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Josephine Baker Collection, 1929-1968

4.5 Linear Feet

The Josephine Baker Collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, personal papers, and printed material documenting the life and career of Josephine Baker between 1929 and 1968.

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Josephine Baker Collection, 1929-1968 4.5 Linear Feet

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975

The Josephine Baker Collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, personal papers, and printed material documenting the life and career of Josephine Baker between 1929 and 1968.

    Notebook I, 1940-1960 5 Folders Box 1

    Contains Baker's outgoing letters addressed to family and friends (including Christine Scotto and Jo Bouillon). Topics include Château des Milandes.

      Notebook II, 1962-1968 8 Folders Box 2

      Contains accounts relating to Château des Milandes, a typed document concerning "Mes raisons et conditionnes pour laisser ma place aux Milandes a Jo Bouillon (car j'y suis force)," notes for a press conference regarding Château des Milandes in Cologne, notes for a radio program, notes and correspondence regarding the U.S. government's refusal to renew her visa, and a note paraphrasing a letter from John F. Kennedy. The notebook also includes a letter from Jacques de Visme (March 29, 1968).