Delilah Jackson papers, 1852-2013 .

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Delilah Jackson papers, 1852-2013 .

1852-2013

http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8zgw7

Papers collected or created by Delilah Jackson in her research on African American entertainers, including photographs, correspondence, subject files, oral history interviews, and films.

47 linear feet (89 boxes), 8 oversized papers boxes and 5 oversized papers folders (OP), 1 extra-oversized paper (XOP), and AV Masters: 20.5 linear feet (21 boxes, LP1, and CLP5)

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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