Doane, William Howard Papers

File

Identifier: RG-1028

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Bonds, deeds, titles, legal agreements, financial statements, leases, correspondence, and other items pertaining to Doane's business dealings, charitable endeavors, and personal finances, 1880-1914. Copyright registrations for Doane's hymns as well as sheet music. Family photographs and memorabilia.

Dates

Creation: 1848-1915

Creator

Doane, William H. (William Howard), 1832-1915 (Person)

Language of Materials

All materials within this collection are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.

Biographical / Historical

Industrialist and hymnist. Bookkeeper, Doane & Treat Co., Norwich, Connecticut, 1848-1851; J. A. Fay Co., President and General Manager, Cincinnati, 1861-1915.

Biographical / Historical

Howard was the son of Joseph Howes Doane and Frances Treat, and husband of Frances Mary Treat.

A gifted musician, he helped direct music while attending the Woodstock Academy; within two years he had published his first composition. Although he called music his "avocation," he produced over 2,000 hymn tunes in his lifetime. However, his main trade was secular: He was president of the J. A. Fay woodworking machinery company, and an extremely successful businessman. He also served as Sunday School superintendent and choir director at the Mount Auburn Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and bequeathed large sums to various causes. The Doane Memorial Music Building at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, was named after him.

Doane is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Accessed 27 Nov 2018 from http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/d/o/a/doane_wh.htm

Extent

13 Linear Feet (28 boxes)

Additional Description

Related Materials

There are more than a dozen wood and metal printing plates of Doane's music in the American Baptist Home Mission Society records, here at the ABHS.

Bibliography

Stub entry from A Guide to Manuscript Collections in the American Baptist Historical Society, compiled by William H. Brackney and Susan M. Eltscher (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York, 1986).