Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
Person
Dates
- Existence: April 9, 1898-January 23, 1976
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Ella Barksdale Brown Papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 41
Overview:
The Ella Barksdale Brown Papers consist of correspondence, writings, financial papers, newspapers and other materials that document her work as an educator, anti-lynching activist, suffragist, and journalist. The bulk of the papers provide evidence of Brown's activism and involvement with numerous schools, youth groups, war relief, civil rights and community organizations.
Dates:
1885-1952, bulk 1906-1926
Photograph File of Close Up Magazine
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 337
Overview:
This collection consists chiefly of promotional photographs and film stills created by motion picture studios for their films and actors, which the editors of Close Up used to illustrate the magazine.
Dates:
1911-1947, bulk 1926-1933
Victor Jeremy Jerome papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 589
Overview:
Correspondence, writings, research notes, biographical material, obituaries and eulogies, and other personal and family papers of Victor J. Jerome, American communist, writer, editor of Political Affairs, and political activist. The bulk of the papers relate primarily to Jerome's activities with the American Communist Party during the period from 1930 to 1965. Of special interest is correspondence relating to Jerome's trial and conviction for violation of the Smith Act (1952); correspondence...
Dates:
1923-1967
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Victor Jeremy Jerome papers
The J. Rosamond Johnson Papers
Collection
Call Number: MSS 21
Overview:
Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the African-American musician, writer, actor, and educator J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954).
Dates:
1879-1975 (inclusive)
Found in:
Gilmore Music Library
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The J. Rosamond Johnson Papers
Peter F. O'Brien collection on African American artists
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 99
Overview:
The collection contains material compiled by Father Peter F. O'Brien on twentieth century African American cultural figures. The collection consists chiefly of subject files on prominent mid-century artists, authors, and performers, including stage and screen actors, singers, and dancers. Individuals covered include: James Baldwin, Paul Robeson, Antonio Salemme, Ethel Waters, Mabel Mercer, and Thelma Carpenter, among others. Files contain printed materials, such as newspaper clippings and...
Dates:
1940-1998
Photographs of prominent African Americans
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 76
Overview:
Photographs drawn from various collections in the James Weldon Johnson Collection. The collection includes predominantly images of prominent African American writers, cultural leaders, and entertainers, as well as photographs by important African American photographers. A small number of images document people and places outside the United States. The collection forms a visual record of artists, writers, actors, musicians, and politicians active chiefly in the United States from the 1920s...
Dates:
1875-1978
The Frederick and Rose Plaut Papers
Collection
Call Number: MSS 52
Overview:
The Frederick and Rose Plaut Papers consist mainly of photographs taken by the German-American recording engineer and photographer Frederick Plaut (1907-1985). Correspondence and other papers relating to Plaut and his wife are also included.
Dates:
1907-1986 (inclusive)
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050
Overview:
The Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African-American Arts and Letters include correspondence, writings, photographs and artwork documenting Van Vechten’s interest in and involvement with black artists, writers, and social activists.
Dates:
1800-1971
Mary Hoyt Wiborg papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1408
Overview:
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, personal papers, printed material, and electronic files by or relating to Mary Hoyt Wiborg. Materials document her life as an expatriate in France, service as a volunteer nurse in both World Wars, and work as a playwright. Included are letters from Wiborg to her father Frank Bestow Wiborg in 1918, describing her experiences at a French military hospital during World War I, and correspondence with her sisters Sara Murphy and Olga...
Dates:
circa 1910s-2017, bulk 1914-1964