Description: Two photographs of singer/songwriter Roger Miller were taken during a performance at the 1968 Ohio State Fair. Best known for his songs "King Of The Road," "Dang Me," and "Engine Engine No. 9," Miller won eleven Grammy Awards. Miller (1936-1992) also wrote songs for the Disney movie Robin Hood and a Broadway musical, Big River, based on Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3116_3737168_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Expositions and fairs; Music; Miller, Roger, 1936-1992; Composers; Singers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the home of popular composer Benjamin R. Hanby, in Westerville, Ohio, April 2001. The house was built in 1846 and occupied by the Hanby family from 1853 to 1870. Hanby (1833-1867) was a famous composer from Westerville who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" The Hanby House has been open to the public since 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01011
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and Entertainment
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The monument in this photograph is at the grave of Benjamin Hanby. It is located in Otterbein Cemetery in Westerville, Ohio. Hanby (1833-1867) was a famous composer from Westerville who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" The Ohio Historic marker near his grave reads "Song writer and minister of the United Brethren Church, Hanby was a graduate of Otterbein College, class of 1858, known throughout the world for inspiring songs, "Darling Nelly Gray," "Up on the House Top," and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" Hanby died of tuberculosis at age 33 in 1867. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_001_001
Subjects: Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and Entertainment; Cemeteries--Ohio
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the facade of the Benjamin Russel Hanby Home in Westerville, Ohio. The house was built in 1846 and occupied by the Hanby family from 1853 to 1870. Hanby (1833-1867) was a famous composer from Westerville who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" The Hanby House has been open to the public since 1937. it was added to the National Register of Historical Places on November 10, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06568
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and Entertainment
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a portrait of Benjamin Russel Hanby (1833-1867), a famous composer from Westerville, Ohio, who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06569
Subjects: Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and Entertainment
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a portrait of Benjamin Russel Hanby (1833-1867), a famous composer from Westerville, Ohio, who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04124
Subjects: Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and Entertainment
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sheet music for Benjamin Russel Hanby's "Santa Claus (Up On the Housetop)." Hanby (1833-1867) was a famous composer from Westerville, Ohio, who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He composed "Up on the Housetop" in 1864, while living in the town of New Paris, near Dayton. Hanby also wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery, as well as the hymn "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" (1866). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04125
Subjects: Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and Entertainment; Christmas
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the gravestone of Benjamin Russel Hanby in Westerville, Ohio. Hanby (1833-1867) was a famous composer from Westerville who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06467
Subjects: Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and Entertainment; Cemeteries--Ohio
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)