Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters, 1823-[ongoing] (bulk 1898-[ongoing])

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Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters, 1823-[ongoing] (bulk 1898-[ongoing])

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Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. Although not limited to materials related to African American artists and their works, the collection includes a large number of materials documenting African American artistic endeavors during the early and mid-twentieth century. The collection was assembled by Bruce Kellner and donated to Ganser Library in honor of Carl Van Vechten.

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Millersville University Library, McNairy Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7011651

Millersville University Library, McNairy Library

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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...

Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957

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Mexican author, artist, and anthropologist. From the description of Miguel Covarrubias papers, 1871-1948 (bulk 1931-1948). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79728692 Mexican-born painter and caricaturist who worked in the United States. From the description of Caricatures, 19-- (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726930645 Biographical Note 1904, Nov. 22 ...

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964

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Carl Van Vechten was an American novelist, critic, essayist, book collector, and photographer. From the description of Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1922-1964. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455166 From the guide to the Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1911-1964, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Carl van Vechten (1880-1964) was an American photographer, writer,...

Kellner, Bruce

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Bruce Kellner, scholar and author of works on Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance; professor of English at Coe College, 1956-1960. From the description of Coe Players collection, 1957-1960. (Coe College). WorldCat record id: 36724722 Bruce Kellner was born in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1930. A few years after his birth, the family relocated to Kentucky, where he attended public schools in Louisville and St. Mathews. In 1944, the Kellner family moved to Anchorage, Alaska,...