Van Vechten, Carl
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Description
- Title
- Van Vechten, Carl
- Creator
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Contributor
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Provincetown Players
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 - Published / Created
- 1928-1931
- Abstract
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Contains correspondence, writings, six diaries, and one notebook. Correspondents (box 1) are Donald Brien, Charles Demuth, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Fania Marinoff, George Middletown, and Carl Van Vechten. Included among the correspondence is a 1954 letter to Donald Brien from an unidentified individual regarding Edna Kenton's death and personal belongings; letters, dated 1931-1951, from various correspondents; and letters and printed material, dated 1928-1929, regarding Kenton's The Book of Earths. Writings (box 1) are a typescript carbon of Kenton's "The Provincetown Players and Playwright's Theatre, 1915-1922" and a typescript carbon of "Clodah of Rohan". The diaries (box 2) date 1903 to 1917. The notebook (box 3), dated 1899 to 1914, contains notes and mounted clippings that document the publication of Kenton's stories and articles.
- Description
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Edna Kenton, American writer.
Purchased from Donald Brien on the Carl Van Vechten Fund and the Danford N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1971; and gift of Donald Brien, 1972. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Mixed resolutions.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- YCAL MSS 591
- Collection Title
- Edna Kenton collection
- Collection / Other Creator
- Kenton, Edna, 1876-1954
- Collection Date
- 1899-1954
- Container / Volume
- Box 1 | Folder 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
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Correspondence
Manuscripts - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
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Provincetown Players
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 - Subject (Topic)
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American literature--20th century
Authors, American--20th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- Photographs by Carl Van Vechten are used with permission of the Van Vechten Trust; permission of the Trust is required to publish Van Vechten photographs in any format. To contact the Van Vechten Trust, email vanvechtentrust@gmail.com.
- Citation
- Edna Kenton Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3830262
- Object ID (OID)
- 17218376