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Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.

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Found in 185 Collections and/or Records:

Roscoe Lee Browne, 14 January 1964

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 58
Identifier: 03_58_1964
Scope and Contents

1 8x10 photograph of the actor; written on back "Mr. Browne played the lead in the original New York production of The Blacks, was Gello in Tiger, Tiger, and played a leading part in Edward Albee's The Ballad of the Sad Café."

Dates: 14 January 1964
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Photographs

Roscoe Lee Browne, [14 January 1964]

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 75
Identifier: 04_75_1964
Scope and Contents

1 5x7 photograph of the actor.

Dates: [14 January 1964]
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Prints

Roy Thompson Beresford, undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 64
Identifier: 03_64_19uu
Scope and Contents

2 3x5 postcards of the baritone; written on back "Ray Thompson Beresford a baritone who understudied Montalvan [ ]

Dates: undated
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Photographs

Roy Wilkins, [27 May] 1958

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03_08_1958
Scope and Contents

2 3x5 postcards of the civil rights activist. On the back of one is written: "NAACP"

Dates: [27 May] 1958
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Photographs

Ruby Dee, [15 November 1961]

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 72
Identifier: 04_72_1961
Scope and Contents

2 5x7 photographs of the actress

Dates: [15 November 1961]
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Prints

Sammy Perkins, undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 67
Identifier: 03_67_19uu
Scope and Contents

2 3x5 postcards of son of Mildred Perkins, Van Vechten's cook

Dates: undated
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Photographs

Sammy6 Davis, Jr., [10 June 1956]

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 69
Identifier: 04_69_1956
Scope and Contents

1 5x7 photograph of the actor/singer

Dates: [10 June 1956]
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Prints

Sanford Allen, 3 November 1964

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 61
Identifier: 03_61_1964
Scope and Contents

1 8x10 photograph; musician; written on back "Sanford Allen, first violonist on the NY Philharmonic Orchestra."

Dates: 3 November 1964
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Photographs

Sanford Allen, [3 November 1964]

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 76
Identifier: 04_76_1964
Scope and Contents

1 5x7 photograph of the violinist.

Dates: [3 November 1964]
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Prints

Shirley Verrett, 8 August 1961

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 36
Identifier: 03_36_1961
Scope and Contents

2 8x10 photographs.

Dates: 8 August 1961
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / MS-91, Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters / Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters / Photographs

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African Americans -- Portraits. 85
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African American entertainers -- Portraits. 12
African American authors -- Portraits. 8
Musicians -- Portraits. 7
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Actresses -- Portraits. 5
Dancers -- United States. 5
Actors -- Portraits. 4
African American periodicals. 4
African Americans -- Civil Rights 4
Educators -- Portraits. 3
African American art 2
Holt, Nora Douglas, 1885-1974. 2
Music -- United States -- 20th century. 2
Musicals -- Lead sheets. 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
Popular music --- United States -- Lead sheets. 2
African Americans 1
African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877. 1
African Americans -- Songs and music. 1
Artists -- United States -- Portraits. 1
Authors, American -- Portraits. 1
Blues (Music) 1
Dance music. 1
Entertainers -- United States -- Portraits. 1
Manuscripts 1
Musical films -- Lead sheets. 1
Musicians -- United States. 1
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Poets, American. 1
Popular music -- United States. 1
Slave bills of sale. 1
Slavery -- United States -- Sources. 1
Slavery -- United States. 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music. 1
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