Museum object · Documents and Manuscripts
Letter to Althea Gibson from Sheila Ann Hessler
April 13, 1959
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
An original 2-page typed letter dated 1959 to Althea Gibson from the Chairman of the Women's Tennis Committee, part of the U.S. Department of State. The letter is wirtten on Department of State letterhead.
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Catalog reference: 2009.27.1.8ab