Museum object · Documents and Manuscripts
Letter from Jimmie Davis about the song "You Are My Sunshine"
December 3, 1962
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 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.
A typed letter dated December 3, 1962 on State of Louisiana letterhead from Jimmie Davis, the governor of Louisiana, to Charles Sullivan of Sullivan's Enterprises regarding Ray Charles' version of the song "You are My Sunshine".
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
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Catalog reference: 2011.68.1.2
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