Photocopy of a citation of honor received by Maxine Sullivan: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photocopy of a citation of honor received by Maxine Sullivan: Date: March 8, 1984. Issued by: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, American. Received by: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987.
The object in the museum catalogue
A photocopy of a citation from the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that declared March 15, 1984 Maxine Sullivan Day to be celebrated in Homestead, Pennsylvania, her native town. The citation is on white paper with black type. The top of the citation has text that reads [Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]. Under the type is a coat-of-arms with two horses. Below the coat-of-arms is text details Maxine Sullivan Day. The bottom of the document contains a seal and three signatures: Michael M. Dawida / K. Leroy Irvis / John J. Zubeck. The back of the document is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: March 8, 1984
- Issued by: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, American
- Received by: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987
- Signed by: K. Leroy Irvis, American, 1919 - 2006
- Type: photocopies
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 8 1/2 in. (35.6 × 21.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.46.29.152
- 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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