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1.
Baldwin, James

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1956–1964
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 2, folder 36
Image Count:
22
Description:
Includes third-party letter regarding photograph of Baldwin (1956) and form letters from civil rights organizations written under Baldwin's signature (1963-1964)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Baldwin, James

3.
Bennett, Gwendolyn

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1926, undated
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 2, folder 56
Image Count:
6
Description:
Includes letter of 1926 November 15 on letterhead for the journal Fire!! Devoted to Younger Negro Artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Bennett, Gwendolyn

9.
Dover, Cedric

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1948–1962
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 6, folder 187
Image Count:
65
Description:
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)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Dover, Cedric

11.
Himes, Chester B.

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1946–1964
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 13, folder 324-330
Image Count:
1
Description:
Includes carbon copies of letters and CVV photographic postcards to Himes from CVV; original and carbon copies of letters to and/or from Jean Himes (1947); William Cole of Alfred A. Knopf (1947); Willard Motley (1947); Donald Friede of the World Publishing Company (1954-1955); the Literary Clipping Service (1954); Walter Freeman the New American Library (1955-1956); Don Preston of Avon Books (1959-1960); Sheilah Hillman of Gold Medal Books (1959); Joseph Hunter and Kristin Hunter (1960); Marianne Greenwood (1962-1963); Lurton Blassingame (1964); typed letter signed by Mary M. Jones to "Estelle" (1945) enclosed with letter from Himes to CVV (1953); cancelled check to Himes from CVV (1957)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Himes, Chester B.

12.
Holt, Nora Douglas, 1925–1943

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1925–1943
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 14, folder 338-345
Image Count:
4
Description:
Typescript carbon copy of poem to Langston Hughes enclosed with letter of 1934 April 10; photograph of Holt (1939)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Holt, Nora Douglas > Holt, Nora Douglas, 1925–1943

13.
Hughes, Langston, 1925–1936

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1925–1936
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 17, folder 373-380
Image Count:
4
Description:
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
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Hughes, Langston > Hughes, Langston, 1925–1936

14.
Hughes, Langston, 1937–1948

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1937–1948
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 18, folder 381-390
Image Count:
2
Description:
Includes cancelled checks from CVV to Hughes (1938, 1942); typescript of "America's Young Black Joe," words and music by Langston Hughes and Elliott Carpenter, with typed note from Hughes, 1940 December 6; typescript of "Hip to the Jive" words by Hughes and music by Johnny Bragg, enclosed with letter, 1942 August 19; typescript poems enclosed with Hughes letter, 1942 October 4; typescript poems, "South Side: Chicago" enclosed with Hughes's letter, 1945 July 27
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Hughes, Langston > Hughes, Langston, 1937–1948

15.
Hurston, Zora Neale, 1925–1949

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1925–1949
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 20, folder 408-409
Image Count:
126
Description:
Includes typed letters, signed, by Bertram Lippincott of J. B. Lippincott Company to CVV (1934, 1939)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Hurston, Zora Neale > Hurston, Zora Neale, 1925–1949

17.
Jackman, Harold, 1942 June–1945

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1942 June–1945
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 22, folder 428-436
Image Count:
193
Description:
Includes letters from Florence B. Price (1943); John H. Johnson of Negro Digest (1944) and Ebony magazine (1945); Carol Fijan of the International Workers Order, Inc. (1944); "Henry Mack," typescript poem by Witter Bynner enclosed with Jackman letter to CVV (1944); photograph of Lena Horne sent as a postcard from Jackman to CVV (1945) and the script from a radio broadcast on W.N.Y.C. on the life of Langston Hughes (1944)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Jackman, Harold > Jackman, Harold, 1942 June–1945

18.
Johnson, James Weldon

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1925–1938
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 29, folder 514-520
Image Count:
72
Description:
Includes typescript draft verses for God's Trombones with autograph note from Johnson to CVV (1926); color brochure of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, with autograph note from Johnson to CVV (1929)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Johnson, James Weldon

21.
Larsen, Nella, 1930 - 1937

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1930 1937
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 21, folder 417-418
Image Count:
173
Description:
Includes correspondence signed with Elmer Samuel Imes.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Larsen, Nella > Larsen, Nella, 1930 - 1937

22.
McKay, Claude

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1928–1941
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 31, folder 578
Image Count:
40
Description:
Includes typescript proposal for a "New Negro Magazine" enclosed with typed letter, signed, from McKay to CVV (1934)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > McKay, Claude

23.
Peterson, Dorothy, 1926–1940

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1926–1940
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 34, folder 649-656
Image Count:
131
Description:
Includes letters from Jerome B. Peterson to CVV (1939); typed mimeograph "open letter to the Coudert Committee" by the Commiteee for the Defense of Public Education enclosed with Peterson's letter to CVV (1940)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Peterson, Dorothy > Peterson, Dorothy, 1926–1940

24.
Peterson, Dorothy, 1941–1950

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1941–1950
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 35, folder 657-666
Image Count:
628
Description:
Includes original and carbon copies of letters to and/or from Madeline L. Aldridge, assistant to the editor of Opportunity (1941); Bernard Knollenberg (1942, 1944); and Sidney Peterson (1950); autograph and typescript carbon lists of pamphlets, magazines, letters, performance programs enclosed with letters from Peterson to CVV (1942); photograph of Peterson and her niece Jane White Peterson enclosed with letter from Peterson to CVV(1942)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Peterson, Dorothy > Peterson, Dorothy, 1941–1950

25.
Peterson, Dorothy, 1962-1971, undated

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1962-1971, undated
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 38, folder 686-692
Image Count:
464
Description:
Includes letters from Nora Holt (1963) and Gladys White (1967); two photographs of guests in Peterson's Seville, Spain apartment (1964); and letters from Peterson to Mark Lutz (1963-1964)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Peterson, Dorothy > Peterson, Dorothy, 1962-1971, undated

26.
Robeson, Eslanda, 1934–1964

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1934–1964
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 41, folder 747-751
Image Count:
41
Description:
Includes autograph letters, signed, from Robeson to CVV, written on verso of eight photographs of buildings in Russia (1936); autograph letter, signed, from Eslanda C. Goode to CVV (1939?); autograph note, signed, from Robeson to CVV on verso of photograph of the Great Wall of China (1949)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > Robeson, Eslanda > Robeson, Eslanda, 1934–1964

33.
White, Walter, 1924–1934

Creator:
From the Collection: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1924–1934
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Container / Volume:
Box 48, folder 904-907
Image Count:
3
Description:
Includes original and carbon copies of letters to and/or from the Victor Talking Machine Company regarding Paul Robeson recordings (1925); Henry Allen Moe of the Guggenheim Foundation (1926); Hale Woodruff (1927, 1930); Mary W. Ovington (1927); and Hunter Stagg to James Weldon Johnson (1934); and letters regarding the Sabbath Glee Club (1924)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters (JWJ MSS 1050) > Series I: Correspondence > A-Z Correspondence > White, Walter > White, Walter, 1924–1934

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