Library calling [sound recording] : radio program of poetry readings. [1960]

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Library calling [sound recording] : radio program of poetry readings. [1960]

Mary Ditson Wilcox reads poems by herself and other regional authors. The texts are loosely organized around the theme of Marian Anderson's service as a delegate to the United Nations.

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks ; 5 in., 1/4 in. tape.1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape.1 sound cassette : analog, Dolby B processed.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7088032

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...

Wilcox, Mary Ditson.

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