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Josephine Baker

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1. Josephine Baker Collection, Archives at Yale‍

Clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and financial records documenting Baker’s life and career between 1929 and 1968 including her involvement in the French Resistance during World War II

2. Josephine Baker Papers, Houghton Library Repository, Harvard

This collection contains one box of mixed materials that include letters written by Baker and Robert Brady (who later became her husband). The letters discuss race relations, politics, and personal matters.

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June 3, 1906, St. Louis, Missouri
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April 12, 1975 (age 68), Paris, France
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*some sources say April 6, 1845

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