William Gorham Rice
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Born | William Gorham Rice December 23, 1856 Albany, New York, US |
Died | September 10, 1945 | (aged 88)
Burial place | Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, New York, US |
Education | The Albany Academy |
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Harriet Langdon Pruyn
(m. 1892; died 1939) |
Children | 1 |
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William Gorham Rice Sr. (December 23, 1856 – September 10, 1945) was an American state and federal government official from Albany, New York, and civic activist engaged in the reform of the civil service system. He was a biographer of Grover Cleveland, and became an authority on carillons in America and Europe and authored three books on the topic.[1]
Biography
William Gorham Rice was born December 23, 1856, in
Rice became active in
Rice's wife was passionate about her family
Rice's first book, Carillons of Belgium and Holland, was published in December 1914 and reprinted three times. It is the earliest known book written on the subject.[7][8][10] He published two more books, Carillon Music and Singing Towers of the Old World and the New in 1914 and reprinted in 1925 and The Carillon in Literature in 1918.[10] Rice became an authority on carillons in the United States; in addition to his books, he gave 35 lectures in several cities, published articles in magazines, spoke on radio programs, and presented exhibition material on the subject between 1912 and 1922.[11]
In September 1936, at the founding congress of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, he was elected to the office of honorary president because of his work in promoting the carillon in North America.[10]
In 1927, Rice was the main promoter building the Albany City Hall carillon as a memorial to soldiers killed in World War I. He was also a collector of documents related to Grover Cleveland, and the papers Rice donated to the New York State Library included several newspaper and magazine articles on Cleveland, as well as many of his speeches and letters.[12]
Rice died September 10, 1945, in Guilderland, New York, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery.
Works
- ——— & Stetson, Francis Lynde (1913). Was New York's Vote Stolen?. New York: North American Review Publishing Company. .
- ——— (1914). Carillons of Belgium and Holland: Tower Music in the .
- ——— (1914). Carillon Music and Singing Towers of the Old World and the New. New York: .
- ——— (1916). The Carillon in Literature: a Collection from Various Authors with Some Notes on the Carillon Art. New York: hdl:2027/hvd.ml122f.
- ——— (1918). Presidents Elected from New York: When Cleveland Was Governor. Albany: States Service Magazine Company. .
Notes
- ^ The descendancy of William Gorham Rice from Edmund Rice is as follows: Edmund Rice (c. 1594–1663); Benjamin Rice (1640–1713); Ebenezer Rice (1671–1724); Ebenezer Rice (1709–1793); Joseph Rice (1744–1826); William Rice (born 1778); William A. Rice (1820–1906); William Gorham Rice Sr. (1856–1945).[2]
References
- ^ New York Times, Col. William C. Rice, Cleveland's Ex-Aide, September 12, 1945
- ^ a b Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2015. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations. (CD-ROM)
- ^ New York Times, Mrs. William Rice of Albany Family: Wife of Retired President of Civil Service Commission Dies at the Capital, July 4, 1939
- ^ p. 24 In: Harvard University Alumni Bulletin Vol. 25, No. 1. September 28, 1922.
- ^ "In Memoriam – William Gorham Rice (1892–1979)". Wisconsin Law Review. 1980: 1. 1980.
- ^ a b "William Gorham Rice". Political Graveyard. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ a b "A Guide to the William Gorham Rice Papers" (PDF). Albany Institute of History and Art. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-5867-956-7.
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- ^ a b c Slater, James B. "A Register of Honorary Members, 1936-1996". The Bulletin. 52 (1). The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America: 46–47. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ISBN 978-90-5867-956-7.
- ^ "William Gorham Rice Papers, 1873-1997, SC12866". New York State Library. Retrieved July 8, 2016.