Alphabetical arrangement in Box 482, followed by large plaques and citations arranged to fit in Boxes 483-487.
Awards, certificates. Alphabetical listing includes references to some items in Drawer 48.
| Afro-American
Broadcasting Guild. Gold Award, Dignity Protection Awards. 14
February 1965.
Box 482 |
| Alpha Kappa Alpha. Alpha Rho Omega Chapter. Commendation. n.d. See Drawer 48. |
| Alpha Kappa Alpha (Portland, Oregon). 7 March
1965.
Box 482 Commendation. |
| American
Bill of Rights Day Association. 15 December
1958.
Box 482 Citation, with program. |
| American Veterans of World War II.
26 May 1961.
Box 482 Certificate of Merit. |
| Annie Jump Cannon
Medal Citation. 11 December 1963.
Box 482 |
| Armstrong Association of Philadelphia. 31 January,
1957.
Box 482 Merit Award for Distinguished Service in Race Relations. |
| Association for the Study of Negro Life and
History. New York Branch. 20 February
1966.
Box 482 Eleanor Roosevelt-Mary McLeod Bethune Award. |
| Black Academy of Arts and Letters Award. 8 October
1972.
Box 482 |
| Brith Sholom (Philadelphia, Pa.). 5 January
1943.
Box 482 Annual Citizens Award for 1942. (Publicity posters) |
| California.
Assembly. 18 February 1983.
Box 482 Resolution by the honorable Maxine Waters. Commendation. |
| Chicago. Mayor Richard J. Daley.
n.d.
Box 482 Certificate of Merit. |
| Circulo de intelectuales, artistas,
beriodistas y escritores negros (Montevideo, Uruguay). 15 August
1950
and 17 August 1950.
Box 482 2 items. |
| Colorado.
Governor. 19 March 1959 and 25 February 1965.
Box 482 Honorary Citizen. 2 items. |
| Connecticut. Governor John Dempsey. 18 July
1963 and 10 September 1969.
Box 482 Appointment as member of the State Commission of the Arts. 2 items. |
| Connecticut
Music Educators Association. 20 March
1970.
Box 482 Citation. |
| Connecticut State Bar Association. 18 October
1965.
Box 482 Citation. |
| Dodd, Christopher J. Senator from Connecticut. 4
April 1989.
Box 482 Copy of speech honoring Anderson in Congressional Record. |
| Finland. Gustaf Mannerheim. 1 February
1946.
Box 482 Commendation. |
| Gimbel National Award. 6 January
1959.
Box 482 |
| Haiti (Republic). 1 May 1950.
Box 482 Ordre National Honneur et Mérite. |
| Hôi Van-Hóa Bình-Dân. Saigon, Vietnam. 1965.
Box 482 |
| Illinois. Governor. 30 October
1955.
Box 482 Proclamation. |
| Indianapolis, Indiana. Welcome from citizens. n.d. See Drawer 47. |
| International Cultural Center for Youth in Jerusalem. 7
November 1962.
Box 482 Honored at Star Spangled Ball. |
| Israel Institute of Technology. 11 May
1959.
Box 482 Salute. |
| Johnson, Lady Bird. 22-25 November
1968.
Box 482 Commendation. |
| Junior Citizens School Attendance League.
1933.
Box 482 Golden Award. |
| Kennedy Memorial Hall (Korea).
1 May 1965.
Box 482 Honorary Membership Certificate. |
| Los
Angeles. 15 March 1959.
Box 482 Commendation to Willowbrook School Board for Marian Anderson School. |
| Los Angeles. Mayor Samuel Wm. Yorty. n.d.
Box 482 Award of Merit. |
| Los Angeles. Mayor Tom
Bradley. 19 March 1976.
Box 482 Commendation. |
| Los
Angeles County. 1964, 16
March 1976, and March 1978
Box 482 Commendations. 3 items. With photographed copies of 1976 and 1978 items. |
| Ministerial Interfaith Association. n.d.
Box 482 Commendation. |
| Musical America. 1948 and 1949.
Box 482 Award of Achievement. 2 items. |
| Nashville, Tenn. 17 January
1955.
Box 482 Honorary Citizen. |
| National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. 29 July 1955.
Box 482 Distinguished National's National Award. |
| National Association of Negro Musicians. 7 April
1968.
Box 482 Commendation. |
| National Conference of Christians and Jews. 17 January
1963.
Box 482 National Human Relations Award. |
| National Council of Negro Women. 21 April
1972.
Box 482 Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Award. |
| Newspaper Guild of New York.
1958.
Box 482 Page One Award. |
| New York (N.Y.). Mayor Robert F.
Wagner. 28 October 1963.
Box 482 Appointment to the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Office of Cultural Affairs. |
| New York (N.Y.). President of the
Borough of Manhattan David N. Dinkins. 27 February
1987.
Box 482 Proclamation "Marian Anderson Day." |
| Pennsylvania. Governor William Scranton. 1966.
Box 482 Pennsylvania Award for Excellence in Performing Arts. 2 items. |
| Pennsylvania. Governor Milton J. Shapp. 13 April
1977.
Box 482 Certificate of Distinguished Citizenship. |
| Pennsylvania.
Governor Dick Thornburgh. n.d. (1983).
Box 482 Commendation. |
| Philadelphia (Pa.). Mayor Frank Rizzo. 22 August
1979.
Box 482 Proclamation Marian Anderson Day. |
| Philadelphia (Pa.). Mayor William J.
Green. 22 March 1983.
Box 482 Citation. Juliette Low Award of the Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia. |
| Philadelphia Cotillion Society. 25
December 1949.
