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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
Carmen De Lavallade and Leo Holder, 26 December 1958
File — Box: 3, Folder: 19
Identifier: 03_19_1958
Scope and Contents
1 8x10 photograph of the dancer and her son.
Dates:
26 December 1958
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
Scottsboro Ltd., [1932]
File — Box: 4, Folder: 36
Identifier: 04_36_1932
Scope and Contents
2 5x7 prints of drawing, courtesy of Prentiss Taylor.
Dates:
[1932]
Silent Protest Parade, 28 July 1917
File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04_04_1917
Scope and Contents
2 5x7 photographs. On the back of one is written: "Silent Protest Parade, 1917 (Courtesy The Crisis)
Dates:
28 July 1917
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- African Americans -- Portraits. 3
- African Americans 2
- African American periodicals. 1
- Dancers -- United States. 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
- Slavery -- United States. 1 ∧ less
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- English 2
- Names
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. 3
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934- 1
- De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- 1
- Holder, Leo 1
- Taylor, Prentiss 1
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