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The First-Plymouth Congregational Church raised funds through a subscription drive to buy a 48-bell carillon as a memorial to Carrie Isabelle Raymond. The bells were cast by the John Taylor Bell Foundry in Loughborough, England and was dedicated on May 30, 1931 with a series of recitals given by Anton Brees.
Nine bells were added in 1990 and twenty-eight smaller original bells were also replaced.
References
1929 "Free
Entry for Carillon," Lincoln Journal Star, October 1, 1929,
Page 4.
1930 "Questions Some Arguments. - Oh, a fight brewing over the Carillon Bells," Lincoln Journal Star, January 9, 1930, Page 12.
1931 "Secure Anton Brees to Dedicate Carillon," Lincoln Journal Star, May 11, 1931, Page 7.
1931 "Memorial
Day Carillons," Lincoln Journal Star, May 18, 1931, Page 3.
Anton Brees to Give Afternoon and Evening Programs.
1931 "The Carillons," Lincoln Journal Star, May 30, 1931, Page 1.
1950 "The Carillon of the First Plymouth Church, Lincoln, Nebraska," by Ronald Barnes, Bulletin of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America 4(2):10-13 (May 1950)
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