Cook family homemade music manuscript

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Cook family homemade music manuscript, C0443, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries

Summary

Extent:
.01 Linear Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Cook family
Abstract:
Homemade music manuscript, bound in newsprint, created by the Cook family.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Cook family homemade music manuscript, C0443, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

Homemade music manuscript created by the Cook family. The handwritten manuscript pages are wrapped in folded pages of newsprint and bound with string along the left edge. The newspaper pages are dated 1813 and "Washington, February 20, 1810" is written on page 16 of the manuscript. The first 5 pages contain text explaining various music terms and 7 leaves of the manuscript are blank. The remaining pages consist of handwritten musical scores, verse, and lyrics, as well as the names of various family members. Several pages contain references to place names, such as Greenwich, Chester, Ohio, Mount Vernon, Yarmouth, Windham, Northfield, Pennsylvania, and Northhampton.

Biographical / historical:

The Cook family possibly lived in Greenfield, Virginia in the early 1800s. Several names of family members are listed on pages 4 and 8 of the manuscript which read: Polly Cook, Betsy Cook, Elony Cook Washington, Caroline Lockwood, Sarah Cook, Eunice Cook, and Joshua Cook.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Thomas Cullen, Rockland Bookman in February 2007.
Processing information:

Processing and finding aid completed by Meghan Glasbrenner in January 2025.

Arrangement:

This is a single item collection.

Physical location:
R 71, C 1, S 7
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard