Pauline Knobbs Sheet Music Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS K5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A collection of 187 pieces of 19th-20th century sheet music including folk songs, Civil War era music, musical studies, selections from various operas, and more.

Dates

Creation: 1840-1915

Creator

Knobbs, Pauline Dingle, 1903-1987 (Person)

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Biographical Note

Dr. Pauline Dingle Knobbs was born in Palmyra, Missouri, to James Shannon and Anna Thompson Dingle. Married shortly after graduating from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (1924) to Dr. Wallace J. Knobbs, Pauline received her Masters (1943) and Ph.D. (1946) from George Peabody College. She is professor emeritus of social science, as well as an alumna from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University).

Knobbs' life in Kirksville was filled with teaching and public service; Knobbs not only served as an educator at the Kirksville Public Schools (1925-1939) and Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (1939-1974), but was also active in over twenty-three academic and social organizations, including Delta Kappa Gamma Society for Outstanding Women Teachers (of which she was a charter member), Kappa Delta Pi (National Honor Society in Education), Pi Gamma Mu (Social Science Honor Society), Phi Alpha Theta (International Honor Society in History), Cardinal Key, Sojournors Club, and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dr. Knobbs is the author of several educational and historical publications, including "Americans All: Studies in Intercultural Education" (1942), "The Development of the Separate System of Education in Missouri" (1946), "The Introduction of General Education Into the Teachers Colleges of the United States" (1943), and "The Civil War in Marion County" (1924). Additionally, she is credited with organizing the University Archives under the direction of President Walter Ryle.

Extent

1.0 linear feet

187 Scores

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A collection of folk songs, Civil War era music, musical studies, selections from various operas, and much more, this 19th-20th century sheet music collection was accumulated by Dr. Pauline Dingle Knobbs, professor emeritus of social science and alumna from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University).