Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1936-1963.

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Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1936-1963.

Comprises 6 items, 6 leaves correspondence. Includes correspondence with William L. Dawson, and L. H. Foster, and Catherine Moten Patterson.

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Tuskegee Institute

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Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1899-1990

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Patterson, Catherine

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Foster, Luther H. (Luther Hilton), 1913-

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Luther H. Foster : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527571 Luther Hilton Foster was born May 26, 1888 in Clover, Halifax County, Virginia. He was the son of Oliver S. and Mary Elizabeth Foster. His early childhood schooling was at the public school of Halifax County and the Saint Paul's Polytechnic institute in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Here he completed hi...