African Americans -- Portraits.

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]

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

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

Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters

Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters

Collection

Identifier: MS-91

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. Although not limited to materials related to African American artists and their works, the collection includes a large number of materials documenting African American artistic endeavors during the early and mid-twentieth century. The collection...

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1880-; Other: Date acquired: 04/09/1986

Found in: Millersville University Special Collections