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Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977

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Peter F. O'Brien collection on African American artists

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Call Number: JWJ MSS 99
Abstract: 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
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peter F. O'Brien collection on African American artists

Photographs of prominent African Americans

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Call Number: JWJ MSS 76
Abstract: 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
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of prominent African Americans