Letter from Jimmie Davis about the song "You Are My Sunshine": Museum Object and Cultural History
Letter from Jimmie Davis about the song "You Are My Sunshine": Date: December 3, 1962. Written by: Jimmie Davis, American, 1899 - 2000. Subject of: Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004.
The object in the museum catalogue
A typed letter dated December 3, 1962 on State of Louisiana letterhead from Jimmie Davis, the governor of Louisiana, to Charles Sullivan of Sullivan's Enterprises regarding Ray Charles' version of the song "You are My Sunshine".
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: December 3, 1962
- Written by: Jimmie Davis, American, 1899 - 2000
- Subject of: Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004
- Type: letters (correspondence)
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Place made: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Place used: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Correspondence
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Object number: 2011.68.1.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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