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Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1932 February 27
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 84 | Folder 1404
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Gladys Bentley / Prentiss Taylor / Nora Holt / Harlem. Stamped verso: Photograph by / Carl Van Vechten
Subject (Name):
Bentley, Gladys, Holt, Nora Douglas, 1885-1974, and Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors, African American critics, African American musicians, African American women composers, and African American women jazz singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bentley, Gladys, and Nora Douglas Holt and Prentiss Taylor at Harlem, New York City
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1937 August 29
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 93 | Folder 1621
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Nora Holt. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Holt, Nora Douglas, 1885-1974
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American critics, African American musicians, and African American women composers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Holt, Nora Douglas
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1947 June 13
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 100 | Folder 1781
Image Count:
22
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 146 Central Park West, Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Motley, Willard, 1909-1965
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Motley, Willard
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1943 August 14
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 100 | Folder 1789
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Ottley, Roi, 1906-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American journalists, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ottley, Roi
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1962 March 14
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1805
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Perry, Charles, 1924-1969
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Perry, Charles
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1939 April 24
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1806
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Perry, Edward G .
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1954 August 19
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1807
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Carla L., 1944-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American educators
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peterson, Carla L., at Central Park, New York City
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1943 August 9
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2025
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Print formerly formed part of the Langston Hughes bequest.
Description:
In pencil verso: "Hughes bequest
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Dorothy
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American educators
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Battles, Theodore, with LeRoy Feurtado, Bob Moore, Dorothy Randolph Peterson, and Tom Rutherford
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1943 August 9
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2026
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Dorothy
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American educators
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Battles, Theodore, with LeRoy Feurtado, Dorothy Randolph Peterson, William Raney, and Tom Rutherford
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1943 August 9
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2050
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Dorothy and Rutherford, Tom
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American educators, and Male actors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peterson, Dorothy Randolph, and Tom Rutherford
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1937 July 11
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1810
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Dorothy
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American educators
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peterson, Dorothy Randolph
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1949 September 3
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1812
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Dorothy
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American educators
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peterson, Dorothy Randolph, watching the West Indian Day Parade from her apartment in Harlem, New York City
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1939 August 18
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1814
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Jerome B
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American diplomats
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peterson, Jerome Bowers
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1960 August 9
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1818
Image Count:
16
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Louis, 1922-
Subject (Topic):
African American actors, African American authors, African American college teachers, and African Americans, Drama
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peterson, Louis
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1932 March 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 96 | Folder 1707
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Jerome Sidney Peterson identified by Van Vechten as Sidney Peterson.
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Subject (Name):
Larsen, Nella and Peterson, Dorothy
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American educators, and Physicians, African American
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Larsen, Nella, with Dorothy Randolph Peterson and Jerome Sidney Peterson
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1937 July 11
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1811
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Identified by Van Vechten as Sidney Peterson.
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Dorothy
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American educators, and Physicians, African American
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peterson, Dorothy Randolph, and Jerome Sidney Peterson
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1935 February 15
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 103 | Folder 1857
Image Count:
20
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Robeson, Paul, Jr., 1927-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Robeson, Paul, Jr.
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1942 July 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 103 | Folder 1858
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Robeson, Paul
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Robeson, Paul, Jr.
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1948 December 10
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 105 | Folder 1908
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Smith, William Gardner, 1927-1974
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Smith, William Gardner
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1941 October 29
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 83 | Folder 1368
Image Count:
18
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Attaway, William
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American composers, Playwriting, and Television writing
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Attaway, William
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1936 February 16
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 100 | Folder 1785
Image Count:
18
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Also known as Richard Bruce.
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American painters
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Nugent, Bruce
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1932 March 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1809
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten"
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Dorothy
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peterson, Dorothy Randolph
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1941 September 20
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 88 | Folder 1498
Image Count:
28
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission."
Subject (Name):
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American poets, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cullen, Countee, at Central Park, New York City
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1947 April 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1465
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission."
