Ohioan Responses to Dixie and Fitzhugh's Campaign
--B.H. Darrow, Director, Ohio School of the Air and Radio Chairman of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, to Mary Darby Fitzhugh, July 13, 1935, DDE 335, Box 3, Folder 4.
“Dixie,’ a melody which thrills the northerner as well as the southerner, is now one of the most treasured of America’s folk songs. To pay tribute to its composer is to pay tribute to the inspiring spirit that has made of us a united nation.”
--Martin L. Davey, Governor of Ohio, July 7, 1935
"...'Dixie' has been a great force in the unification of our people and I feel Mr. Emmett should be properly honored for what he has done."
--B.O. Skinner, Director of Education, Ohio Department of Education to Mary Darby Fitzhugh, July 30, 1935