Preview
Creation Date
2015-01-01
Description
1 page, Citation of achievements.
Digital Collection
Jessye, Eva (1895-1992) Collection, 1885-2022
Collection Number
SpC MS 0009
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/9/
Object Type
Manuscript
Transcription
The State of Wisconsin
Citation by the Senate
KNOW YOU BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, Eva Jessye is a Specialist in music, theater, motion pictures, radio and television production; and
WHEREAS, she was Musical Director of MGM's HALLELUJAH, the original Choir Director of Porgy and Bess, the first to interpret Virgil Thompson's Four Saints in Three Acts; and
WHEREAS, she is Director of the internationally known EVA JESSYE CHOIR and an authority on Afro-American music and customs and the recipient of many honors; now,
THEREFORE, the members of the Wisconsin Senate, on the motion of Senator Swan, under Senate Rule 97, commends Eva Jessye on the occasion of her lecture visit to Milwaukee, and for her musical achievements that have inspired many.
February 17, 1978; Date
[Signed] Fred A. Risser; Senate President Pro Tempore
[Signed] Don J. Schneider; Senate Chief Clerk
Identifier
EV_9_cer025
Image Format
Text
Location
Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Milwaukee
Digitization Date
2015-07-10
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Axe Library, Special Collections
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Keywords
Jessye, Eva, 1895-1992;
