Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 6 | Folder 187
Image Count:
65
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Includes letter of introduction on behalf of Bette Latimer and enclosed note from Latimer (1948); letters from Dorothy Dover to CVV (1948); article, "IBN Khaldun on Poetry" by Bernard Fisher and Cedric Dover, from an unidentified publication(1951); greeting card from Maureen Dover (1962)
Subject (Name):
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 17 | 373-380
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Includes typescript carbon review by Alain Locke of The Weary Blues enclosed with Hughes's letter of 1926 January 23; cancelled checks from CVV; postcard from Hughes, Fort Valley, Georgia, to CVV co-signed by Zora Neale Hurston, 1927 August 17; typescript carbon copy of contract between Hughes and Prentiss Taylor establishing The Golden Stair Press enclosed with Hughes's letter of 1931 September 8; "The Town of Scottsboro" typescript with autograph note to CVV dated 1932 January 2; typed letter, signed, from Arnold Gingrich, of Esquire magazine to Mark Lutz, dated 1934 January 4
Includes letter of introduction, carbon copy, from Knopf for Marie Picha to CVV (1930); third-party letters by and concerning Clement Richer, Anita Loos, Chester Himes, Edward Jablonski (1951-1954); notes from Margo Boucher, the Knopf's cook, to CVV (1954-1959)
Subject (Name):
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984, Marinoff, Fania, 1890-1971, and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
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