This series contains correspondence sent to Bird over the course of his career. Many of his correspondents are other clergymen involved in the study and publication of hymns. Topics common to the correspondence include establishing a hymn's authentic text or identifying its author, as well as the buying, selling, and trading of hymnbooks.
This series is arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent.
Box 1 Folder 1
Benton, A.A. (Angelo Ames), 1883 -- 1884
Box 1 Folder 2
Burrage, Henry S. (Henry Sweetser) and F.M. Bird, 1886 -- 1889
Box 1 Folder 3
Colesworthy, Daniel Clement, 1880
Box 1 Folder 4
Coxe, A. Cleveland (Arthur Cleveland), 1880
Box 1 Folder 5
Eddy, Zachary, 1871 -- 1880
Box 1 Folder 6
Hastings, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel) and F.M. Bird, 1891
Box 1 Folder 7
Hatfield, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1864 -- 1867
Box 1 Folder 8
Hitchcock, Roswell D. (Roswell Dwight), 1880 -- 1884
Box 1 Folder 9
Horder, W. Garrett (William Garrett), 1887 -- 1888
Box 1 Folder 10
Jackson, Samuel M. (Samuel Macauley), 1882 -- 1883
Box 1 Folder 11
Jennings, Francis, 1867 -- 1868
Box 1 Folder 12
McLean, Mary D., 1893 -- 1894
Box 1 Folder 13
Mearns, James, 1883 -- 1886
Box 1 Folder 14
Murray, J.O., 1867 -- 1868
Box 1 Folder 15
Nason, Elias, 1880
Box 1 Folder 16
Nutter, C.S. (Charles Sumner), 1888 -- 1889
Box 1 Folder 17
Odenheimer, W.H. (William Henry), 1871
Box 1 Folder 18
Palmer, Ray, 1881
Box 1 Folder 19
Park, Edwards A. (Edwards Amasa), 1862 -- 1863
Box 1 Folder 20
Putnam, A.P. (Alfred Porter), 1880 -- 1881
Box 1 Folder 21
Raff, George W., 1865 -- 1867
Box 1 Folder 22
Randall, William H., 1880
Box 1 Folder 23
Schenck, N.H. (Noah Hunt), 1865 -- 1868
Box 1 Folder 24
Schmucker, B.M. (Beale Melanchthon), 1871 -- 1885
Box 1 Folder 25-26
Sedgwick, Daniel, 1864 -- 1878
Box 1 Folder 27
Smith, M.B. (Marshall B.), 1867
Box 1 Folder 28
Stoever, M.L. (Martin Luther), 1865
Box 1 Folder 29
Thin, James, 1886 -- 1887
Box 1 Folder 30
Thompson, A.C. (Augustus Charles), 1863 -- 1869
Box 1 Folder 31
Washburn, E.A. (Edward Abiel), 1867 -- 1871
Box 1 Folder 32
White, William O. (William Orne), 1873 -- 1874
Box 1 Folder 33
Whittingham, W.R. (William Rollinson), 1865 -- 1868
Box 1 Folder 34
Wolcott, Samuel, 1880 -- 1882
Box 2 Folder 1
Publishers, 1863 -- 1902
Box 2 Folder 2
General, 1865 -- 1902
Index of General Correspondents : Andrews, W.G. Anketell, John Benedict, S. (Samuel), Camp, H.C. Chute, William E. Diehl, George Duffield, Samuel W. (Samuel Willoughby) Hills, E.M. Howe, M.A. De Wolfe (Mark Anthony De Wolfe) Kellogg, Alfred H. Krotel, G.F. (Gottlob Frederick) Lamberton, J.P. Lorenz. E.S. (Edmund Simon) Loy, M. Marseilles, Charles Martens, D.M. Nelson, H.W., Jr. Paine, Silas H. Palmer, Anna Maria D. Roth, H.W. Schaff, Daniel I. Schaff, Philip Schaeffer, C.W. Sheeleigh, M. Spofford, A.R. (Ainsworth Rand) Wilkins, J.J.