Invitation to the wedding of Cordelia Sanders and Dr. Dehaven Hinkson
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Title
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Invitation to the wedding of Cordelia Sanders and Dr. Dehaven Hinkson
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Description
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Wedding reception invitation for marriage between Cordelia Sanders and Dr. DeHaven Hinkson.
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Cordelia's legacy is part of centuries old African American and English families dating back to the early 1700s with roots in the Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning family.
In 1921, Cordelia Chew (1897-1983) married Dr. DeHaven Hinkson (1891-1975), with whom she had two daughters, Cordelia “Betty” (b. 1922) and Mary (1925-2014). Although she is listed on the invitation as Cordelia Sanders, historical records are unclear as to whether she actually used her maiden name or her parents married name, of Chew, as her unmarried surname.
During World War I, her husband DeHaven Hinkson served in the United States Army Medical Reserve Corps and, during World War II, he became the first black officer to head an Army hospital when he was assigned to the station hospital at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama. In 1951, Mary Hinkson became one of two African American dancers to join the Martha Graham Dance Company, where she danced until her retirement in 1973 (Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning Collection 2025).
Cordelia's grandparents William H. and Cordelia Chew were trailblazers because in 1880, they sued to abolish racially segregated schools in Pennsylvania (Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning Collection 2025).
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Contributor
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The Library Company of Philadelphia
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Date Created
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-1921
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1921-11-16
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Creator
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Willis, Georgine Upshur
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Rights
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This work is believed to be in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
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Identifier
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P.2022.16.65-65a
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Language
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eng
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Format
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Text
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Extent
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2 pages
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Spatial Coverage
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Philadelphia, PA
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Publisher
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The Library Company of Philadelphia
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Is Part Of
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Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders Venning Collection - Upshur Willis Collection_Georgine E. Upshur Willis collection_scsv-p-2022-16-65-65a
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Subject
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Weddings--Planning
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
