Alain LeRoy Locke and Maurice V. Russell correspondence.
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Description
- Title
- Alain LeRoy Locke and Maurice V. Russell correspondence.
- Creator
- Locke, Alain, 1885-1954
- Contributor
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Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
Cullen, Countee,--1903-1946
Fauset, Jessie Redmon--Portraits.
Hurston, Zora Neale--Portraits.
Johnson, Georgia Douglas,--1886-1966--Portraits.
Locke, Alain,--1885-1954
Morris, Lenw
Morris, Lenwood H. (Lenwood Harvey), 1889-1920. - Published / Created
- 1918-1918.
- Abstract
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Collection also includes two photographs of Alain LeRoy Locke (1946 and undated); related notes, clippings, and ephemera (1907-1971); a typescript carbon of "The Wise" by Countee Cullen, inscribed to Locke by Cullen; and a checklist for an exhibition of paintings by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Four pastel and charcoal drawings given to Russell by Locke in 1952 include three unsigned portraits attributed to Lenwood Harvey Morris, circa 1915-1918, of Jessie Redmon Fauset, Zora Neale Hurston, and Georgia Douglas Johnson, as well as a portrait of a woman signed and dated by an unidentified artist, "S. H.," 1916.
The collection consists chiefly of letters (most autograph letters, signed) between Alain LeRoy Locke and Maurice V. Russell, 1942-1953. The correspondence discusses Russell's education, career plans, and psychoanalysis, and indicates that Locke supported Russell financially during the years he was in school. The two also exchange news of mutual acquaintances, including "Glenn" and Edward Atkinson. Later correspondence,1954-1980, concerns the death of Alain LeRoy Locke, and commemoration of his life.
- Description
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Alain LeRoy Locke (1885-1954), African American author, philosopher, and central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Educated at Harvard University (BA, 1907, PhD, 1918), Locke taught at Howard University from 1912-1916, 1918-1925, and 1928-1953; in retirement he moved to New York City where he died on June 9, 1954.
Formerly owned by Maurice V. Russell and purchased from Jack L. Lindsey on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts & Letters Fund and the Carl Van Vechten Fund, 2012.
formerly owned by Maurice V. Russell and purchased from William Reese Co. (Swann sale, 2015 March 26, lot 185) on the Carl Van Vechten Fund, 2015.
In Box 1: Correspondence, 1942-1948. In Box 2: Correspondence, 1949-1980; Other papers, 1907-1971. In Box 3: Drawings, 1915-1918.
Includes correspondence, ephemera, and drawings,
Lenwood Harvey Morris (1889-1920) was an African American artist. He trained at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts during the early twentieth century. His best-known painting is a portrait of Alain Leroy Locke, 1915-1918, in the collection of the Howard University Art Gallery. He died of tuberculosis in 1920.
Maurice V. Russell (1923-1998), director of the Social Service Department of New York University Medical Center (1973-1988), trustee of Columbia University (1987-1995), and director of the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation (1973-1998). Russell received his bachelor's degree from Temple University in 1948, and his master's of social work degree from Columbia University School of Social Work in 1950. He received his PhD from Columbia University Teacher's College in social psychology in 1964. - Extent
- 0.93 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- JWJ MSS 128
- Collection Title
- 1907-1980 (bulk 1942-1953)
- Collection Note
- Drawings, 1915-1918.
- Container / Volume
- Box 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Drawings (visual works)
Photographic prints. - Resource Type
- Paintings & Drawings
- Subject (Name)
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Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
Cullen, Countee,--1903-1946
Fauset, Jessie Redmon--Portraits.
Hurston, Zora Neale--Portraits.
Johnson, Georgia Douglas,--1886-1966--Portraits.
Locke, Alain,--1885-1954
Morris, Lenw
Morris, Lenwood H. (Lenwood Harvey), 1889-1920. - Subject (Topic)
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African American educators
African American philosophers
African American social workers
Educators--New York (State)--New York.
Philosophers--New York (State)--New York.
Social workers--New York (State)--New York.
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- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Alain LeRoy Locke and Maurice V. Russell Correspondence. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12203379
- Object ID (OID)
- 17476280
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