La Julia Rhea papers, 1928-1984.

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La Julia Rhea papers, 1928-1984.

Correspondence, newsclippings, concert programs, autobiographical booklet, and other papers of La Julia Rhea, the first African American to audition at the Metropolitan Opera House and America's first black artist to star with a major opera company (which occurred in Chicago in 1937).

2 oversize folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8084544

Chicago History Museum

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