Marian Anderson speech upon receipt of the Dignity of Man Award from the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, New Jersey, May 24, 1959 [sound recording]. [1959]

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...

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

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Kessler, Henry H. (Henry Howard), 1896-1978

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Henry Howard Kessler (Cornell University Class of 1916, M.D. 1919) was an orthopedic surgeon and a medical administrator. He served the United Nations as international consultant on rehabilitation of amputees and people with congenital birth defects. He was a captain in the U.S. Navy, 1941-1945. He founded and directed The Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, New Jersey. He died in 1978. From the description of Henry Howard Kessler papers, 1912-1968. (Cornell University...