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All India Radio Interview with Ms. Marian Anderson 18 November 1957, New Delhi
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
All India Radio Interview with Ms. Marian Anderson 18 November 1957, New Delhi
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

All India Radio Interview with Ms. Marian Anderson 18 November 1957, New Delhi

Artifact SeriesHead of State Gifts
Artifact IDFO.101918
Object Type CD
Gifter
Intended Recipient (American, 1961)
Medium plastic, ink
DimensionsDisc Diam 4 3/4 in (12.1 cm )
 Storage H 1/2 in x W 5 7/8 in x D 8 in (1.3 cm x 14.9 cm x 20.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionCD containing the recording of a 1957 interview with a Ms. Marian Anderson that was broadcast on All India Radio. Printed both on the obverse of the CD and the box cover is a black and white image depicting Ms. Anderson, an American singer and civil rights activist who went to India as America's Goodwill Ambassador. To her right in the image is the interviewer, wearing a sari, a Ms.Tara Ali Baig a social reformer, writer, and first Asian woman president of the International Union for Child Welfare in Geneva. They are sitting at a table with a two microphones on top of it, one pointing at each of them.
Historical NoteReceived during an official state visit to India in January 2015.
Custodial History / ProvenanceThe item was a gift from a foreign official to President Barack Obama during the Obama Administration. It was received through the Executive Office of the President and maintained there until its transfer to the National Archives in January 2017 for deposit with the Obama Presidential Library.Additional Details
National Archives Catalog CollectionBarack Obama Artifact Collection (National Archives Identifier 63542091)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts of State (National Archives Identifier 66540613)
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Possibly
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