Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1932-1980.

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Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1932-1980.

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Comprises commencement program (1932), letter from Vivian Osborne-Marsh to William Lashley of the Cosmos Club (1937) regarding Anderson appearing at Fisk; several items from James R. Lawson (1969) regarding Anderson's receipt of the Humanitarian Award; items from Walter J. Leonard (1979) regarding Anderson's receipt of the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters; and a personal request from Matthew Kennedy (1980).

11 items (12 l. and 4 programs).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Established as Fisk Free Colored School in Nashville, Tenn., in Dec. 1865 by John Ogden, Rev. Erastus Milo Caravath, and Rev. Edward P. Smith; named in honor of Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for Tennessee and Kentucky, who provided the new institution with facilities and contributed over $30,000 to the school; opened on 9 Jan. 1866 with almost two hundred students of all ages; incorporated as Fisk University on 22 Aug. 1867 after its curriculum shifted to ...

Kennedy, Matthew, 1957-

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Osborne-Marsh, Vivian.

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Leonard, Walter J., 1929-

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