Minutes from 1992, 1993, and 1994 Added to Fasola Minutes App
We are excited to share that the first set of new minutes data digitized through the Sacred Harp Minutes Research Data project are now available! The minutes comprise hundreds of singings from 1992 through 1994. Songs led from The Sacred Harp, 1992–2025 The dataset is the first to capture the full set of singings out […]
Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network Seed Grant for Sacred Harp Minutes Research
The Sacred Harp Minutes Research Data project has received a $4,775 grant from the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network to support experiments incorporating AI-related methods into the parsing of minutes data. “New Pathways into Sacred Harp’s Past: AI and the Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings” will include: This project will begin in 2025 and will conclude […]
Complete Set of Fifty “Big Minutes” Volumes from 1945 to 1994 Digitized
Emory University’s Mass Digitization Program has completed digitization of the complete fifty-volume set of “Big Minutes,” comprising annual volumes published between 1945 and 1994. Early in Sacred Harp’s history, singing conventions published their own minutes, either in local newspapers or in their own booklets. Over time, some central conventions began including the minutes of other […]