Bontemps, Arna

Description

Title: Bontemps, Arna
Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Contributor: Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973
Published / Created: 1939 August 15
Publication Place: New York
Abstract: One print has an inscription by Bontemps to Langston Hughes; formerly formed part of the Langston Hughes bequest.
Description: Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission."
Extent: 11 photographic prints
approx. 25.2 x 20.2 cm.
b&w
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title: Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Collection / Other Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Collection Date: 1800-1971
Collection Note: Series IV. Photographs. Selected Photographic Prints. Photographic Prints. Portraits
Container / Volume: Box 85 | Folder 1416

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: Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.