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Published / Created:
n.d.
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Collection Title:
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 25
Image Count:
7
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Drafts [folder 5 of 5]
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 September 4
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 49. Image set number CCXIX. Pied-à-terre of A'Lelia Walker Robinson from circa 1919 to 1931 at 80 Edgecombe Avenue.
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Walker, A'Lelia, 1885-1931
Subject (Topic):
Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harlem. A'Lelia Walker Robinson Pied-à-terre
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 October 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 101, 102. Image set number CCXLI. Music hall at 253 West 125th Street
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harlem. Apollo Theater
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 September 4
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 68. Image set number CCXX. View of street signs at the intersection.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harlem. Fifth Avenue and West 134th Street
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 September 4
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 60. Image set number CCXX. Entertainment venue located at 132nd Street and 7th Avenue.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harlem. Lafayette Theatre
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 October 5
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 94. Image set number CCXLI. Theater at 56-58 West 135th Street; location misidentified by Van Vechten as West 134th Street.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harlem. Lincoln Theatre
Creator:
Published / Created:
1940 September 4
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 225
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide number 67. Image set number CCXX. Ballroom at 596 Lenox Avenue.
Description:
Stamped: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harlem. Savoy Ballroom
Creator:
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
Creator:
Published / Created:
1935 December 27
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 94 | Folder 1651
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In pencil verso: Harold Jackman. 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 > Jackman, Harold
Creator:
Published / Created:
1937 July 11
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 94 | Folder 1653
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
In ink verso: Harold Jackman. 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 > Jackman, Harold
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