1921 (circa) Sheet Music by Phil Lyon (Ohio Wesleyan University 1916)

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Sheet music by Phil Lyon (Ohio Wesleyan University 1916). The collection includes the following songs:

Fiji Land is the Land for Me
Fiji Rag
Fiji Girl
Fiji Blues
Fiji Sammies
The Purple and White

The collection was given to Nell Wilkinson, wife of Cecil J. Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan 1917). There is an inscription which reads "To Nell Whose piano and undeserved praise have helped maintain the Fiji harmony. Phil"

There is a two page email attached to the back of the thirty pages of music which gives some provenance for the collection. The donation was from Harry "Hap" Dowler, Jr., (Ohio Wesleyan University 1954). The description of the item is from Gary Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan University 1951), son of Cecil J. Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan 1917). Much of the music in this collection was composed and practiced at the home of Cecil and Nell Wilkinson in the 1920s in Washington DC while Phil Lyon was serving as a Field Secretary for Phi Gamma Delta from 1920-1925.

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Abstract/Description:	Sheet music by Phil Lyon (Ohio Wesleyan University 1916). The collection includes the following songs: Fiji Land is the Land for Me Fiji Rag Fiji Girl Fiji Blues Fiji Sammies The Purple and White The collection was given to Nell Wilkinson, wife of Cecil J. Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan 1917). There is an inscription which reads "To Nell Whose piano and undeserved praise have helped maintain the Fiji harmony. Phil" There is a two page email attached to the back of the thirty pages of music which gives some provenance for the collection. The donation was from Harry "Hap" Dowler, Jr., (Ohio Wesleyan University 1954). The description of the item is from Gary Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan University 1951), son of Cecil J. Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan 1917). Much of the music in this collection was composed and practiced at the home of Cecil and Nell Wilkinson in the 1920s in Washington DC while Phil Lyon was serving as a Field Secretary for Phi Gamma Delta from 1920-1925.
Subject(s):	Theta Deuteron Greater Phi Gamma Delta Music Theta Deuteron; Ohio Wesleyan University

Abstract/Description:

Sheet music by Phil Lyon (Ohio Wesleyan University 1916). The collection includes the following songs:

Fiji Land is the Land for Me
Fiji Rag
Fiji Girl
Fiji Blues
Fiji Sammies
The Purple and White

The collection was given to Nell Wilkinson, wife of Cecil J. Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan 1917). There is an inscription which reads "To Nell Whose piano and undeserved praise have helped maintain the Fiji harmony. Phil"

There is a two page email attached to the back of the thirty pages of music which gives some provenance for the collection. The donation was from Harry "Hap" Dowler, Jr., (Ohio Wesleyan University 1954). The description of the item is from Gary Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan University 1951), son of Cecil J. Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan 1917). Much of the music in this collection was composed and practiced at the home of Cecil and Nell Wilkinson in the 1920s in Washington DC while Phil Lyon was serving as a Field Secretary for Phi Gamma Delta from 1920-1925.

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Theta Deuteron
Greater Phi Gamma Delta
Music
Theta Deuteron; Ohio Wesleyan University

Title:	1921 (circa) Sheet Music by Phil Lyon (Ohio Wesleyan University 1916).
Name(s):	Phil Lyon (Ohio Wesleyan University 1916), composer
Type of Resource:	notated music
Genre:	Document; color
Other Date:	c. 1921
Publisher:	Fairbank Lodge, Delaware, Ohio
Abstract/Description:	Sheet music by Phil Lyon (Ohio Wesleyan University 1916). The collection includes the following songs: Fiji Land is the Land for Me Fiji Rag Fiji Girl Fiji Blues Fiji Sammies The Purple and White The collection was given to Nell Wilkinson, wife of Cecil J. Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan 1917). There is an inscription which reads "To Nell Whose piano and undeserved praise have helped maintain the Fiji harmony. Phil" There is a two page email attached to the back of the thirty pages of music which gives some provenance for the collection. The donation was from Harry "Hap" Dowler, Jr., (Ohio Wesleyan University 1954). The description of the item is from Gary Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan University 1951), son of Cecil J. Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan 1917). Much of the music in this collection was composed and practiced at the home of Cecil and Nell Wilkinson in the 1920s in Washington DC while Phil Lyon was serving as a Field Secretary for Phi Gamma Delta from 1920-1925.
Subject(s):	Theta Deuteron Greater Phi Gamma Delta Music Theta Deuteron; Ohio Wesleyan University
Held by:	Phi Gamma Delta Digital Repository
In Collections:	Documents Ohio Wesleyan University (Theta Deuteron) - Chapter Collection

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