Letter to Dizzy Gillespie from Edward R. Murrow regarding an African tour
- On View
- Musical Crossroads Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Created by
- Murrow, Edward R., American, 1908 - 1965
- Subject of
- Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993
- Date
- February 7, 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A typewritten letter on United States Information Agency letterhead. The letter starts, "Dear Mr. Gillespie: / Your letter of congratulations was most welcome, / and I appreciate your good wishes as I begin my work / with USIA." It is signed "Edward R. Murrow" in the bottom right corner.
- Place made
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- letters (correspondence)
- Topic
- Africa
- Correspondence
- International affairs
- Jazz (Music)
- Local and regional
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Object number
- 2012.172.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.