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Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters, 1853-2004
Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. The photographic portion of the collection consists primarily of Carl Van Vechten's portraits of influential actors, writers, and artists of the New York stage. Amongst the photographic prints are rare portraits of notable African American authors,...
Dates:
1853-2004
LeRoi Jones, 3 January 1962
File — Box: 3, Folder: 42
Identifier: 03_42_1962
Scope and Contents
1 8x10 photograph of the poet, playwright and political activist.
Dates:
3 January 1962
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
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- African American periodicals. 1
- African Americans 1
- Music -- United States -- 20th century. 1
- Musicals -- Lead sheets. 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
- Poets, American. 1
- Popular music --- United States -- Lead sheets. 1
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- Baraka, Amiri, 1934- 1
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