Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1937-1961.

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Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1937-1961.

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Comprises 2 items from Davis; on the reverse of the first is the draft of a note to Dr. Benjamin Jesse Covington [ca. 1937], the second refers to the young singer Carol Adrine.

2 items (3 l.)

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Davis, Claire

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Covington, B. J. (Benjamin Jesse), 1869-1961

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Benjamin Covington was a prominent black physician who practiced in Houston from 1903 until his death in 1961. Dr. Covington and his wife, Jennie, attended Guadaloupe College in Seguin, Texas, where they met and eventually married. He received his medical degree from Meharry Medical college in 1900. The Covingtons played active roles in organizing a number of charitable organizations, including an African-American branch of the YMCA and the Houston Settlement Association, and were longtime membe...

Adrine, Carol.

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