Letter to Charley Pride from Richard Nixon: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Letter from Richard Nixon to Charley Pride on the occasion of Pride winning Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association. The letter is written on White House letterhead with an embossed seal at the top. It is signed by Richard Nixon in black ink. Letter is framed within a black frame and a cream colored paper mat with a black border. The back of the frame has a small price sticker in the upper right hand corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: October 26, 1971
• Written by: President Richard M. Nixon, American, 1913 - 1994
• Owned by: Charley Pride, American, 1934 - 2020
• Type: letters (correspondence)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 x 7/16 in. (27.3 x 21.9 x 1.1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Country (Music)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2012.125.82
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charley Pride
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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