August 5, 1932: Mark Lutz at a shipyard with the Steamship Europa. August 6, 1932: Donald Angus, Mark Lutz, and Carl Van Vechten at Club Lido and Lido Beach, Long Island, New York. Photography by Donald Angus for images of Lutz and Van Vechten together.
August 9-10, 1932: Mark Lutz aboard the Steamship Manhattan. Aerial views on an American Airways flight between Albany, New York, and Montreal, Quebec, including the Richelieu River. Views in Montreal of a clock at Saint-Sulpice Seminary (Vieux Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice), a forest of silver birch trees, and the downtown from Mount Royal. Portraits of Lutz and Carl Van Vechten as well as Canadian Airways pilot Walter "Babe" Woollett. Photography of Van Vechten by Lutz.
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
Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1942
Call Number:
JWJ Vms St54 sa19
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
Bruce Nugent thanks Carl Van Vechten for requesting the manuscript copy of the musical work Sahdji, described his recent hard times and difficulty finding a steady job. Includes a postscript note congratulating Van Vechten on his inclusion in the "Honor R
Subject (Name):
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967., Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1886-1954., and Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton), 1865-1953
Subject (Topic):
Appreciation of a person's creative works., Ballet., Opera, Race relations., and Unemployment.