Acknowledgments

To produce an innovative, high-quality digital library showcasing collections of diverse partner institutions, Sounding Spirit benefited from collegiality extended in a variety of ways. The following list catalogs different types of support that contributed to the creation of this digital resource. The core project team and all Sounding Spirit advisors thank the following for their invaluable participation in this project.

Financial and Administrative

The Sounding Spirit Digital Library is the product of generous, longstanding institutional support at Emory University’s Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) and grant funding from the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Emory University’s Research Administration Services supported the administrative management of the project’s two NEH grants.

ECDS Leadership

• Chase Lovellette, Co-Director, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
• Wayne Morse, Co-Director, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (retired)
• Allen Tullos, Co-Director, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship

Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library and Emory Libraries Leadership

• Katherine Fisher, Head of Digital Archives, Emory Libraries
• Lisa Macklin, Associate Vice Provost and University Librarian, Emory Libraries
• Lars Meyer, Associate Dean of Access and Resource Services, Emory Libraries
• Kim Norman, Director, Preservation and Digitization Services, Emory Libraries
• Michael Williamson, Chief Business Officer, Emory Libraries

Emory Research Administration Services

• Joann Franko, Post-Award Research Administrator, Research Administration Services, Emory University

Technical

The Sounding Spirit Digital Library is published in the Readux platform, an ECDS-developed and supported platform for engaging digital publications. ECDS staff also supported the project's digital workflow.

• James Bias, Operating Systems Analyst, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
• Yang Li, Senior Software Engineer and Information Designer, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
• Joanna Mundy, Digital Projects Specialist, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
• Ben Silverman, Frontend Developer, Performant Software
• Jay Varner, Lead Software Engineer, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship

Advising

Sounding Spirit works collaboratively with eminent disciplinary scholars and leading practitioners of American sacred song, as well as digital humanities technicians at the forefront of emerging technologies. Special thanks to the Tribal Historic Preservation Officers whose collaborations with project team members facilitated the inclusion of Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee, and Potawatomi volumes.

Scholars and Practitioners

• Dwight Andrews, Professor of Music Theory and American Music, Emory University
• Mark Clague, Professor of Music, Executive Director, U-M Arts Initiative, Director of U-M Gershwin Initiative, Co-Editor-in-Chief MUSA, University of Michigan
• M. Patrick Graham, Librarian and Margaret A. Pitts Professor Emeritus of Theological Bibliography, Emory University
• Doug Harrison, Associate Dean, School of Professional Studies, NYU
• Sara Snyder Hopkins, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Sociology, Director of Cherokee Language Program, Western Carolina University
• Mark Simpson-Vos, Senior Executive Editor, University of North Carolina Press

Digital Humanists and Technicians

• Ben Brumfield, Co-Owner and Director, Brumfield Labs
• Sara Brumfield, Co-Owner and Director, Brumfield Labs
• Jen Doty, Research Data Program Manager, Emory Libraries
• Christina Linklater, Curator of the Isham Memorial Library and Houghton Special Collections Cataloger, Harvard Library; Director, US Office of Répertoire International des Sources Musicales
• Brinna Michael, Visual Resources Metadata Librarian, Cornell University Library
• Jennifer Ward, Editor, Répertoire International des Sources Musicales

Tribal Historic Preservation Officers and Community Members

• Teresa Billy, Assistant Director, School of the Choctaw Language
• RaeLynn Butler, Manager, Historic and Cultural Preservation, Muscogee Nation
• Diane (Midge) Dellinger, Oral Historian, Historic and Cultural Preservation, Muscogee Nation
• Seth Fairchild, Executive Director of Cultural Services, Choctaw Nation
• Alexandria Gough, Archivist, Choctaw Nation Cultural Center
• Jerrid Miller, Tribal Archivist, Cherokee Nation
• Blake Norton, Director and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Citizen Potawatomi Nation
• Jakeli Swimmer, Tribal Archivist and Cultural Resource Officer, Eastern Band of Cherokee
• Ian Thompson, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Senior Director, Historic Preservation, Choctaw Nation

Teaching

While developing the digital library, Sounding Spirit collaborated with faculty across the country to teach with this resource.

• Kimberly Hieb, Assistant Professor, School of Music, West Texas A&M University
• Matthew Laube, Assistant Professor of Church Music, Baylor University
• Trevor McKenzie, Director, Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University
• Esther Morgan-Ellis, Professor of Music, University of North Georgia
• Reba Wissner, Associate Professor of Musicology, Columbus State University