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Date
2015-07-10
Creation Date
2015-01-01
Description
1 page, Certificate of Welcome.
Digital Collection
Jessye, Eva (1895-1992) Collection, 1885-2016
Collection Number
SpC MS 0009
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/9/
Object Type
Manuscript
Transcription
City of Philadelphia
Welcome
Whereas…
The City of Philadelphia takes pride in its reputation as a center of culture and the performing arts, and in particular, its reputation for the performance of good music; and
Whereas…
Among our nation’s talented and dedicated women, Dr. Eva Jessye ranks as an outstanding example of a full and productive life in the world of music, possessing a talent that has distinguished itself through musical excellence for five decades, and she is now making a retirement performance with a concert to be held at Tindley Temple United Methodist Church in Philadelphia on October 6; and
Whereas…
Dr. Jessye has earned distinction as a newspaperwoman and author, actress and instructor, but her greatest triumphs have come through the choir that bears her name and from her efforts as a composer and conductor. In this performance presented by the Afro American Federation with the Black United Methodist Preachers of Philadelphia she will offer her great oratorio, “Paradise Lost and Regained” based on the poem of John Milton in a framework of spirituals:
Now, Therefore…
I, Frank L. Rizzo, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, do hereby extend a most cordial welcome to
Dr. Eva Jessye
and call upon all Philadelphians to take cognizance of the contributions of Dr. Jessye and all those who give direction, form and greatness to our nation’s musical achievements.
[Signed] Frank L. Rizzo; Mayor
[Signed] Harry R. Delinger; City Representative
Given under my hand and the Seal of the City of Philadelphia this sixth day of October, on thousand, nine hundred and seventy-four.
Identifier
EV_9_cer017
Image Format
Text
Location
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Philadelphia
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Axe Library, Special Collections
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Keywords
Jessye, Eva, 1895-1992;
