Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009. Sound Recordings Relating to Conservation, ca. 1939 - 1946. Audio Recording on Marian Anderson

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009. Sound Recordings Relating to Conservation, ca. 1939 - 1946. Audio Recording on Marian Anderson

1939 - 1946

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/200062852

This audio recording has four parts. The Assistant Secretary of Interior speaking on intolerance and tolerance on the dedication of the Marian Anderson mural. A Negro quartet sings patriotic songs. Charles Houston speaks on Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial four years earlier, on the organization and campaign of the Marian Anderson Mural Committee, and presents the mural to Secretary Ickes and the U.S. Government. In part two Secretary Ickes accepts the mural, discusses the Lincoln Memorial concert, speaks on intolerance, and dedicates the mural and Anderson speaks and sings. In part three Anderson sings and an announcer discusses the ceremonies. In part four a Negro quartet sings.

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Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

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Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897 (although throughout much of her life she gave her birth date as February 17, 1902) in south Philadelphia. Her father, John Berkley Anderson, sold ice and coal and her mother Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson was a former schoolmistress. She was the oldest of three sisters. She began singing when she was six, in the church choir, and by eight had become a regular substitute, filling in for absent sopranos, tenors and even bass. She was presented in one c...