1950-1960

*Bold text pertains to The Hymn Society*

 

1950

  • National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America founded
  • Bailey, The Gospel in Hymns
  • First general meeting outside New York held in Cleveland with MTNA, enabled by Ohio Chapter
  • Chapter forms at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

 

1951

  • McAll visits HSGBI to discuss resumption of work on Julian replacement

 

1952

  • Hauessler, The Story of Our Hymns
  • Chapter forms in Los Angeles
  • Three-day meeting, May 18-20, celebrates Society’s 30th anniversary

 

1953

  • Harkness, “Hope of the world! thou Christ of great compassion”

 

1954

  • Office moves to National Arts Club building,119 East 19th Street, New York City

 

1955

  • The Hymnbook [Presbyterian and Reformed]
  • People’s Hymnal
  • 14 new and developing chapters
  • Leonard Ellinwood succeeds Henry Wilder Foote as Chairman of THS committee on replacement for Julian’s Dictionary 

 

1956

  • Baptist Hymnal
  • HSGBI approves concept of American dictionary of hymnology

 

1957

  • Worship and Service Hymnal
  • McCutchan, Hymn Tune Names 

 

1958

  • Pilgrim Hymnal
  • Service Book and Hymnal

 

1959

  • American Choral Directors Association founded
  • Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Hymnologie / International Society for Hymnological Studies established
  • Caroline Bird Parker is the last of Founders to die
  • Members in all 50 states, in all but 1 Canadian province, and in 24 other countries