Dixie Lee Wyatt Crosby Memorial Information
Collection
Identifier: MM.2019.119
Scope and Contents
Information on Dixie Lee Day, November 8, 2019 by Tennessee State Senate Resolution No. 4. As well as the Dixie Lee Historical Marker and other memorials.
Dixie Lee Wyatt Crosby was born Wilma Winifred Wyatt on November 4, 1909 in Harriman, Tennessee. She adopted the stage name “Dixie Lee” after joining Fox Film Corp. in 1929. She married Bing Crosby a year later and they had four children. She died of ovarian cancer in 1952.
Dates
- 2019
Conditions Governing Use
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
- Crosby, Wilma Winifred (Dixie Lee) Wyatt, 1911-1952 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Monuments & memorials Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee State Senate Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
Contact:
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
