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Caricature of Carl Van Vechten by Miguel Covarrubias, undated
File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: 05_01_19uu
Scope and Contents
1 8x10 print of drawing of Carl Van Vechten by Miguel Covarrubias. Original is pencil on cardboard and is held by Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Dates:
undated
Caricature of Carl Van Vechten by Miguel Covarrubias, undated
File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Identifier: 05_02_19uu
Scope and Contents
1 3x4 print of caricature.
Dates:
undated
Caricature of Carl Van Vechten with cat by Miguel Covarrubias, undated
File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Identifier: 05_03_19uu
Scope and Contents
1 8x10 print of caricature.
Dates:
undated
Carl Darrow White, [15 June 1959]
File — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03_27_1959
Scope and Contents
2 3x5 postcards. Written on the back of 1: "Carl Darrow White, son of Walter White named after me & Clarence Darrow. Now a leading baritone at the opera at Mainz Germany." Written on the back of the other: "Carl (for Carl Van Vechten) Darrow (for Clarence Darrow) White, singer -- son of Walter White."
Dates:
[15 June 1959]
Carl Van Vechten, 17 June 1880-17 June 1980: A Centenary Exhibition of Some of his Gifts to Yale arranged by Donald Gallup, 17 June-20 September 1980
File — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: 07_02_1980
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
Event: 17 June-20 September 1980
Carl Van Vechten and James Weldon Johnson, ca. 1930
File — Box: 4, Folder: 28
Identifier: 04_28_1930
Scope and Contents
2 5x7 prints of Carl Van Vechten and James Weldon Johnson standing next to a house
Dates:
ca. 1930
"Carl Van Vechten" caricature by Miguel Covarrubias, undated
File — Box: 5, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05_04_19uu
Scope and Contents
1 5x7 photograph
Dates:
undated
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
[Carl Van Vechten Does the Charleston], 1926
File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Identifier: 06_04_1926
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1926
Carl Van Vechten, Fania Marinoff, Taylor Gordon caricature by Miguel Covarrubias for Born to be Free by Taylor Gordon, 1929
File — Box: 4, Folder: 25
Identifier: 04_25_1929
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
.7 linear ft.
Dates:
1929
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