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Creator:
Published / Created:
1933 January 12
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 86 | 1452-1453
Image Count:
84
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten"
Subject (Name):
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
Subject (Topic):
African American jazz musicians and African American singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Calloway, Cab
Creator:
Published / Created:
1933 January 12
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 86 | 1450-1451
Image Count:
104
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Subject (Name):
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers and African American singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Calloway, Cab
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1900. No image set number. Photography by Saul Mauriber.
Description:
Inscribed: Photograph by Saul Mauriber
Subject (Name):
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- and Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-
Subject (Topic):
African American artists. and African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Camacho, Leu, with Elaine De Lavallade, Hubert Dilworth, Geoffrey Holder, and Lew Smith
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2099
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Geoffrey Holder, Lew Smith / Lou Comacho, Hubert Dilworth / Elaine de(sic) Lavallade / Westport / at Geoffrey Holder's wedding. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Camacho, Leu, with Elaine De Lavallade, Hubert Dilworth, Geoffrey Holder, and Lew Smith
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1899. No image set number. Photography by Saul Mauriber.
Description:
Inscribed: Photograph by Saul Mauriber
Subject (Name):
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- and Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-
Subject (Topic):
African American artists. and African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Camacho, Leu, with Elaine De Lavallade, Hubert Dilworth, and Lew Smith
Creator:
Published / Created:
1944 February 29
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 86 | Folder 1454
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Campbell, Dick
Creator:
Published / Created:
1951 October 18
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1019. Image set number LXXXIIIb. Wife of Frank Cardozo, owner of Hotel Beau-Site (later Hôtel Montana) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cardozo, Edna
Creator:
Published / Created:
1957 May 14
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 882C. No image set number.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Geographic):
Nashville (Tenn.)
Subject (Name):
Fisk University
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Van Vechten Gallery of Fine Arts
Creator:
Published / Created:
1943 August 9
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2029
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
White, Jane
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses and African American women on television
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carleton, Robert, with Jane White and Criton Williams
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 November 11
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2044, 2045, 2046. Image set number CXXXVIIc.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Carlis, John, Jr., 1927-
Subject (Topic):
African American artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carlis, John, Jr.
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 November 11
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 86 | Folder 1455
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carlis, John, Jr.
Creator:
Published / Created:
1949 March 9
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 86 | Folder 1456
Image Count:
22
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Carpenter wears a Seminole costume, and a Hopi/Navajo silver squash blossom necklace.
Description:
Stamp on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Carpenter, Thelma, vocalist
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses, African American entertainers, African American singers, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carpenter, Thelma
Creator:
Published / Created:
1949 March 9
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 223
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 844, 845, 846, 847. Image set number XXIVb. Carpenter wears a Seminole costume, and a Hopi/Navajo silver squash blossom necklace.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Carpenter, Thelma, vocalist
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses and African American women jazz singers.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carpenter, Thelma
Published / Created:
1955 June 22
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2093
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Photography by Saul Mauriber.
Description:
Stamp on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission. "Carl Van Vechten" crossed out in pen, and Saul Mauriber written in.
Subject (Name):
Carrington, C. Glenn, 1904-1975. and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject (Topic):
Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carrington, Glenn, and Carl Van Vechten
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 March 14
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
20
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263. Image set number LXVIIc. Images numbered 1251-1263 depict Carroll in a "gown by Edwin," probably Edwin Hardy Amies.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Carroll, Diahann
Subject (Topic):
African American actors., African American singers., and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carroll, Diahann
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 March 14
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 86 | Folder 1457
Image Count:
42
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
On verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 148 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Carroll, Diahann
Subject (Topic):
African American actressesAfrican American singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carroll, Diahann
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1897, 1898. No image set number. Photographs by Saul Mauriber.
