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  • Collection: Adam Knight Spence and John Wesley Work Collection - Auburn Avenue Research Library - Fisk Jubilee Singers Concert Documents and Henrietta Matson Letters

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This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Elizabeth Spence. In this letter, Matson mentions "that the Jubilee Singers are Coming to Calcutta in about two weeks." She details how several other missionaries in want to meet them and see…

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This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Elizabeth Spence. In this letter, Matson describes the Fisk Jubilee Singers' transportation of various items they collected during their travels. She claims that the Singers had been so…

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This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Mary Spence. In this letter, Matson presents a number of details as to the construction and negotiation of race and ethnicity in India during this time period. In addition to discussing her…

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This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Elizabeth Spence. In this letter, Matson provides much detail about the Fisk Jubilee Singers' stay and performances in Calcutta in November, 1889. Matson praised their perforomances, "but in…

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This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Elizabeth Spence. In this letter, Matson describes how she understands her missionary efforts in India as intertwined with her time as a professor at Fisk. Although she regards South Asia as…

AARL - Series IV Box 3 Folder 7 – 3 Jan 1890 – Matson to A. Spence – 1 of 2.jpg
This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Adam Spence. In this letter, Matson describes how the Jubilee Singers are on their way to Rangoon. She also details the Singers' performances in Calcutta. Matson claims that Loudin referenced…

AARL - Series IV Box 3 Folder 6 – 26 Dec 1889 – Matson to E. Spence – 1 of 2.jpg
This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Elizabeth Spence. In this letter, Matson gives a number of details about relocating to Rangoon and missionary activity in India and Burma.
(These details provide context for the Fisk Jubilee…

AARL - Series IV Box 3 Folder 6 – 24 Nov. 1889 – Matson to E. Spence – 1 of 2.jpg
This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Elizabeth Spence. In this letter, Matson states that she will soon depart Calcutta and live in Rangoon. Moreover, she provides detail of the Fisk Jubilee Singers' arrival in Calcutta. She…

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This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Elizabeth Spence. In this letter, Matson states that she is forever leaving Akoa, India, and that she is relocating to another missionary station in the subcontinent.
(This decision to leave…

Series IV Box 3 Folder 3 – 12 Feb 1890 – Matson to A. Spence – 1 of 4.jpg
This is a letter written by Henrietta Matson addressed to Adam Spence. In this letter, Matson describes the various peoples and spiritual practices of India and Burma. Moreover, she describes the Fisk Jubilee Singers' travels in India and Burma, as…
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