"Carl Van Vechten: American Portraitist" exhibit materials, 1992.

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"Carl Van Vechten: American Portraitist" exhibit materials, 1992.

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The collection contains items that were part of the "Carl Van Vechten: American Portraitist" exhibition curated by Deborah Willis at the "African Americans and Europe" conference in 1992. Materials include exhibit text written by Deborah Willis and Nathan Huggins and 25 Carl Van Vechten photographs. The photographs are copies from original negatives held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

.25 linear ft. (1 box and 1 OP)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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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,...

Willis, Deborah, 1948-

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Curator, photographer and photographer professor Deborah Willis was born on February 5, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Ruth and Thomas Willis. The family traditions of photography and quilting would later inspire her career and artistic point of view. Even as a child, she noticed the scarcity of images of blacks in the media. She received her B.A. degree at Temple University in 1972, her B.F.A. degree at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1975, and her M.F.A. degree from Brooklyn's Pratt ...