Description:
Inscribed: Photograph by Saul Mauriber
Subject (Name):
Carroll, Diahann and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists. and African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carroll, Diahann, and Carl Van Vechten
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2100
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Photography by Saul Mauriber.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Carroll, Diahann
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses, African American singers, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carroll, Diahann, and Carl Van Vechten
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2101
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink: Elwyn Chamberlain with Diahann Carroll
Subject (Name):
Caroll, Diahann. and Chamberlain, Elwyn M
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses, African American singers, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carroll, Diahann, and Elwyn M. Chamberlain
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2102
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink: Dianhann Carroll / Saul Mauriber / Carmen de Lavallade
Subject (Name):
Carroll Diahann, De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-, and Saul Mauriber
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses, African American dancers, African American singers, and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carroll, Diahann, with Carmen De Lavallade and Saul Mauriber
Creator:
Published / Created:
1937 April 15
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1458
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Jack Carter. Stamped verso: Photography by Carl Van Vechten/ cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Carter, Jack, d. 1967
Subject (Topic):
African American actors and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carter, Jack
Creator:
Published / Created:
1934 April 25
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1460
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink: Jack Carter, Stevedore
Subject (Name):
Carter, Jack, d. 1967
Subject (Topic):
African American actors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carter, Jack, as Lonnie Thompson in Stevedore, play by Paul Peters and George Sklar
Creator:
Published / Created:
1934 April 25
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1459
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
1 of 2 duplicate prints., In pencil: Hughes Bequest. In ink: Jack Carter: Lonnie Thompson in Stevedore., and Stamped on verso: Photography by Carl Van Vechten/ cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
African American actors and Carter, Jack, d. 1967
Subject (Topic):
Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carter, Jack, as Lonnie Thompson in Stevedore, play by Paul Peters and George Sklar
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 November 18
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052. Image set number CXXXVIIc.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Carter, John, 1932-1981
Subject (Topic):
African American jazz musicians and African American musicians.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carter, John Wallace
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 November 18
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1461
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: John Carter. Stamped verso: Photography by Carl Van Vechten/ 146 Central Park West / cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Topic):
African American jazz musicians and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carter, John Wallace
Creator:
Published / Created:
1961 August 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1727, 1728, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732. Image set number CLXXVIc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Verrett, Shirley
Subject (Topic):
African American women singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carter, Shirley Venett
Creator:
Published / Created:
1942 November 13
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1463
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
An inscription refers to nickname "Nat."
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/ 101 Central Park West/ Cannot be reproduced without permission
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cartwright, Uriah J.
Creator:
Published / Created:
1962 May 25
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten papers relating to African American arts and letters
Container / Volume:
Box 4 | Folder 114
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letter co-signed by Warner Lawson
Alternative Title:
[Letter : Pablo Casals and Warner Lawson to Carl Van Vechten]
Subject (Name):
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880 - 1964
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American --20th century --Archives
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Casals, Pablo
Creator:
Published / Created:
1933 May 12
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1464
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Subject (Name):
Victor, Sarah, 1867-1936
Subject (Topic):
African American women
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Case, Bertha, and Sarah Victor
Creator:
Published / Created:
1948
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 892, 893, 894. Image set number XIIIb.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970. and Fisk University
Subject (Topic):
African American authors. and African American sociologists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe)
Creator:
Published / Created:
1947 April 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 890. Image set number CCLVIa.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Geographic):
Nashville (Tenn.)
Subject (Name):
Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970., Fisk University, and Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Subject (Topic):
African American authors. and African American sociologists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), and Langston Hughes at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
Creator:
Published / Created:
1948
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 895. Image set number XIIIb.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970. and Fisk University
Subject (Topic):
African American authors. and African American sociologists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), and Ruby Wright Cayton
Creator:
Published / Created:
1947 April 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1465
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission."
Subject (Name):
Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American sociologists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
Creator:
Published / Created:
1947 April 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 888. Image set number CCLVIa.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Geographic):
Nashville (Tenn.)
Subject (Name):
Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970 and Fisk University
Subject (Topic):
African American authors. and African American sociologists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
Creator:
Published / Created:
1964 May 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1466
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Chookasian was an Armenian American.
Description:
Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / cannot reproduced without permission
Subject (Topic):
Opera and Women singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chookasian, Lili
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1858, 1859, 1860. No image set number. Group includes Gerri Major, Fania Marinoff, and Carl Van Vechten. Photographs by Saul Mauriber.
Description:
Inscribed: Photograph by Saul Mauriber
Subject (Name):
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- and Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-
Subject (Topic):
African American artists. and African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Church with guests
Creator:
Published / Created:
1933 January 25
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1467
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Subject (Name):
Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
Subject (Topic):
African American actors, African American dancers, African American women, and Tap dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Clay, Fannie S.
Creator:
Published / Created:
1941 April 18
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1469
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
Subject (Topic):
African American actors, African American dancers, and Tap dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Clay, Fannie S., and Bill Robinson
Creator:
Published / Created:
1933 January 25
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1468
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
Subject (Topic):
African American actors, African American dancers, and Tap dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Clay, Fannie S., and Bill Robinson
Creator:
Published / Created:
1941 April 18
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 223
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 216, 217. Image set number CCCXXV.
