish Canadian Other/Incomplete

CHANGE/CONTINUITY IN THEMES

0%

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90%

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MHTB 1917 UCC 1930

Other

The Inner Life

National Life and Social Service

Comfort, Death, Peace, and War

Missions and Evangelism

God and the Church