Notes for speech at Historic Landmarks Preservation Center's Cultural Medallion Ceremony to honor Marian Anderson, 1996 May 14.

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...

Verrett, Shirley

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Shirley Verrett is an African-American mezzo-soprano and soprano ; Marian Anderson was an African-American contralto. From the description of Notes for speech at Historic Landmarks Preservation Center's Cultural Medallion Ceremony to honor Marian Anderson, 1996 May 14. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122687166 From the guide to the Notes for speech at Historic Landmarks Preservation Center's Cultural Medallion Ceremony to honor Marian Anderson, 1996 May 14, (T...

Burle-Marx, Roberto, 1909-1994

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Diamonstein, Barbaralee

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Critic, writer, television producer and interviewer, teacher, arts administrator; New York, N.Y. First Director of Cultural Affairs, New York City; longest running Director of the New York Landmarks Preservation Committee; art community representative to NYC Mayor David Dinkins; producer, interviewer for Arts and Entertainment Network, CBS, NBC and Manhattan Cable TV. From the description of Barbaralee Diamonstein papers, ca. 1960-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Historic Landmarks Preservation Center.

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