Items

• Letter, John Hassett to Marian Anderson, December 31, 1957
  Little is known about John Hassett, the person. The letter was written on proprietor’s stationery for a South Norwalk, Connecticut retail shop.
• Letter, Jane Frink to Marian Anderson, September 9, 1974
  Hoosier Jane Frink was an avid singer in high school and college. She garnered numerous awards and medals, according to print media accounts (The Terre Haute Tribune, “List Junior, Senior High School Music Winners - Jane Fink.”) (The Terre Haute Tribune, “Letter, Jane Frank to Miss Marian, September 9, 1974.”).
• Letter, Mary Helen Stanek to Marian Anderson, February 21, 1952
  Mary Helen Stanek, age 10, of Lehigh, Iowa, sent a birthday card and brief letter to Marian Anderson, dated February 21, 1952. Stanek writes to wish Anderson “years and years of happiness” upon discovering they share the same birthday, February 27th.
• Letter, Dutch Barhydt to Marian Anderson, May 16,1971
  Thirteen-year-old Dutch Barhydt wrote to Anderson that he is a dedicated autograph collector. His objective is collecting original signatures from famous and influential people, including presidents and prime ministers. The teenager successfully acquired Miss Anderson’s signature.
• First Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, 1512 Lombard Street Philadelphia 1896
  Founded in 1895 by Dr. Nathan F. Mossell (1856 - 1946), the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School was the first Black owned and operated healthcare institution in the country (Bates, Bargaining for Life).
• Philadelphia Police Department Certificate of Appreciation presented to Jaci Adams
  This recognition was posthumously awarded to Jaci Adams for her service on the LGBT Police Liaison Committee of which Adams was the longest serving member. Jaci (pronounced "Jackie") Adams was born in 1957/1958 in Beckley, West Virginia. She died on February 16, 2014. Adams was a transgender woman active in LGBT and AIDS programs. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1983, Adams worked to promote AIDS testing and treatment, and worked to help people harmed by discrimination, homelessness, incarceration, poverty, prostitution, and drug addictions. Adams obituary in the Philadelphia Daily News on February 17, 2014 stated the following: "...Jaci was able to shed light into the darkness that often shrouds the frequently misunderstood and abused dwellers of the LGBT world."
• Mrs. M. S. Patterson annual event news clipping
  News clipping about dance recital, "The Unveiling of Spring". Mary Emma Saunders Patterson (1872 - 1950) was known beyond Philadelphia's church circles and musical societies. Patterson had cultivated a reputation for nurturing young voices with precision and discipline.