Subject (Name):
Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
Subject (Topic):
Dancers --United States and Tap dancing.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Clay, Fannie S., and Bill Robinson
Creator:
Published / Created:
1962 October 30
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224, 2225, 2226, 2227, 2228. Image set number CLXXXIXc.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Clay, Omar
Subject (Topic):
African American composers. and African American jazz musicians
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Clay, Omar
Creator:
Published / Created:
1962 October 30
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1470
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West/ cannot reproduced without permission
Subject (Topic):
African American composers and African American jazz musicians
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Clay, Omar
Creator:
Published / Created:
1954 September 21
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191. Image set number LVIIc. Several portraits include Cleveland with her paintings "Harlem Scene," "Model" (also known as "Portrait of a Negro NY") and "Self-Por
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird
Creator:
Published / Created:
1954 September 21
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1471
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Also known as Lady Bird Strickland.
Description:
In ink verso: Ladybird Cleveland. Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird
Creator:
Published / Created:
1959 July 28
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1191-9, 1191-10. Image set number CLc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird, and Patricia Cleveland
Creator:
Published / Created:
1959 July 28
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1472
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Also known as Lady Bird Strickland.
Description:
In ink verso: Ladybird Cleveland with her daughter Patricia. Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Topic):
African American artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird, and Patricia Cleveland
Creator:
Published / Created:
1954 October 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1473
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Also known as Lady Bird Strickland.
Description:
In ink verso: Ladybird Cleveland and her portrait of Eartha Kitt. Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Kitt, Eartha
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses, African American artists, African American singers, and African American women
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird, with her painting, Eartha Kitt
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 July 28
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1191-8. Image set number CLc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Carmen, circa 1954, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1954 October 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1079, 1191-1. Image set number LVIIIc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Eartha Kitt, circa 1954, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1954 October 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 112 | Folder 2124
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Also known as Lady Bird Strickland.
Description:
In pencil verso: Eartha Kitt by / Ladybird Cleveland. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Topic):
African American actors, African American artists, African American authors, African American dancers, African American women, and African American women singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Eartha Kitt, circa 1954, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1954 October 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1079, 1191-1. Image set number LVIIIc.
Subject (Geographic):
African American artists and African American women.
Subject (Name):
Ladybird Cleveland was an African American painter born in Cornelia, Georgia in 1927. Eartha (Mae) Kitt was an African American singer, dancer, actress and author.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Eartha Kitt, circa 1954, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 July 28
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1191-7. Image set number CLc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Henry, circa 1958, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 July 28
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1191-3. Image set number CLc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Model (also known as Portrait of a Negro NY), circa 1958, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 July 28
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1191-6. Image set number CLc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Nude, circa 1958, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 July 28
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1191-2. Image set number CLc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Orphan, circa 1958, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 July 28
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1191-5. Image set number CLc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Portrait of Larry, circa 1958, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1958 July 28
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 1191-4. Image set number CLc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cleveland, Lady Bird. Voodoo Dance, circa 1958, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1943 April 19
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2030
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Williams, Dorothy
Subject (Topic):
Actors, African American soldiers, African American women dancers, and Soldiers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Coburn, Herbert H., with Bobby Evans, Coby Ruskin, and Dorothy Williams
Creator:
Published / Created:
1943 April 19
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2031
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In pencil verso: Bobby Evans / Dorothy Fields / Stage Door Canteen. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974
Subject (Topic):
Composers and Women lyricists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Coburn, Herbert, with Bobby Evans and Dorothy Fields
Creator:
Published / Created:
1943 April 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2032
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Print formerly formed part of the Langston Hughes bequest.
Description:
In pencil verso: Hughes bequest. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Coburn, Herbert, with Helen Ford, Langston Hughes, Dorothy Gallagher, Andy Mann, and Frank "Killer Joe" Piro, as well as others obscured in image
Creator:
Published / Created:
1943 April 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2033
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Prints formerly formed part of the Langston Hughes bequest.
Description:
In pencil verso: Hughes bequest. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Coburn, Herbert, with Helen Ford, Langston Hughes, Terry Keane, J. H. Keller, and Andy Mann
Creator:
Published / Created:
1934 June 15
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | 1476-1477
Image Count:
22
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission."
