*Bold text pertains to The Hymn Society*
1940
- Broadman Hymnal
- Foote, Three Centuries of American Hymnody
1941
- Christian Worship: A Hymnal
- The Church Hymnal [Seventh-day Adventists]
- The Hymnal [Evangelical and Reformed]
- The Lutheran Hymnal
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Founder Emily S. Perkins dies
1942
- Polack, The Handbook to The Lutheran Hymnal
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William Walker Rockwell named first Fellow
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Reginald L. McAll named first Executive Secretary
1943
- The Hymnal 1940
1944
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Harry T. Burleigh named Fellow
1946
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Clarence Dickinson and Helen Dickinson named Fellows
1948
- World Council of Churches founded
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Deane Edwards begins 21-year service as President
1949
- Choristers Guild founded
- [Ellinwood], The Hymnal 1940 Companion (revised in 1951 and 1956)
- Hostetler, Handbook to The Mennonite Hymnary
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The Hymn begins publication
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Office established in United Charities Building, 297 Fourth Avenue North, New York City