James led in organizing the United Sacred Harp Musical Association in 1904, which he hoped would function as a sort of "National Association" of Sacred Harp singings and conventions. Notes Sources A Brief History of the Sacred Harp and Its Author, B. F. White, Sr., and Contributors, by Joe S. James, privately printed, 1904. Introduction and History of the Original Sacred Harp, by Ruth Denson Edwards, (in the 1971 Edition, Original Sacred Harp). Newspaper Accounts from the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association, 1904-1956, compiled by John Plunkett. The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music, by Buell E. Cobb, Jr., University of Georgia Press, 1978, 1989. White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands, by George Pullen Jackson, University of North Carolina Press, 1933. Steel, David Warren with Richard Hulan (2010) The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. External links Cooper v. James, a report from the Music Copyright Infringement Resource. Union Harp and History of Songs Sacred Tunes and Hymns 1849 births 1931 deaths Shape note Sacred Harp