Ellis Larkins Recital Program for Peabody Benefit

Ellis Larkins Recital Program for Peabody Benefit

In 1936, young pianist Ellis Larkins performed this recital at the Phipps Auditorium (likely at Johns Hopkins Hospital) for the benefit of the Peabody Institute. Larkins was used to raise funds for Peabody despite their refusal to accept him to the school because of his race.

Ellis Larkins Recital Program for Peabody Benefit, 1936 April 21, Ellis Lane Larkins, 1933-1941, Box 1, Ellis Larkins papers, PIMS.0075 Series I: Photocopied Scrapbooks & Personal Papers, Arthur Friedheim Library, Peabody Institute, The Johns Hopkins University.

1936 April 21