Sell, Paul Stuart, collection, 1887-1981

Authors

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Files

Description

Dr. Paul Stuart Sell was a longtime dentist, practicing in Independence, Kansas, and an avid musician. This collection of materials includes photographs, sheet music, songs and song books he used to play at events, and miscellaneous artifacts.

The Paul Stuart Sell Collection is divided into three series: Photograph, Music and Miscellaneous.

The Photograph series contains photographs of Paul Sell at various stages of his life, and of his father, John Sell. There are photographs of his store, Cherryvale, and the Girard Fire Department.

The Music series includes eleven pieces of sheet music that he composed. There are sixteen different song lyrics by him and, a printed programs and play lists. There is also a song book and five different Christmas Carol books. There are two copies of hymnals.

The Miscellaneous series consists of two letters, to Sell and to Ray Fennimore, a flyer of a Christian education program, a copy of “Jack Horner” (most likely written by Sell or one of his sons), a sheet of unused letterhead from Sell and Son, Girard, and an autographed LP album entitled “St. George Serbian Orthodox Church Presents Kornelije Stankovich in Songs from the Montreal Expo’67 Program”, Dean Croxton, Director.

Publication Date

7-2023

Keywords

Business and Industry, Fine Arts, Health and Medicine, Religion and Philosophy

Size of Collection

11 folders

Dates of Collection

1887-1981

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 0103

Comments

Revised: July 2023

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, "Sell, Paul Stuart, collection, 1887-1981" (2023). Finding Aids. 88.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/88