Subject (Name):
Cole, Louis
Subject (Topic):
African American actors and African American artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cole, Louis, at Paris, France
Creator:
Published / Created:
1934 June 16
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1478
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In pencil verso: Louis Cole - Paris. Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cole, Louis, at the Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Creator:
Published / Created:
1946 May 18
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 223
Image Count:
16
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749. Image set number CCXXVa.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Coleman, Leo
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Coleman, Leo, as Toby in The Medium, opera by Gian Carlo Menotti
Creator:
Published / Created:
1946 May 18
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1479
Image Count:
26
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Leo Coleman as Toby in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera "The Medium". Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Coleman, Leo
Subject (Topic):
African American actors and Choreographers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Coleman, Leo, as Toby in The Medium, opera by Gian Carlo Menotti
Creator:
Published / Created:
1962 September 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216, 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220. Image set number CLXXXVIIc.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Durward
Creator:
Published / Created:
1962 September 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1480
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In pencil verso: Durward Collins, Jr. Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission. Durward [B.] Collins, poet, won the Hopwood Prize for Poetry at the University of Michigan (?).
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Durward
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1890, 1891. No image set number. Photographs by Saul Mauriber.
Description:
Inscribed: Saul Mauriber
Subject (Name):
Collins, Janet and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Janet, and Carl Van Vechten
Creator:
Published / Created:
1955 June 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2103
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Photography by Saul Mauriber.
Description:
In ink verso: Carl Van Vechten & Janet Collins / at Westport. June 26, 1955 /Geoffry Holder's wedding. ("Saul Mauriber"crossed out and "Janet Collins" written in ink) / Photograph by Saul Mauriber.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Janet, 1917-2003
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Janet, and Carl Van Vechten
Creator:
Published / Created:
1949 April 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 944, 945, 946, 947, 949, 950, 952, 954. Image set number XXVIb.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Janet, 1917-2003
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Janet, in La Creole, dance choreographed by Janet Collins
Creator:
Published / Created:
1949 April 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1481
Image Count:
20
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Janet Collins in a New Orleans Carnival Number. Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Janet, 1917-2003
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Janet, in La Creole, dance choreographed by Janet Collins
Creator:
Published / Created:
1949 April 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 938, 939, 941. Image set number XXVIb.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Janet, 1917-2003
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Janet, in Rondo, a ballet from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, choreographed by Janet Collins
Creator:
Published / Created:
1949 April 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1482
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Janet Collins in a Mozart Rondo. Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Janet, 1917-2003
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Janet, in Rondo, ballet from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, choreographed by Janet Collins
Creator:
Published / Created:
1949 April 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 932, 933. Image set number XXVb.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Janet, 1917-2003
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Janet, in Spirituals, dance choreographed by Janet Collins
Creator:
Published / Created:
1949 April 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1483
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Dancing to the spirituals, "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" and "Didn't My Land Deliver Daniel."
Description:
In pencil verso: Janet Collins "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See". Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Janet, 1917-2003
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Janet, in Spirituals, dance choreographed by Janet Collins
Creator:
Published / Created:
1953 February 10
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1484
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Shogolo Oloba (also known as the Federal Theater African Dance Troupe) was a dance company founded by Asadata Dafora.
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 101 Central Park West, Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Zebedee
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Zebedee
Creator:
Published / Created:
1953 February 10
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1327/1328, 1331, 1332. Image set number XVIIc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Zebedee
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Zebedee
Creator:
Published / Created:
1953 February 10
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1485
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Shogolo Oloba (also known as the Federal Theater African Dance Troupe) was a dance company founded by Asadata Dafora.
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 101 Central Park West, Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Zebedee and Newby, Lorenzo
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Zebedee, and Lorenzo Newby
Creator:
Published / Created:
1953 February 17
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1486
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 101 Central Park West, Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Zebedee. and Newby, Lorenzo
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Zebedee, and Lorenzo Newby
Creator:
Published / Created:
1953 February 10
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
17
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1338, 1339/1340, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346/1347. Image set number XVIIc. Image numbers 1133-1336 depict Collins and Newby performing "Alunda"; image number 1337-1339/1340 depict
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Collins, Zebedee
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collins, Zebedee, and Lorenzo Newby
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 April 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 223
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 454. Image set number LXXXVII.
Subject (Name):
Cook, Muriel., De Mille, Agnes., De Molas, Nicholas., Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974, and Williams, Dorothy.
Subject (Topic):
African American women dancers. and Ballet
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cook, Muriel, and Dorothy Williams in Black Ritual (Obeah), ballet choreographed by Agnes de Mille, music by Darius Milhaud
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 April 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1487
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Lewanne Kennard / Muriel Cook / "Black Ritual". Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers and African American women
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cook, Muriel, and Lawaune Kennard in Black Ritual (Obeah), ballet choreographed by Agnes de Mille, music by Darius Milhaud
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 April 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 223
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 466. Image set number LXXXVII.
Subject (Name):
Cook, Muriel. and De Mille, Agnes
Subject (Topic):
African American women dancers. and Ballet
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cook, Muriel, in Black Ritual (Obeah), ballet choreographed by Agnes de Mille, music by Darius Milhaud
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 April 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 223
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 463. Image set number LXXXVII.
