Pittsburg State University Pittsburg State University Digital Commons Finding Aids Special Collections & University Archives 2-2016 Jessye, Eva (1895-1992) Collection, 1885-1994 Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa Recommended Citation Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, "Jessye, Eva (1895-1992) Collection, 1885-1994" (2016). Finding Aids. 9. https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/9 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections & University Archives at Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. #9 Jessye, Eva (1895-1992) Collection, 1885-1994 5 linear feet and oversized INTRODUCTION Papers and collected materials of Dr. Eva Jessye, world-renowned choral director, writer, composer, actress, and celebrated authority on Afro-American music, speech, literature, and art. Associated with this collection are books and recorded music donated by Eva Jessye. These additional materials are kept in the Axe Library Special Collections and can be identified in the library online catalog. DONOR INFORMATION Materials in the Eva Jessye Collection were donated to the Leonard H. Axe Library by Dr. Eva Jessye in 1977. Additions were made from 1978 to 1991. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, on January 20, 1895, Eva Alberta Jessye started her academic career in the public schools of Coffeyville and Iola, Kansas. At age 13 she attended Western University in Quindaro, Kansas. She graduated from Western University in 1914 and went on to Langston University in Oklahoma where she received a lifetime certificate in teaching.