Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1880-1964
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Countée Cullen papers
Collection — Container: Drawing of Cullen
Identifier: 111
Scope and Contents
The papers of poet and playwright Countee Cullen document his personal and professional lives, as well as his relations with leading writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance era. Among the papers, which measure 11.9 linear feet, are correspondence; accounts, records, documents, legal papers, and certificates; a fragmentary diary (1928); teaching plan books and other teaching records; writings, including, articles, a book review, letters to editors, juvenile novels, plays, poems, a...
Dates:
Created: 1900-1947; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Countée Cullen papers
Rex Madsen and Jimmie Daniels photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: 240
Scope and Contents
The Rex Madsen and Jimmie Daniels photograph collection documents the life of Jimmie Daniels and his career as a a nightclub host and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance and into the 1950s and 1960s. The collection measures 1.75 linear feet and is comprised mainly of photographs from circa 1870s-1970s. Many of the photographs are from Daniels' years at the Bon Soir nightclub in Greenwich Village during the 1950s. Additional items include musical scores, invitations, postcards, and...
Dates:
Created: 1870s-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1930s-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1987
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- African American musicians 1
- African American poets -- Archives 1
- African American singers 1
- Certificates 1
- Correspondence 1
- Cullen, Countée, 1903-1946 -- Archives 1
- Gays -- Intellectual life 1
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) 1
- Photographs 1
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archives 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Sound recordings 1 ∧ less
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