Subject (Name):
Cook, Muriel., De Mille, Agnes, Kennard, Lewanne., and Williams, Dorothy.
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers. and Ballet
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cook, Muriel, with Lawaune Kennard and Dorothy Williams in Black Ritual (Obeah), ballet choreographed by Agnes de Mille, music by Darius Milhaud
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 April 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1488
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In pencil verso: Dorothy Williams / Lewanne Kennard / Muriel Cook / "Black Ritual". Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Topic):
African American dancers and African American women
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cook, Muriel, with Lawaune Kennard and Dorothy Williams in Black Ritual (Obeah), ballet choreographed by Agnes de Mille, music by Darius Milhaud
Creator:
Published / Created:
1939 April 24
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1489
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamp: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cooper, Maurice
Creator:
Published / Created:
1939 April 24
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1490
Image Count:
40
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cooper, Maurice, as Nanki-Poo in The Swing Mikado, musical by Gentry Warden, based on The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, a comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert
Creator:
Published / Created:
1954 October 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
7
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1559, 1560, 1561, 1562, 1563, 1564, 1565. Image set number LIXc.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Corbin, Clayton
Subject (Topic):
African American actors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Corbin, Clayton
Creator:
Published / Created:
1954 October 23
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 87 | Folder 1491
Image Count:
20
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Three prints have inscription by Corbin to Langston Hughes; formerly formed part of the Langston Hughes bequest.
Description:
Inscription on recto: For Langston Hughes -- Few are the moments like these ...Sincerely, Clayton Corbin. and Stamp on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Corbin, Clayton. and Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Subject (Topic):
African American actors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Corbin, Clayton
Creator:
Published / Created:
1959 June 7
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2072, 2073. Image set number CXLVIIc. Inscriptions on mounts misidentifies the date as June 9, 1959.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cortor, Eldzier
Creator:
Published / Created:
1959 June 7
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 88 | Folder 1492
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamp on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Cortor, Eldzier, 1916-
Subject (Topic):
African American artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cortor, Eldzier
Creator:
Published / Created:
1959 June 7
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 2074, 2075, 2076. Image set number CXLVIIc. Artwork is an ink drawing, <title>Composition - Heads</title>. Inscription on mount misidentifies the date as June 9, 1959.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cortor, Eldzier, with his artwork
Creator:
Published / Created:
1959 June 7
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 88 | Folder 1493
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Artworks identified by Van Vechten as Head Study and Composition Heads.
Description:
Stamp on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Cortor, Eldzier, 1916-
Subject (Topic):
African American artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cortor, Eldzier, with his artwork
Creator:
Published / Created:
1959 June 7
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 2078. Image set number CXLVIIIc. Inscription on mount misidentifies the date as June 9, 1959.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cortor, Eldzier. Quartet No. VI, 1948, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1959 June 7
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 226
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 2077. Image set number CXLVIIIc. Inscription on mount misidentifies the date as June 9, 1959.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cortor, Eldzier. Trio V, circa 1948, painting
Creator:
Published / Created:
1943 February 17
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2034
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Crane, Vernon and Sebree, Charles.
Subject (Topic):
African American military personnel and Entertainers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Crane, Vernon, and Charles Sebree
Creator:
Published / Created:
1943 February 17
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2036
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Owen Dodson at the Stage Door Canteen with Vernon Crane (W) busboy. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Crane, Vernon and Dodson, Owen, 1914-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American poets
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Crane, Vernon, and Owen Dodson
Creator:
Published / Created:
1943 February 17
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2035
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Owen Dodson at the Stage Door Canteen with Vernon Crane (W) busboy. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Crane, Vernon and Dodson, Owen, 1914-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors and African American poets
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Crane, Vernon, and Owen Dodson
Creator:
Published / Created:
1943 February 17
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2037
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Stage Door Canteen. Owen Dodson (N), Charles Sebree (N), Vernon Crane (W) busboy, (?) Porter (W). Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
Subject (Name):
Crane, Vernon and Dodson, Owen, 1914-
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors, and African American poets
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Crane, Vernon, with Owen Dodson, Allen Porter, and Charles Sebree
Creator:
Published / Created:
1957 May 14
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 882D. No image set number.
Alternative Title:
The Van Vechten Art Gallery ... Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Geographic):
Nashville (Tenn.)
Subject (Name):
Creswell, Pearl. and Fisk University
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Creswell, Pearl, and Carl Van Vechten at the Carl Van Vechten Gallery, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
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