Box 482 Commendation. |
| Philadelphia Magazine. 14 October
1959.
Box 482 Award. |
| Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. 1 May 1950.
Box 482 Commendation. |
| Religious
Heritage of America. 23 June 1966.
Box 482 Church Woman of the Year Award. |
| Saint Louis University. 1971.
Box 482 Spirit of St. Louis Award. |
| Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia. 13 May
1975.
Box 482 Woman of the Year Award. |
| San Diego (Calif.) County. 9 March
1965.
Box 482 Resolution. |
| San Francisco (Calif.) City and County. 6 March
1978.
Box 482 Certificate of Honor. |
| Second Baptist Church of Germantown
(Philadelphia, Pa.). 16 February 1969.
Box 482 Citation for outstanding contributions to the world in music and human relations. |
| State University of
New York (Cortland). 24 September 1977.
Box 482 Commendation. |
| United States. Dept. of Treasury. 10 September
1941.
Box 482 Citation on behalf of National Defense. |
| United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Appointment as Alternative Representative of the United States of America to the Thirteenth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. 30 July 1958. See Drawer 48. |
| United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Appointment as a Member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts (National Cultural Center). 11 April 1959. See Drawer 48. |
| United States. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Presidential Medal of Freedom. 6 December 1963. See Drawer 48. |
| United States. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Appointment as a Member of the National Council on the Arts. 12 December 1966. See Drawer 47. |
| University of Pennsylvania Glee Club. 20 October
1973.
Box 482 Award of Merit. |
| Young Women's Christian Association
of Philadelphia. 28 April 1970.
Box 482 Centennial Medal. |
| Public Relations Society of American, New York Chapter, 1960.
Box 483 Citation. |
| Compton, Calif.,
Box 483 Happy Birthday plaque. |
| Spelman College, 20 May 1979.
Box 483 Plaque awarded with Doctor of Fine Arts Degree. |
| United Negro Relief, 8 June 1963.
Box 483 |
| Famous Black
American Entertainers, 1986.
Box 484 Award. |
| New
England Missionary Baptist Convention, n.d.
Box 485 Award of Honor. |
| Union Baptist Church, June 1977.
Box 486 Women's Day Committee Award. |
| American Medical Center of Denver, 20 April
1958.
Box 487 Award. |
| United Negro College Fund, Detroit, 12
December 1965.
Box 487 |
| Elementary
schools, children's artwork.
Box 488 |
| Artwork depicting Marian Anderson.
Box 489 |
| Plaster plaque, "Nobody knows de trouble, " n.d.
Box 490 |
| Miscellaneous memorabilia.
Box 491 Includes: Inscription to Anderson from Giuseppe Boghetti, 30 December 1928; copy of invitation to 10th anniversary celebration of Marian Anderson's first with Hurok, Inc., signed by Sol Hurok; Anderson's star registry; some poster cartoons, book from the Dance Theatre of Harlem. |
Not complete.
| Oversize scrapbook,
Hurok Concerts, 1939.
Box 493 |
| Oversize newspaper clippings.
Box 494 |
| American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, election as Fellow of the Society, 8 May
1957.
Box 495 |
| Combs College of Music,
Doctor of Music, 18 May 1976.
Box 495 |
| Curtis Institute of Music, Doctor of Music, 14
May 1981.
Box 495 |
| Dickinson College, Doctor of Humane Letters, 9 May,
?
Box 495 |
| Harvard University,
Doctor of Music, 26 June 1977.
Box 495 |
| Ithaca College, Doctor of Music, 18 May
1968.
Box 495 |
| Princeton
University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 16 June
1959.
Box 495 |
| Queen's University, Doctor of
Laws, 4 December 1962.
Box 495 |
| St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Ind., Doctor of Laws, 26
May, 1957.
Box 495 |
| Smith College, Doctor of Music, 16 May
1968.
Box 495 |
| Syracuse University, Doctor of
Humane Letters, 29 May 1984.
Box 495 |
| Temple University, Doctor of Music, 12 June
1941.
Box 495 |
| Tulane University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1 May
1968.
Box 495 |
| University of California, Los
Angeles, Doctor of Humane Letters, 11 June
1965.
Box 495 |
| University of Hartford, Doctor, 29 January
1964.
Box 495 |
| University of Minnesota, Appreciation, 24 November
1964.
Box 495 |
| United States. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower. 30 July 1958.
Drawer 48 Appointment as Alternative Representative of the United States of America to the Thirteenth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. |
| United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 11
April 1959.
Drawer 48 Appointment as a Member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts (National Cultural Center). |
| United States. President
Lyndon B. Johnson. 6 December 1963.
Drawer 48 Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
| United States. President Lyndon B. Johnson. 12
December 1966.
Drawer 48 Appointment as a Member of the National Council on the Arts. |
| Alpha Kappa Alpha. Alpha Rho Omega Chapter. n.d.
Drawer 48 Commendation, hand-lettered scroll. |
| Reveille Club, 14 June 1958.
Drawer 48 Recognition. |
| Indianapolis, Indiana. Welcome
from citizens. n.d.
Drawer 48 Welcome to Indianapolis, oversize scroll with signatures. |
| Marian Anderson's diploma for South Philadelphia
High School for Girls, 20 June 1921.
Drawer 48 |
| William Henry Rucker, Masonic certificate,
Lynchburg, Va., May 18, 1899.
Drawer 48 |
| Grace Hughes. Diploma and graduation photograph from
Dolan College, 1926.
Drawer 48 |
Includes: Spelman College framed print, plus other watercolors and prints.
From Europe, 1930s.
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