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1. Alain LeRoy Locke and Maurice V. Russell correspondence.
- Creator:
- Locke, Alain, 1885-1954
- Published / Created:
- 1918-1918.
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 128
- Collection Title:
- 1907-1980 (bulk 1942-1953)
- Container / Volume:
- Box 3
- Image Count:
- 7
- Resource Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
- Abstract:
- Collection also includes two photographs of Alain LeRoy Locke (1946 and undated); related notes, clippings, and ephemera (1907-1971); a typescript carbon of "The Wise" by Countee Cullen, inscribed to Locke by Cullen; and a checklist for an exhibition of paintings by Henry Ossawa Tanner., Four pastel and charcoal drawings given to Russell by Locke in 1952 include three unsigned portraits attributed to Lenwood Harvey Morris, circa 1915-1918, of Jessie Redmon Fauset, Zora Neale Hurston, and Georgia Douglas Johnson, as well as a portrait of a woman signed and dated by an unidentified artist, "S. H.," 1916., and The collection consists chiefly of letters (most autograph letters, signed) between Alain LeRoy Locke and Maurice V. Russell, 1942-1953. The correspondence discusses Russell's education, career plans, and psychoanalysis, and indicates that Locke supported Russell financially during the years he was in school. The two also exchange news of mutual acquaintances, including "Glenn" and Edward Atkinson. Later correspondence,1954-1980, concerns the death of Alain LeRoy Locke, and commemoration of his life.
- Description:
- Alain LeRoy Locke (1885-1954), African American author, philosopher, and central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Educated at Harvard University (BA, 1907, PhD, 1918), Locke taught at Howard University from 1912-1916, 1918-1925, and 1928-1953; in retirement he moved to New York City where he died on June 9, 1954., Formerly owned by Maurice V. Russell and purchased from Jack L. Lindsey on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts & Letters Fund and the Carl Van Vechten Fund, 2012., formerly owned by Maurice V. Russell and purchased from William Reese Co. (Swann sale, 2015 March 26, lot 185) on the Carl Van Vechten Fund, 2015., In Box 1: Correspondence, 1942-1948. In Box 2: Correspondence, 1949-1980; Other papers, 1907-1971. In Box 3: Drawings, 1915-1918., Includes correspondence, ephemera, and drawings,, Lenwood Harvey Morris (1889-1920) was an African American artist. He trained at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts during the early twentieth century. His best-known painting is a portrait of Alain Leroy Locke, 1915-1918, in the collection of the Howard University Art Gallery. He died of tuberculosis in 1920., and Maurice V. Russell (1923-1998), director of the Social Service Department of New York University Medical Center (1973-1988), trustee of Columbia University (1987-1995), and director of the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation (1973-1998). Russell received his bachelor's degree from Temple University in 1948, and his master's of social work degree from Columbia University School of Social Work in 1950. He received his PhD from Columbia University Teacher's College in social psychology in 1964.
- Subject (Name):
- Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946, Cullen, Countee,--1903-1946, Fauset, Jessie Redmon--Portraits., Hurston, Zora Neale--Portraits., Johnson, Georgia Douglas,--1886-1966--Portraits., Locke, Alain,--1885-1954, Morris, Lenw, and Morris, Lenwood H. (Lenwood Harvey), 1889-1920.
- Subject (Topic):
- African American educators, African American philosophers, African American social workers, Educators--New York (State)--New York., Philosophers--New York (State)--New York., and Social workers--New York (State)--New York.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alain LeRoy Locke and Maurice V. Russell correspondence.
2. Battles, Theodore, with LeRoy Feurtado, Bob Moore, Dorothy Randolph Peterson, and Tom Rutherford
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1943 August 9
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 110 | Folder 2025
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- Print formerly formed part of the Langston Hughes bequest.
- Description:
- In pencil verso: "Hughes bequest
- Subject (Name):
- Peterson, Dorothy
- Subject (Topic):
- African American authors and African American educators
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Battles, Theodore, with LeRoy Feurtado, Bob Moore, Dorothy Randolph Peterson, and Tom Rutherford
3. Battles, Theodore, with LeRoy Feurtado, Dorothy Randolph Peterson, William Raney, and Tom Rutherford
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1943 August 9
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 110 | Folder 2026
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
- Subject (Name):
- Peterson, Dorothy
- Subject (Topic):
- African American authors and African American educators
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Battles, Theodore, with LeRoy Feurtado, Dorothy Randolph Peterson, William Raney, and Tom Rutherford
4. Bethune, Mary McLeod
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1949 April 6
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 224
- Image Count:
- 7
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- Slide numbers 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921. Image set number XXVb.
- Description:
- Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
- Subject (Name):
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
- Subject (Topic):
- African American civil rights workers., African American educators, and African American women.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bethune, Mary McLeod
5. Bontemps, Arna, with Langston Hughes and Harold Jackman
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1942 June 11
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 85 | Folder 1419
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- One print formerly formed part of the Langston Hughes bequest.
- Description:
- In pencil verso: Langston Hughes / Arna Bontemps / Harold Jackman. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
- Subject (Name):
- Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, and Jackman, Harold, 1901-1961
- Subject (Topic):
- African American authors, African American educators, and Harlem Renaissance
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bontemps, Arna, with Langston Hughes and Harold Jackman
6. Booth, Shirley, with Harold Jackman, Bob Moore, and Irving Speigel
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1943 August 9
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 110 | Folder 2028
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- In ink verso: Stage Door Canteen:/ Capt. Harold Jackman (N) / Junior Hostess Shirley Booth / PFC Bob Moore* / Seaman 2/c Irving Speigel / *son of. Stamped verso: Photograph by / Carl Van Vechten / Cannot be reproduced without permission
- Subject (Name):
- Jackman, Harold, 1901-1961
- Subject (Topic):
- African American authors, African American educators, African American gay men, and Harlem Renaissance
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Booth, Shirley, with Harold Jackman, Bob Moore, and Irving Speigel
7. Jackman, Harold
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1937 January 10
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 94 | Folder 1652
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
- Subject (Name):
- Jackman, Harold, 1901-1961
- Subject (Topic):
- African American educators, African Americans, and Art patrons
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jackman, Harold
8. Jackman, Harold
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1932 September 11
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 94 | Folder 1650
- Image Count:
- 16
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- In ink verso: Harold Jackman. Stamped verso: Photograph by / Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
- Subject (Name):
- Jackman, Harold, 1901-1961
- Subject (Topic):
- African American authors, African American educators, African American gay men, and Harlem Renaissance
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jackman, Harold
9. Jackman, Harold
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1943 February 3
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 110 | Folder 2048
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- In pencil verso: Harold Jackman / Stage Door Canteen. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
- Subject (Name):
- Jackman, Harold, 1901-1961
- Subject (Topic):
- African American authors, African American educators, African American gay men, and Harlem Renaissance
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jackman, Harold