Subject (Name):
Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American sociologists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1948 January 21
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 94 | Folder 1663
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Marie and Charles S. Johnson. Stamped verso: Photograph by / Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American educators
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, and Marie Antoinette Burgette Johnson
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1947 April 25
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 94 | Folder 1664
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In pencil verso: Marie and Charles S. Johnson. Stamped verso: Photograph by / Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American educators
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1955 May 24
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722. Image set number LXXXIc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Lamming, George, 1927-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lamming, George
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1956 March 13
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1901, 1902. Image set number XCIXc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Demby, William
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Demby, William
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1955 September 13
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775. Image set number LXXXVIIIc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Baldwin, James
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1961 November 15
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781. Image set number CLXXVIIIc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Dee, Ruby
Subject (Topic):
African American actors. and African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dee, Ruby
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
Published / Created:
1961 November 15
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1782. Image set number CLXXXVIIIc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Davis, Ossie and Dee, Ruby
Subject (Topic):
African American actors. and African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Davis, Ossie, and Ruby Dee
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1955 November 25
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
21
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808/1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Image set number XCIc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Abrahams, Peter, 1919-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Abrahams, Peter
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1940 October 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 95, 96. Image set number CCXLI.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Ward, Theodore, 1902-1983
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harlem. Lincoln Theatre, Thomas Ward with a poster for his play, "Big White Fog"
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1960 August 9
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109. Image set number CLXIIc. Inscriptions on mounts misidentify date of images as August 10, 1960.
Subject (Name):
Peterson, Louis, 1922-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peterson, Louis
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1962 March 14
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181. Image set number CLXXXIc.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Perry, Charles
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Perry, Charles
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1962 June 6
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2198, 2199, 2200, 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207. Image set number CLXXXVc.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Williams, John A
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Williams, John A.
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1962 July 3
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2208, 2209, 2210, 2211, 2212. Image set number CLXXXVIc.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Williams, John A
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Williams, John A.
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1963 April 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2240, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245. Image set number CXCVc.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Kelley, William Melvin, 1937-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Kelley, William Melvin
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1962 September 25
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1782-1, 1782-2, 1782-3, 1782-4, 1782-5, 1782-6, 1782-7, 1782-8, 1782-9, 1782-10, 1782-11, 1782-12, 1782-13, 1782-14, 1782-15. Image set number CLXXVIIIc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Dee, Ruby
Subject (Topic):
African American actors. and African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dee, Ruby
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1936 July 15
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 94 | Folder 1673
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
One print includes an inscription by Johnson on its recto to Walter White.
Description:
In ink recto: For my good friend / Walter White / James Weldon Johnson. In pencil verso: 654. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Grace Nail, 1885-1976 and Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American college teachers, African American diplomats, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Johnson, James Weldon, at his home, Five Acres, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1932 December 3
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 94 | Folder 1668
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In pencil verso: Mr.and Mrs. James Weldon Johnson. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Grace Nail, 1885-1976 and Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American college teachers, African American diplomats, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Johnson, Grace Nail, and James Weldon Johnson
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1932 March 20
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 94 | Folder 1671
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: James Weldon Johnson. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Grace Nail, 1885-1976 and Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American college teachers, African American diplomats, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Johnson, James Weldon
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1938 July 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 112 | Folder 2132
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: 411 James Weldon Johnson / by Augusta Savage (clay). Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 and Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American college teachers, African American diplomats, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Savage, Augusta. James Weldon Johnson, 1938, sculpture
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1962 January 3
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 83 | Folder 1384
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Referred to Van Vechten by his former name, Le Roi Jones.
Description:
In ink verso: Le Roi Jones. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Baraka, Amiri
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1963 April 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 95 | Folder 1686
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: William Melvin Kelley. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Kelley, William Melvin, 1937-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Kelley, William Melvin
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1954 June 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 95 | Folder 1692
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In pencil verso: John O. Killens. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American educators
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Killens, John Oliver
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1954 October 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 112 | Folder 2124
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Also known as Lady Bird Strickland.
Description:
In pencil verso: Eartha Kitt by / Ladybird Cleveland. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Topic):
African American actors, African American artists, African American authors, African American dancers, African American women, and African American women singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Eartha Kitt, circa 1954, painting
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1935 January 17
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 88 | Folder 1500
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Drummer is one of the cast members, either Exebro Ejiho, Uno Eno, Sakor Jar, or Abrodun Salakox.
Description:
In ink verso: Asadata Dafora & drummer. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American musicians
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dafora, Asadata, as Bridegroom and with a drummer in Kykunkor (The Witch Woman), opera by Asadata Dafora
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1935 January 17
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 88 | Folder 1501
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Asadata Dafora. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965
Subject (Topic):
African American authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dafora, Asadata, as Bridegroom in Kykunkor (The Witch Woman), opera by Asadata Dafora
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1955 May 24
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 95 | Folder 1703
Image Count:
22
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: George Lamming. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Lamming, George, 1927-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American educators
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lamming, George
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