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Creation Date
2015-01-01
Description
1 page, Recognition of Eva Jessye as the Kansas Ambassador for the Arts.
Digital Collection
Jessye, Eva (1895-1992) Collection, 1885-2010
Collection Number
SpC MS 0009
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/9/
Object Type
Manuscript
Transcription
Recognition by the Governor
Executive Department, State of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas
TO THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS, GREETINGS:
WHEREAS, Eva Jessye is the Artist-in-Residence at Pittsburg State University, and the Director of the Eva Jessye Choir; and
WHEREAS, Eva Jessye has always shown her dedication to the Arts through numerous projects and activities; and
WHEREAS, Eva Jessye will be traveling throughout the United States and abroad during the remainder of 1981 and in 1982; and
WHEREAS, the people of Kansas are grateful for her artistic skill, her creative energy, and her eyes which behold and translate the beauty of our heritage:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN CARLIN, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, do hereby recognize Eva Jessye as a
KANSAS AMBASSADOR FOR THE ARTS
during the next year and one half as she travels throughout the United States and abroad lecturing, producing and representing the State of Kansas.
DONE At the Capitol in Topeka Under the Great Seal of the State this 24th Day of July, A. D., 1981.
By the Governor: [Signed] John Carlin
Identifier
EV_9_cer028
Image Format
Text
Location
Kansas -- Shawnee -- Topeka
Digitization Date
2015-07-10
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Axe Library, Special Collections
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Keywords
Jessye, Eva, 1895-1992;
