Okala, Ollie Jewell Sims

Description

Title: Okala, Ollie Jewell Sims
Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Contributor: Okala, Ollie Jewel Sims
Published / Created: 1939 May 16
Publication Place: New York
Abstract: Identified by Van Vechten "The Princess Okala" as well as by her nickname, "Tourmaline."
Description: Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Extent: 25.2 x 20.2 cm.
5 photographic prints
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 100 | Folder 1788

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.