Marian Anderson Collections at the Penn Library
Register
of the Marian Anderson Papers, 1900-1993
The Papers (495 boxes and three map case drawers) comprise correspondence;
business records and contracts; manuscript and typescript biographical
materials; Anderson's notes, journals, calendars, and financial documents;
programs and publicity materials; awards and honorary degrees; clippings;
scrapbooks; memorabilia; and some materials belonging to her sisters Alyse
Anderson and Ethel De Preist, her mother Anna D. Anderson, and her husband,
Orpheus H. Fisher.
Marian Anderson Collection
of Photographs, 1898-1992 Ms. Coll. 198
Database
compiled by Gillian Emmett, 1997, through a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities. Images scanned by Leslie Delauter, 1998,
through a donation from the Walter J. Miller Charitable Trust.
Also available as a browsable index.
Performances,
Recordings, Interviews, and Home Movies
A sampling of the materials held at the Penn Library can be found as part
of the online exhibition.