Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1886-1954 Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987 Still, William Grant Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
193-?
Call Number:
JWJ Vms St54 sa19
Image Count:
152
Abstract:
Ballet for chorus, orchestra, bass soloist, corps de ballet. Includes autograph, signed letters discussing the work from Alain Locke to Carl Van Vechten, 1942 Mar 16 and from Bruce Nugent to Van Vechten, 1942 Feb 12.
Description:
Music by William Grant Still, scenario by Richard Bruce Nugen and Alain locke. Dedicated to Dr. Howard Hanson. Original score as it appeared before the music was revised in 1936. First performed at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, on May 22, 1931. Autogr
Contains correspondence, writings, six diaries, and one notebook. Correspondents (box 1) are Donald Brien, Charles Demuth, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Fania Marinoff, George Middletown, and Carl Van Vechten. Included among the correspondence is a 1954 letter to Donald Brien from an unidentified individual regarding Edna Kenton's death and personal belongings; letters, dated 1931-1951, from various correspondents; and letters and printed material, dated 1928-1929, regarding Kenton's The Book of Earths. Writings (box 1) are a typescript carbon of Kenton's "The Provincetown Players and Playwright's Theatre, 1915-1922" and a typescript carbon of "Clodah of Rohan". The diaries (box 2) date 1903 to 1917. The notebook (box 3), dated 1899 to 1914, contains notes and mounted clippings that document the publication of Kenton's stories and articles.
Description:
Edna Kenton, American writer. and Purchased from Donald Brien on the Carl Van Vechten Fund and the Danford N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1971; and gift of Donald Brien, 1972.
Subject (Name):
Provincetown Players and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
Contains correspondence, writings, six diaries, and one notebook. Correspondents (box 1) are Donald Brien, Charles Demuth, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Fania Marinoff, George Middletown, and Carl Van Vechten. Included among the correspondence is a 1954 letter to Donald Brien from an unidentified individual regarding Edna Kenton's death and personal belongings; letters, dated 1931-1951, from various correspondents; and letters and printed material, dated 1928-1929, regarding Kenton's The Book of Earths. Writings (box 1) are a typescript carbon of Kenton's "The Provincetown Players and Playwright's Theatre, 1915-1922" and a typescript carbon of "Clodah of Rohan". The diaries (box 2) date 1903 to 1917. The notebook (box 3), dated 1899 to 1914, contains notes and mounted clippings that document the publication of Kenton's stories and articles.
Description:
Edna Kenton, American writer. and Purchased from Donald Brien on the Carl Van Vechten Fund and the Danford N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1971; and gift of Donald Brien, 1972.
Subject (Name):
Provincetown Players and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
Contains correspondence, writings, six diaries, and one notebook. Correspondents (box 1) are Donald Brien, Charles Demuth, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Fania Marinoff, George Middletown, and Carl Van Vechten. Included among the correspondence is a 1954 letter to Donald Brien from an unidentified individual regarding Edna Kenton's death and personal belongings; letters, dated 1931-1951, from various correspondents; and letters and printed material, dated 1928-1929, regarding Kenton's The Book of Earths. Writings (box 1) are a typescript carbon of Kenton's "The Provincetown Players and Playwright's Theatre, 1915-1922" and a typescript carbon of "Clodah of Rohan". The diaries (box 2) date 1903 to 1917. The notebook (box 3), dated 1899 to 1914, contains notes and mounted clippings that document the publication of Kenton's stories and articles.
Description:
Edna Kenton, American writer. and Purchased from Donald Brien on the Carl Van Vechten Fund and the Danford N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1971; and gift of Donald Brien, 1972.
Subject (Name):
Provincetown Players and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
Contains correspondence, writings, six diaries, and one notebook. Correspondents (box 1) are Donald Brien, Charles Demuth, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Fania Marinoff, George Middletown, and Carl Van Vechten. Included among the correspondence is a 1954 letter to Donald Brien from an unidentified individual regarding Edna Kenton's death and personal belongings; letters, dated 1931-1951, from various correspondents; and letters and printed material, dated 1928-1929, regarding Kenton's The Book of Earths. Writings (box 1) are a typescript carbon of Kenton's "The Provincetown Players and Playwright's Theatre, 1915-1922" and a typescript carbon of "Clodah of Rohan". The diaries (box 2) date 1903 to 1917. The notebook (box 3), dated 1899 to 1914, contains notes and mounted clippings that document the publication of Kenton's stories and articles.
Description:
Edna Kenton, American writer. and Purchased from Donald Brien on the Carl Van Vechten Fund and the Danford N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1971; and gift of Donald Brien, 1972.
Subject (Name):
Provincetown Players and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century