Amy Einstein Spingarn was born in New York on January 29, 1883, the daughter of American businessman and manufacturer David L. Einstein (1839-1909) and Caroline Fatman Einstein (1852-1910). In 1905 she married Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939), a Columbia University literature professor and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In addition to being an artist herself, Amy Einstein Spingarn was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and supported the work of many black artists and writers; she also served on the board of directors of the NAACP for nearly forty years. Spingarn died at her home, Troutbeck, in Amenia, New York, on June 25, 1980., Title devised by cataloger., and Captions in English.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Hurston, Zora Neale, Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, Piquion, René, Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977 (George Samuel),, Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980., and Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe, 1904-1975
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
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
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