Collection of Photographs, 1898-1992.

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Collection of Photographs, 1898-1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228427170

Comprehensive collection of photographic prints documenting the life and career of Marian Anderson. Exclusive of the scrapbooks, the collection contains 4,464 unique images. Most prints are black-and-white; some are color.

100 albums and boxes.

University of Pennsylvania Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7085169

University of Pennsylvania Library

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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...